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SMME CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA: INPUT SOUG...
- 15 September 2025
- Small Business Development
A schedule under the National Small Enterprise Act prescribing the criteria for classifying small, m...
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CONDUCT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS BILL:...
- 15 September 2025
- Financial Sector
Despite certain online media articles referring to the Conduct of Financial Institutions Bill as new...
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NATIONAL LAND TRANSPORT AMENDMENT ACT, 2...
- 12 September 2025
- New Legislation
The 2023 National Land Transport Amendment Act has been operationalised with the associated regulati...
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WATER RESOURCE REHABILITATION MANAGEMENT...
- 10 September 2025
- Water & Sanitation
Input is sought on five sets of draft guidelines intended to assist water resource users in their ef...
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SENIOR COUNSEL & ATTORNEY HONOURS: CONFE...
- 10 September 2025
- Justice & Constitutional Development
An amendment has been made to the March 2024 uniform guidelines on recommending the conferment of se...
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FINANCIAL SECTOR & DEPOSIT INSURANCE LEV...
- 09 September 2025
- Financial Sector
Proposed changes to amounts payable under the Financial Sector & Deposit Insurance Levies Act have b...
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LIQUOR ACT: EFF TABLES AMENDMENT BILL CU...
- 09 September 2025
- Parliament
The EFF has tabled a Liquor Amendment Bill in Parliament with the intention, among other things, of...
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MERCHANT SHIPPING: INPUT SOUGHT ON LATES...
- 05 September 2025
- Transport
The Department of Transport’s draft small commercial and pleasure vessel safety regulations gazetted...
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LAW COURTS: PLEADINGS-RELATED DOCUMENT/T...
- 04 September 2025
- Courts
Input is sought on proposed amendments to law courts rules dealing with notices calling for pleading...
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SECURITIES FINANCING TRANSACTIONS: INPUT...
- 04 September 2025
- Financial Sector
A draft conduct standard for securities financing transactions has been released for public comment...
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LABOUR LAW: DISMISSAL CODE OF GOOD PRACT...
- 04 September 2025
- Labour Law
A new code of good practice on dismissals has been gazetted, repealing and replacing the Labour Rela...
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NEW LEGISLATION: 2025 ESKOM DEBT, PUBLIC...
- 03 September 2025
- New Legislation
The 2025 Eskom Debt Relief Bill and Public Sector Pension & Related Payments Bill have been signed i...
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POSTBANK-SASSA: SARB’s 4th DESIGNATED CL...
- 02 September 2025
- Social Development
SA Legal Academy unpacks the implications of the SASSA-Postbank agreement’s imminent expiry and the...
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PARLIAMENT: ACTIONSA TACKLES POLITICIANS...
- 01 September 2025
- Parliament
Input is sought on ActionSA’s draft Parliamentary & Provincial Medical Aid Scheme Amendment Bill, wh...
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTE...
- 31 August 2025
- In the Spotlight
SA Legal Academy outlines developments in the process of establishing the Madlanga Commission of Inq...
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BILLS BEING PROCESSED IN PARLIAMENT (31...
- 31 August 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...
- 31 August 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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SOUTH AFRICAN LANGUAGE PRACTITIONERS’ CO...
- 29 August 2025
- New Legislation
The South African Language Practitioners’ Council Act is now in effect, formally establishing a stru...
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IPID AMENDMENT ACT 2024: MOST SECTIONS N...
- 29 August 2025
- New Legislation
Most sections of the 2024 Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) Amendment Act are now...
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PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION BILL: NCOP COM...
- 29 August 2025
- Parliament
Written submissions are sought on the Public Service Commission Bill’s ‘B’ version. Now in the final...
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TOBACCO PRODUCTS BILL: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY...
- 29 August 2025
- Health & Safety
The National Assembly’s Health Committee has concluded its long public hearings process on the contr...
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ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS: INPUT SOUGHT ON P...
- 29 August 2025
- Environmental Law
Draft amendments to the list of detrimental atmospheric emissions and minimum emission standards hav...
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WASTE MANAGEMENT: FOOD LOSS REDUCTION ST...
- 29 August 2025
- Environmental Law
A policy for managing electrical and electronic equipment waste has been gazetted for implementation...
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: OFFSHORE SHIP-...
- 28 August 2025
- Environmental Law
Regulations on offshore ship-to-ship transfers under the National Environmental Management: Integrat...
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