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PENSION FUNDS ACT: RETAIL FUNDS EXEMPTIO...
- 15 July 2025
- Financial Sector
Retail funds are now exempt from section 14(1) of the 1956 Pension Funds Act in the context of amalg...
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COURT RULES: INPUT SOUGHT ON DRAFT AMEND...
- 11 July 2025
- Courts
Draft amendments to the Magistrates’ Courts Rules and Uniform Rules of Court affecting plea timefram...
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INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION IN CRIMINAL M...
- 11 July 2025
- Parliament
Explanatory summaries have been gazetted for the Extradition Bill and the International Co-operation...
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LIVE ANIMAL EXPORT BY SEA: INPUT SOUGHT...
- 11 July 2025
- Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development
Draft regulations on the conditions in which live animals should be transported on land and sea for...
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AUDIO, AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA SERVICES: INPUT...
- 11 July 2025
- Communications & Digital Technologies
A draft White Paper on audio and audiovisual media services and online safety recently gazetted for...
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STATE ENTERPRISES BILL SPARKS TREASURY,...
- 10 July 2025
- Parliament
The National Assembly’s Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Committee intends seeking ‘further guidanc...
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BASIC EDUCATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT: SLOW...
- 09 July 2025
- Education & Training
The National Assembly’s Basic Education Committee is concerned that external influences may be respo...
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RAILWAY SAFETY ACT: MOST SECTIONS IN FOR...
- 07 July 2025
- New Legislation
Repealing and replacing the 2002 National Railway Safety Regulator Act, with the exception of certai...
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FISHING VESSELS: INPUT SOUGHT ON SEAFARE...
- 07 July 2025
- Transport
Input is sought on draft regulations under the Merchant Shipping Act focusing on the construction an...
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CAPITAL MARKETS: INPUT SOUGHT ON DRAFT A...
- 04 July 2025
- Financial Sector
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority has called for input on draft amendments to the JSE interest...
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ROAD ACCIDENT FUND: PARLIAMENTARY 'OVERS...
- 04 July 2025
- Parliament
In anticipation of an ‘oversight enquiry’ into allegations of Road Accident Fund maladministration,...
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MARINE BIODIVERSITY: OFFSHORE SHIP-TO-SH...
- 04 July 2025
- Environmental Law
Input in sought on a revised version of draft regulations intended to reduce the impact of offshore...
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ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS: DIGITAL TV, N...
- 04 July 2025
- Communications & Digital Technologies
Input is sought on two sets of regulatory proposals under the Electronic Communications Act: draft d...
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PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION BILL: NATIONAL...
- 03 July 2025
- Parliament
Among other things, Public Service & Administration Minister Inkosi Buthelezi used his 2025/26 budge...
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BANKS: PRUDENTIAL AUTHORITY ISSUES CREDI...
- 02 July 2025
- Financial Sector
Recently published Prudential Authority guidelines on the internal ratings-based approach to credit...
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JUDICIARY: JUSTICE MINISTER OUTLINES PLA...
- 01 July 2025
- Justice & Constitutional Development
Justice & Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi’s 2025/26 budget vote speech included...
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: BILLS RECENTLY APPROVE...
- 30 June 2025
- In the Spotlight
SA Legal Academy brings you an update on Bills approved by Cabinet this year for tabling in Parliame...
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BILLS BEING PROCESSED IN PARLIAMENT (30...
- 30 June 2025
- Parliament
SA Legal Academy brings you a list of all Bills now before Parliament. A link to each Bill is provid...
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open d...
- 30 June 2025
- Opportunities for Public Comment
SA Legal Academy brings you a list of key national government proposals and new legislation still op...
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BANKS: INPUT SOUGHT ON FOREST/AGRICULTUR...
- 30 June 2025
- Financial Sector
Input is sought on a draft directive dealing with the treatment by banks of risk exposures secured b...
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BUSINESS LICENSING: NEWLY GAZETTED POLIC...
- 27 June 2025
- Small Business Development
Among other things, a recently gazetted business licensing policy introduces clear guidelines and a...
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MUNICIPAL DEMARCATION AUTHORITY BILL: NC...
- 27 June 2025
- Parliament
The revived 2022 Independent Municipal Demarcation Authority Bill has been opened for written submis...
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PUBLIC SECTOR PROCUREMENT: EFF SUBMITS D...
- 26 June 2025
- Parliament
The EFF has submitted a draft Insourcing Bill to Parliament with the intention of addressing ‘admini...
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INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION IN CRIMINAL M...
- 26 June 2025
- Parliament
A draft International Co-operation in Criminal Matters Amendment Bill recently submitted to Parliame...
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