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NEW PLANT IMPROVEMENT ACT IN FORCE SOON
- 21 November 2025
- New Legislation
The 2018 Plant Improvement Act is scheduled to commence on 1 December 2025, repealing a 1976 statute...
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LIQUOR PRODUCTS ACT: INPUT SOUGHT ON REG...
- 20 November 2025
- Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development
Input is sought on draft regulatory amendments under the Liquor Products Act affecting a range of al...
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SEX WORK BILL: CONSULTATIONS CONTINUE ON...
- 20 November 2025
- Justice & Constitutional Development
The ongoing process of developing an appropriate legal framework for the sex work industry is underp...
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2026/27 BUDGET REVIEW: NATIONAL TREASURY...
- 20 November 2025
- Taxation
As National Treasury embarks on the process of preparing the 2026/27 Budget, a media statement has b...
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BANKS: SARB PUBLISHES DRAFT NPS DIRECTIV...
- 19 November 2025
- Financial Sector
The SARB has published a draft directive and draft exemption notice affecting national payment syste...
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MILITARY COURTS: TWO AMENDMENT BILLS HEA...
- 18 November 2025
- Safety and Security
Once passed, enacted and in force, two amendment Bills now heading to Parliament will give effect to...
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TAX BILLS: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE C...
- 17 November 2025
- Parliament
The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Finance has earmarked 28 November 2025 for hearings on...
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UN APARTHEID CONVENTION: AL JAMA-AH CALL...
- 15 November 2025
- Parliament
In anticipation of tabling a Bill in Parliament to domesticate the UN’s 1973 Apartheid Convention, A...
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MERCHANT SHIPPING: INPUT SOUGHT ON LIFES...
- 15 November 2025
- Transport
Recently gazetted regulatory proposals under the Merchant Shipping Act focus on lifesaving equipment...
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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: DRAFT INCUBATION S...
- 15 November 2025
- Small Business Development
Input is sought on a draft incubation business development policy framework among other things inten...
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B-BBEE POLICY, LEGISLATION UNDER REVIEW...
- 14 November 2025
- Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment
Deputy President Paul Mashatile has alluded to broad-based black empowerment policy ‘reform’ and ‘po...
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LAW COURTS RULES: CORRECTION NOTICES GAZ...
- 14 November 2025
- Courts
Correction notices have been gazetted affecting imminently effective amendments to rules on the cond...
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MEDIA & DIGITAL PLATFORMS MARKET INQUIRY...
- 13 November 2025
- Trade, Industry & Competition
A recently published report on the findings of the Competition Commission’s media and digital platfo...
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MEDIUM TERM BUDGET POLICY STATEMENT TABL...
- 12 November 2025
- Parliament
The 2025/26 Tax Bills have been tabled in Parliament with the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement. F...
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FAMILY LAW: SALRC PUBLISHES ‘CARE & CONT...
- 11 November 2025
- Justice & Constitutional Development
The South African Law Reform Commission’s recently published report on alternative dispute resolutio...
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TAX ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENT BILL 2025/2...
- 10 November 2025
- National Treasury
National Treasury has gazetted an explanatory summary of the Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill...
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PETROLEUM RESOURCES: INPUT SOUGHT ON REV...
- 07 November 2025
- Environmental Law
Revised draft regulations on the exploration and production of onshore petroleum resources requiring...
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NEDLAC: DRAFT BILL OUT FOR COMMENT
- 07 November 2025
- Labour Law
Among other things, a draft NEDLAC Bill gazetted for public comments seeks to ensure that admission...
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT AMENDME...
- 06 November 2025
- Parliament
Once operationalised, a Public Administration Management Amendment Bill recently passed by Parliamen...
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ONE-STOP BORDER POST BILL: GOODS/MONEY M...
- 05 November 2025
- Home Affairs
The One-Stop Border Post Bill’ s clause 6 – dealing with the movement of goods/money within a common...
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REMOTE GAMBLING: COULD A NATIONAL ASSEMB...
- 04 November 2025
- Parliament
The DA’s Toby Chance has asked the National Assembly’s Trade, Industry & Competition Committee to co...
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PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT: GRAP STANDARD...
- 03 November 2025
- National Treasury
As part of an annual public sector accounting standards regulatory updating process, National Treasu...
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS 2026: INPUT S...
- 03 November 2025
- Electoral Law
In anticipation of the 2026 local government elections, input is sought on proposed amendments to th...
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PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS: NATIONAL TR...
- 03 November 2025
- National Treasury
National Treasury has published public-private partnership regulatory guidelines among other things...
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