SA Legal Academy News
Keeping you up to date with the latest legal and governmental sectors news.
Newsletter Sign Up
CATEGORIES
- (40)Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development
- (30)Auditors & Accountants
- (10)Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment
- (7)Built Environment
- (79)Communications & Digital Technologies
- (2)Company Law
- (2)Consumer Law
- (34)Courts
- (4)Criminal Law
- (1)Cybercrimes
- (2)Disaster Management
- (17)Education & Training
- (8)Electoral Law
- (126)Environmental Law
- (4)Family Law
- (178)Financial Sector
- (5)Fisheries & Aquaculture
- (10)General Interest
- (28)Health & Safety
- (25)Home Affairs
- (3)Housing
- (29)In the Spotlight
- (1)International Co-operation
- (86)Justice & Constitutional Development
- (71)Labour Law
- (21)Legal Practice Council
- (24)Local & Provincial Government
- (34)Minerals & Energy
- (1)Monetary Policy
- (2)National Development Plan
- (33)National Treasury
- (91)New Legislation
- (27)Opportunities for Public Comment
- (8)POPIA
- (362)Parliament
- (1)Practice Management
- (7)Presidency
- (19)Property Law
- (9)Public Service
- (4)Retirement Reform
- (18)Road Accident Fund
- (30)Safety and Security
- (13)Small Business Development
- (28)Social Development
- (12)Sport, Arts & Culture
- (15)State Owned Enterprises
- (4)State of Disaster (energy)
- (25)Taxation
- (8)Tourism
- (99)Trade, Industry & Competition
- (46)Transport
- (21)Water & Sanitation
- Show All
Latest News
DEEDS REGISTRIES ACT: FEE REGULATIONS AM...
- 27 February 2026
- Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development
Recently gazetted amendments to regulations on fees for services rendered under the Deeds Registries...
Read More
FRACKING, COAL GASIFICATION: INPUT SOUGH...
- 27 February 2026
- Minerals & Energy
Input is sought on draft regulations affecting water use during onshore exploration and production i...
Read More
MAGISTRATES’ COURTS RULES: MORE AMENDMEN...
- 27 February 2026
- Courts
Amendments have been gazetted to Magistrates’ Courts rules affecting fees and tariffs, effective fro...
Read More
LABOUR LAW: DRAFT AMENDMENT BILL OUT FOR...
- 26 February 2026
- Labour Law
Input is sought on a draft Labour Law Amendment Bill among other things seeking to provide for ‘sect...
Read More
AI POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS APPROACHES...
- 26 February 2026
- Communications & Digital Technologies
A draft national policy on AI scheduled to be submitted to the ‘economic cluster committee’ in March...
Read More
BUDGET 2026/27: LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCI...
- 25 February 2026
- National Treasury
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s 2026/27 Budget speech promised moves to ‘negate the challenge of...
Read More
GAS BILL HEADS TO PARLIAMENT
- 24 February 2026
- Minerals & Energy
The Gas Bill now on its way to Parliament seeks to provide for and promote the gas industry’s ‘order...
Read More
TAX, RATES BILLS 2025/26 FINALLY READY T...
- 24 February 2026
- Parliament
The 2025/26 Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill and Rates & Monetar...
Read More
BANKS ACT: INPUT SOUGHT ON MARKET & CRED...
- 24 February 2026
- Financial Sector
Proposed amendments to Banks Act regulations recently released for comment have implications for mar...
Read More
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AGENCY ACT: END IN...
- 23 February 2026
- Parliament
Submissions are sought on a Bill correcting the technical error preventing the South African Nationa...
Read More
NATIONAL ROADS: INPUT SOUGHT ON SANRAL R...
- 23 February 2026
- Transport
The South African National Roads Agency has called for public comments on proposed amendments to a n...
Read More
ELECTRICITY TARIFFS: NERSA CONSULTATION...
- 23 February 2026
- Minerals & Energy
An Eskom retail tariff structural adjustment discussion document recently released for public commen...
Read More
CHILDREN’S COURTS RULES GAZETTED, IN FOR...
- 20 February 2026
- Courts
Children’s Courts rules have been gazetted in anticipation of their commencement during March 2026....
Read More
NPA ACT: COMPLAINTS MECHANISM OPERATIONA...
- 19 February 2026
- Justice & Constitutional Development
Amendments to the National Prosecuting Act intended to improve accountability by providing for a com...
Read More
FINANCIAL SECTOR: SARB TO REPLACE PRIME...
- 17 February 2026
- Financial Sector
Input is sought on a SARB discussion document exploring the prime lending rate’s replacement with th...
Read More
CHROME INDUSTRY REVITALISATION: ANOTHER...
- 17 February 2026
- Trade, Industry & Competition
Stakeholders have been granted another opportunity to comment on ore export control proposals origin...
Read More
CRIMINAL LAW: MORE DISCUSSION DOCUMENTS...
- 16 February 2026
- Criminal Law
Input is sought on five more South African Law Reform Commission discussion papers focusing on crimi...
Read More
COMPETITION COMMISSION: PRE-MERGER FILIN...
- 16 February 2026
- Trade, Industry & Competition
The Competition Commission’s recently published final guidelines on the pre-merger filing consultati...
Read More
BIODIVERSITY: AREA-BASED CONSERVATION NO...
- 13 February 2026
- Environmental Law
Input is sought on proposals for setting ‘clear minimum requirements’ to be met by areas not protect...
Read More
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: INPUT SOUGHT O...
- 13 February 2026
- Environmental Law
A draft code of conduct has been gazetted for designated environmental management inspectors, includ...
Read More
FINANCIAL SECTOR & DEPOSIT INSURANCE LEV...
- 13 February 2026
- Financial Sector
The Financial Sector & Deposit Insurance Levies Act’s Schedule I Table A has been amended, affecting...
Read More
SONA 2026: POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGE...
- 12 February 2026
- Parliament
The 2026 State of the Nation Address included references to several pieces of proposed new legislati...
Read More
PARLIAMENT: EXECUTIVE MEMBERS’ ETHICS CO...
- 12 February 2026
- Parliament
Written submissions are sought on proposed amendments to an Executive Members’ Ethics Code in force...
Read More
LEGISLATION: THREE MORE BILLS SIGNED INT...
- 12 February 2026
- New Legislation
The 2025/26 Division of Revenue Amendment Act, Adjustments Appropriation Act and Special Appropriati...
Read More