Directors

The Companies Act 71 of 2008 allows certain categories of corporate actors to apply to the courts to declare a director to be delinquent in certain circumstances.  
These categories of corporate actors can use the order of delinquency to hold directors to account for having grossly abused their fiduciary responsibilities.  
The consequences of delinquency are damning, not only in the ban on being a director for up to seven years but also in the reputational damage to the director.  
Directors must be wary of any conduct that can expose them to an application for a delinquency order.