Professor Johan J. Henning (University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein) assesses the impact of the Close Corporations Act 69 of 1984 on South African company law. Published in the Letter from … section of Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.