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FINANCIAL SECTOR REGULATION ACT: TRANSIT...
- 28 November 2025
- Financial Sector
The timeframes for transitional arrangements under the Financial Sector Regulation Act have been ext...
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POLITICAL PARTY FUNDING: REGULATORY AMEN...
- 28 November 2025
- Electoral Law
Amendments to regulations under the Political Party Funding Act regulations have been gazetted and a...
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HATE CRIMES & SPEECH ACT: INPUT SOUGHT O...
- 28 November 2025
- Justice & Constitutional Development
Draft implementing regulations under the Prevention & Combating of Hate Crimes & Hate Speech Act hav...
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM INQUIRY: MADLANG...
- 26 November 2025
- Justice & Constitutional Development
A recently gazetted presidential proclamation has made 17 September 2025 the starting date on which...
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DISABILITY ASSISTANCE ANIMALS: DA BILL R...
- 26 November 2025
- Parliament
Provisions facilitating access to private and public areas, buildings and transport for people depen...
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ONLINE GAMBLING: INPUT SOUGHT ON TAX DIS...
- 25 November 2025
- Taxation
Input is sought on a National Treasury discussion document proposing the introduction of a ‘unified...
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ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS: ICASA BEGINS...
- 25 November 2025
- Communications & Digital Technologies
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has gazetted a questionnaire as the first p...
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PARLIAMENT: INPUT SOUGHT ON REVENUE DIVI...
- 24 November 2025
- Parliament
Parliamentary committees dealing with adjusted appropriations to national government departments, pr...
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LEGAL PRACTICE COUNCIL: THREE MORE RULE...
- 24 November 2025
- Legal Practice Council
Input is sought on three sets of draft amendments to Legal Practice Council rules. Meanwhile, change...
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IPID: DRAFT REGULATIONS GAZETTED FOR COM...
- 24 November 2025
- Safety and Security
Input is sought on draft regulations under the 2011 Independent Police Investigative Directorate Act...
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GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE & FEMICIDE: NATION...
- 24 November 2025
- General Interest
A notice has been gazetted declaring gender-based violence and femicide a national disaster – formal...
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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, according to presidentia...
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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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