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There have been a number of highly significant developments in
respect of South Africa's exchange control and tax regimes.
These include the Reserve Bank's recent lifting of the
restriction on so-called ‘loop structures' in order to
encourage inward investments into South Africa, and the proposed
relaxation of the exchange control restrictions for emigrants to
encourage all South Africans working abroad to maintain their ties
to the country.
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