“company” includes-

(a)     any association, corporation or company (including a close corporation) incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by or under any law in force or previously in force in the Republic or in any part thereof, or any body corporate formed or established or deemed to be formed or established by or under any such law; or

(b)     any association, corporation or company incorporated under the law of any country other than the Republic or any body corporate formed or established under such law; or

(c)     any association (not being an association referred to in paragraph (a)) formed in the Republic to serve a specified purpose, beneficial to the public or a section of the public;

[Definition of “company” inserted by section 1 of Act 5 of 2001]