Governance runs from an inbox
217 unread emails is not a governance calendar.
Company Secretarial & Governance
Your company secretary is the custodian of governance. So why govern from an inbox?
Unify Today is the governance system of record - four groups, sixteen linked registers, one system. Statutory records, board meetings, compliance obligations and assurance in a single auditable workspace, aligned to the Companies Act, King V and the JSE Listings Requirements.
Governance is a system, not a sentiment.
The problem
The role has evolved. The tools haven't.
70%
of company secretaries say their administrative workload has nearly doubled in two years.
Records fragmented
Registers scattered across spreadsheets and shared drives.
Board packs built by hand
Days of assembly for every meeting cycle.
No view of compliance risk
Filings, obligations and conflicts tracked manually.
The cost of doing nothing
The risk you carry every day you wait
- CIPC hard stop - no beneficial ownership filing, no annual return
- Key-person risk - governance stalls when one person is away
- King V exposure - mandatory from 1 January 2026
- Blind spots on directors' conflicts of interest
- Personal certification risk on the annual financial statements
- Compliance managed by hand, in spreadsheets
The solution
One governance system of record
Four groups. Sixteen linked registers. One system.
Governance fundamentals
Establish the structures and records that underpin good governance.
- Entities & group structure
- Boards & committees
- Directors, officers & beneficial ownership
- Charters, roles & delegations
Compliance & policy
Keep policies, obligations and regulatory commitments current and accessible.
- Companies Act (CRMPs)
- JSE Listings Requirements
- King V - apply / explain
- Policy lifecycle & attestation
Governance processes
Streamline the governance year and remove manual assembly work.
- Meetings, agendas & board packs
- Resolutions & CIPC filings
- Conflicts of interest declarations
- Board evaluations & approvals
Assurance & oversight
Monitor performance, evidence compliance and strengthen oversight.
- Real-time COI monitoring
- CIPC / PEP / sanctions screening
- Registers, forms & surveys
- Dashboards, audit trail & evidence
All connected. Always current. Built for accountability.
The benefits
From administrator to custodian
One single source of truth
Sixteen linked registers, always current, always connected.
Board packs in hours, not days
Assembled from live data, not last month's documents.
Compliance certainty
Obligations, filings and attestations tracked continuously.
Proactive, real-time assurance
Issues surfaced before they reach the board table.
Board-ready from live data
Defensible reporting for every committee, on demand.
Future-proof as the law changes
Content maintained for you as legislation evolves.
Why now
The regulatory clock is already running
- King V - mandatory from 1 Jan 2026
- Companies Second Amendment Act, 2024
- Beneficial ownership - no filing, no return
- JSE - annual assessment of the CoSec
Why Unify Today
Calendar-driven. Evidenced. Board-ready.
- Purpose-built for CoSec. A governance system of record, not a policy bolt-on.
- Pre-populated best practice. The Acts, King V, CRMPs and statutory forms, out of the box.
- Configured, not coded. Tailored to your group structure without development.
- Maintained for you. Updated as the law and listing requirements change.
Give your custodian of governance the tools to prove it.
The mandate has already changed. The question is whether your governance can prove it. Book a walkthrough of the CoSec module.