Compliance Specialist Services

Maltech-Africa is a registered TCSP with ID #65232. We set, maintain, and promote compliance and best-practice standards for businesses operating in and between South Africa and Zimbabwe — from first registration through to ongoing regulatory upkeep.

Our compliance work sits at the centre of everything we do: registrations, cross-border facilitation, and business custodianship all depend on a client staying compliant, which is why compliance isn't a side offering for us — it's the foundation.

What Our Compliance Specialist Services Cover

Company & Statutory Compliance

• CIPC registrations, amendments, and annual returns

• Beneficial Ownership (BO/UBO) declarations and register maintenance under the Companies Act

• Company secretarial duties and statutory record-keeping

• FICA/AML compliance support (as a registered TCSP with ID #65232 and FIC Act reporting obligations ourselves, we understand this from both sides)

Related reading: named as a director but no longer involved — the personal liability, CIPC and SARS implications.

Need to make a director change official? Update a company director through the SA-Compliance Shop.

Ongoing director amendments: Company Director Maintenance keeps your CIPC director record accurate.

Regulatory & Industry Compliance

• Sector-specific licensing and accreditation facilitation

• POPIA and data protection compliance

• Health & safety, environmental, and quality management system support

• Ongoing monitoring of regulatory changes that affect your business, with proactive updates so nothing catches you off guard

Cross-Border & Foreign National Compliance

• Foreign nationals and foreign companies can register and legally conduct business in South Africa — even without a local permit, residency, or a local director — and we handle the compliance framework that makes this work

• External/branch company registration for foreign entities entering South Africa

• Offshore Business Setup for non-resident entities establishing SA-based operations (call centres, IT support, and similar functions)

• Outbound Offshore Business Setup for South African SMEs expanding into other African markets

• Dual-country compliance structuring for clients operating between South Africa and Zimbabwe

• Non-resident director needing a full refresh? CIPC filings, SARS alignment, labour checks and a risk audit in one day — read our guide, Non-Resident Directors: One Update to Secure Your South African Compliance.

Business Custodianship

• Ongoing compliance custodianship so directors and owners aren't left to track deadlines, renewals, and filings alone

• A single point of accountability across registration, compliance, and facilitation, rather than juggling multiple service providers

Diaspora Compliance & Facilitation

• Diaspora Research and Facilitation Service, verifying opportunities and standing in as a trusted intermediary before a client commits — rather than relying on family, friends, or unverified contacts on the ground

• Compliance support for diaspora clients structuring dual-country setups (e.g. operating in Zimbabwe while banking, investing, and safekeeping funds through South Africa)

• Verification and due-diligence checks that keep family- or friend-introduced business setups compliant and accountable, instead of discouraging them outright

• Guidance grounded in compliance realities — steering clients away from inflated numbers, unverifiable "high-return" opportunities, and unregistered/non-compliant ventures

Related services: outsourced Public Officer Services, our instalment-based Promise to Pay Service, and sector-specific Industry Solutions.

International Investors & Cross-Border Compliance Guide

Foreign nationals and non-residents doing business in South Africa have their own set of questions — ownership, company registration, property, and serving as a director on a foreign passport. We've answered them in one place.

Read the International Investors Guide

One Compliance Framework, Two Portals

Maltech-Africa's compliance services extend across our full network:

• maltechafrica.co.za — our home base, covering company consultancy, registrations, compliance & regulatory services, and facilitation for South Africa and Zimbabwe.

• SA-Biz Portal (maltechafricahub.co.za) — dedicated South African business services, including registration, compliance, and business advisory support for local and foreign-owned entities.

• Zim-Biz Portal (maltechafricabizportal.co.za) — dedicated Zimbabwean business services, including the Diaspora Research and Facilitation Service, dual-country structuring, and compliance support for clients doing business in Zimbabwe.

Wherever a client enters the Maltech-Africa network, the same compliance standard applies — because a business that's compliant in one country but exposed in the other isn't actually protected.

AfCFTA Compliance & Certification

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is reshaping how goods move across the continent. Preferential access is not automatic — it depends on your products, your paperwork, and where your goods actually originate. We help you prepare for it.

• Rules of origin — assessing whether your goods qualify for preferential tariff treatment, and the supporting evidence customs authorities expect.

• Certification & documentation — preparing the certificates and declarations needed to claim AfCFTA preferences and move goods through the border without avoidable holdups.

• Tariff & market-access readiness — mapping your products against scheduled tariff concessions and non-tariff barriers in your target markets.

• SME readiness & beneficiation — positioning value-added exports, rather than raw materials, for preferential access. See our notes on beneficiation-ready compliance.

• Ongoing monitoring — tracking AfCFTA protocols and national implementation so your compliance does not lag behind the rules.

AfCFTA compliance sits within our wider industry solutions across SADC.