Program Overview

Corporate Governance: Practical Insights

Course Overview

Corporate governance procedures help a business become more effective in value creation while reducing both risk and the potential for corruption, fraud, mismanagement, and failure. A good corporate governance programme can boost competencies, ensure discharge of fiduciary duties of directors, including managing conflicts of interests as well as navigating risks and opportunities, including ensuring a sustainable strategy.

Course Details

• Duration and Schedule: This course will be presented twice in 2026:
  • 31 March to 2 April 2026, 9:00 to 16:30 SAST (three full days)
  • 9 to 11 September 2026, 9:00 to 16:30 SAST (three full days)
• Platform/Venue:
  • Remote (most likely on Zoom) for the first presentation
  • Face-to-face at UCT for the second presentation
• Fee:
  • R12,980 for the remote presentation
  • R13,900 for the face-to-face presentation

Course Outline

The following topics will be dealt with during the course:

• An overview of corporate governance
• International corporate governance trends
• The evolution of corporate governance in South Africa
• Understanding ESG and sustainability
• A high-level review of King V including ethical and effective leadership
• Regulation and legal entities
• Directors' and prescribed officers' including role and responsibilities and business judgement rule
• Board committees including Audit/Risk/Social & Ethics/Remuneration/Nomination
• Governance of strategy
• Role of the Company Secretary
• Risk governance and risk management
• Assurance
• Data, information and technology governance
• Integrated reporting/transparency and disclosure
• Remuneration governance
• Institutional shareholders' critical role including a high-level overview of CRISA 2

Various case studies will be utilized in a group discussion format.

Target Audience

Business owners, corporate lawyers, compliance officers, risk managers, company secretaries, ESG/sustainability and stakeholder managers, current and aspirant directors, board committee members, senior managers, and officers/executives charged with governance duties in an organization.

Presenter

Richard Foster is a corporate governance advisor and professional independent director/chairman. He is a chartered governance professional and a chartered director with qualifications and professional designations including CD (SA), FCG (CS, CGP), HFinstD, HDip Company Law (Wits), HDip Tax Law (RAU); PG Dip Corporate Governance (RAU) with distinction.

CPD Accreditation

This course has been registered with the Institute of Directors of South Africa (IoDSA) and entitles you to 21 CPD points on completion.

Certificate

A digital certificate of attendance from UCT will be issued to those who attend the full course. Please note that the digital certificate can only be viewed on a secure portal and cannot be downloaded or printed. You will have the option of ordering a hard copy of the certificate at your own cost, including the cost of the courier fee. No certificate will be issued without the full course fee having been received. Please allow up to three weeks after the end of the course for certificates to be processed.