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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: FOUR NATIONAL...
- 21 February 2025
- Environmental Law
Four national parks are set to be extended, according to proposals recently gazetted for comment. Th...
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: INPUT SOUGHT O...
- 21 February 2025
- Environmental Law
Draft regulations on supplying fuel to vessels at sea have been gazetted for public comments. Develo...
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LAND REFORM: EQUITABLE ACCESS BILL STILL...
- 21 February 2025
- Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development
Land Reform & Rural Development Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso has attributed the lengthy process of dev...
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM REVIEW: FOUR SAL...
- 20 February 2025
- Justice & Constitutional Development
As part of a criminal justice system review, the SALRC has released four discussion papers for publi...
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BUDGET 2025/26 POSTPONEMENT
- 19 February 2025
- Parliament
In the absence of an official statement from Parliament, reasons for the sudden cancellation of the...
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HEALTH INSURANCE: CMS REPORT ON LOW-COST...
- 17 February 2025
- Health & Safety
The Council for Medical Schemes’ (CMS) report on industry proposals for a low-income-households focu...
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COMPETITION ACT: INPUT SOUGHT ON HEALTHC...
- 14 February 2025
- Trade, Industry & Competition
Healthcare service consumers could soon benefit from a block exemption under the Competition Act amo...
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JSE EQUITIES: PROPOSED CHANGES TO TRADIN...
- 14 February 2025
- Financial Sector
Input is sought on draft changes to the JSE rules on trading member access. They include a definitio...
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FINANCIAL SECTOR INTELLIGENCE: RISK MANA...
- 14 February 2025
- Financial Sector
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has published a revised Chapter 4 of the 2017 note on risk m...
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WILD ABALONE: TWO SETS OF DRAFT REGULATI...
- 14 February 2025
- Environmental Law
Input is sought on two sets of draft regulations affecting wild abalone fishing and protection under...
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PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS: REGULATORY...
- 14 February 2025
- National Treasury
National Treasury has issued a media statement unpacking the implications of amendments to Public Fi...
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MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE FUNDI...
- 13 February 2025
- Small Business Development
The recently gazetted policy for funding micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) is an ‘holistic...
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PLANT HEALTH (PHYTOSANITARY) BILL SIGNED...
- 13 February 2025
- Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development
By signing the Plant Health (Phytosanitary) Bill into law, President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken an im...
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DA’s 21st CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT BILL UN...
- 13 February 2025
- Parliament
The DA’s Constitution 21st Amendment Bill (seeking to establish of an ‘anti-corruption commission’ a...
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DA’s CONSTITUTION 20th AMENDMENT BILL: J...
- 12 February 2025
- Parliament
Analysing the DA’s Constitution 20th Amendment Bill, the Department of Justice & Constitutional Deve...
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WATER RESOURCES INFRASTRUCTURE AGENCY AC...
- 07 February 2025
- New Legislation
The South African Water Resources Infrastructure Agency Soc Ltd Act is now in force, establishing a...
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GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY: LATEST REPORT...
- 07 February 2025
- Environmental Law
South Africa’s 2000-2022 greenhouse gas inventory report has been gazetted – among other things prov...
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COMPETITION COMMISSION: DRAFT GUIDELINES...
- 07 February 2025
- Trade, Industry & Competition
Input is sought on draft guidelines intended to clarify the Competition Commission’s confidentiality...
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STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS: TWO KEY BIL...
- 06 February 2025
- Parliament
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2025/26 State of the Nation address included references to the tabling o...
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ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: MERCURY MANAGEMENT RE...
- 06 February 2025
- Environmental Law
Regulations on the management and phasing out of mercury have been gazetted and are immediately in f...
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NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE: NEW HOURLY RATES...
- 04 February 2025
- Labour Law
From 1 March 2025, the national minimum wage for every ordinary hour worked will be R28.79. It will...
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AUDITORS: IRBA CALLS FOR INPUT ON MONETA...
- 03 February 2025
- Auditors & Accountants
Draft guidelines for determining the monetary fines to be imposed on registered individual auditors...
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: REVISED WHITE PAPER ON...
- 31 January 2025
- In the Spotlight
SA Legal Academy unpacks the revised White Paper on Human Settlements, which was gazetted on 31 Janu...
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BILLS BEING PROCESSED IN PARLIAMENT (31...
- 31 January 2025
- Parliament
SA Legal Academy brings you a list of all Bills now before Parliament. There have been no developmen...
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