SA Legal Academy News
Keeping you up to date with the latest legal and governmental sectors news.
Newsletter Sign Up
CATEGORIES
- (41)Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development
- (32)Auditors & Accountants
- (12)Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment
- (7)Built Environment
- (1)CIPC
- (92)Communications & Digital Technologies
- (3)Company Law
- (3)Consumer Law
- (41)Courts
- (5)Criminal Law
- (1)Cybercrimes
- (2)Disaster Management
- (20)Education & Training
- (10)Electoral Law
- (135)Environmental Law
- (4)Family Law
- (196)Financial Sector
- (5)Fisheries & Aquaculture
- (10)General Interest
- (30)Health & Safety
- (28)Home Affairs
- (4)Housing
- (34)In the Spotlight
- (1)International Co-operation
- (98)Justice & Constitutional Development
- (77)Labour Law
- (23)Legal Practice Council
- (28)Local & Provincial Government
- (38)Minerals & Energy
- (1)Monetary Policy
- (2)National Development Plan
- (39)National Treasury
- (98)New Legislation
- (32)Opportunities for Public Comment
- (10)POPIA
- (390)Parliament
- (2)Practice Management
- (8)Presidency
- (20)Property Law (including intellectual property)
- (9)Public Service
- (4)Retirement Reform
- (19)Road Accident Fund
- (31)Safety and Security
- (1)Science, Innovation & Technology
- (15)Small Business Development
- (28)Social Development
- (13)Sport, Arts & Culture
- (15)State Owned Enterprises
- (4)State of Disaster (energy)
- (29)Taxation
- (9)Tourism
- (107)Trade, Industry & Competition
- (48)Transport
- (22)Water & Sanitation
- (1)Wills, Estates & Trusts
- Show All
Latest News
WATER SERVICES CRISIS: NATIONAL ACTION P...
- 23 July 2026
- Water & Sanitation
The Presidency has released a national water action plan that includes a strategy for increasing wat...
Read More
MINE HEALTH & SAFETY: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY...
- 23 July 2026
- Parliament
The National Assembly’s Committee Mineral & Petroleum Resources has called for written submissions o...
Read More
PARLIAMENT: FINAL OPPORTUNITY FOR SUBMIS...
- 22 July 2026
- Parliament
In anticipation of a final round of parliamentary hearings, the NCOP committee concerned has called...
Read More
JUSTICE: SMALL CLAIMS COURTS THRESHOLD R...
- 22 July 2026
- Courts
The threshold for the monetary jurisdiction of disputes settled by South Africa’s small claims court...
Read More
LAW COURTS RULES: MORE DRAFT AMENDMENTS...
- 21 July 2026
- Courts
Input is sought on proposals for ‘the revival of a rule nisi’ in the context of proceedings in the M...
Read More
CORRUPTION: IDAC OMBUD OFFICE LAUNCHED,...
- 20 July 2026
- Justice & Constitutional Development
Office of the Independent Directorate Against Corruption ombud retired judge Takalani Raulinga has p...
Read More
IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS: MEDICAL REPORT...
- 17 July 2026
- Home Affairs
A directive has been gazetted confirming recent media reports of a blanket waiver on temporary resid...
Read More
PARLIAMENT: WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS SOUGHT O...
- 16 July 2026
- Parliament
Written submissions are sought on the Gas Bill, in anticipation of a first round of parliamentary he...
Read More
JUDICIARY: MINISTER UNPACKS INSTITUTIONA...
- 15 July 2026
- Justice & Constitutional Development
On 1 April 2026, the Office of the Chief Justice became responsible for several court administration...
Read More
JUSTICE: GUIDELINES PUBLISHED ON TRANSPO...
- 15 July 2026
- Justice & Constitutional Development
Guidelines have been published on the transportation of children in conflict with the law. They seek...
Read More
THE NEW CORPORATE GUARDRAILS: THE COMPA...
- 15 July 2026
- CIPC
Deep-dive guide into the Companies Amendment Acts, the CIPC beneficial ownership hard-stop, pay-gap...
Read More
INTERNATIONAL CARTELS: COMPETITION COMMI...
- 13 July 2026
- Trade, Industry & Competition
According to the Competition Commission, a recent Constitutional Court ruling on international carte...
Read More
MONEY LAUNDERING & TERRORISM FINANCING:...
- 10 July 2026
- Parliament
Written submissions are sought on the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering & Combating Terrorism Fina...
Read More
CHILD JUSTICE: DIRECTIVE ISSUED ON RANGE...
- 10 July 2026
- Justice & Constitutional Development
A directive has been issued under the Child Justice Act dealing with a range of issues in addition t...
Read More
PETROLEUM RESOURCES: DRAFT STRATEGIC STO...
- 10 July 2026
- Minerals & Energy
A draft policy on strategic petroleum stock recently released for public comment seeks to replace th...
Read More
COPYRIGHT & PERFORMERS’ PROTECTION AMEND...
- 09 July 2026
- Justice & Constitutional Development
The Presidency has yet to issue a statement on a 26 June 2026 Constitutional Court ruling declaring...
Read More
JUSTICE: BILL REPEALING 149 PRE-1994 LAW...
- 08 July 2026
- Justice & Constitutional Development
A Bill seeking to repeal certain pre-1994 statutes is expected to be tabled in Parliament soon. It f...
Read More
TRADITIONAL & KHOI-SAN LEADERSHIP BILL:...
- 06 July 2026
- Parliament
Written submissions are sought on the Traditional & Khoi-San Leadership Bill, which will eventually...
Read More
MAGISTRATES’ COURTS RULES: CIVIL APPEALS...
- 03 July 2026
- Courts
The Rules Board for Courts of Law is considering consolidating two Magistrates Courts sub-rules affe...
Read More
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: DAMAGE-CAUSING...
- 02 July 2026
- Environmental Law
Draft guidelines on managing damage-causing animals have been gazetted for public comment. They incl...
Read More
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS: NUMBERING PLA...
- 01 July 2026
- Communications & Digital Technologies
The fourth set of amendments to Electronic Communications Act numbering plan regulations have been g...
Read More
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: KEY BILLS IN PARLIAMEN...
- 01 July 2026
- In the Spotlight
SA Legal Academy updates readers on the status of several pieces of legislation that have been befor...
Read More
BILLS BEING PROCESSED IN PARLIAMENT (30...
- 30 June 2026
- Parliament
SA Legal Academy brings you a list of Bills before Parliament on 30 June 2026. A link to each Bill i...
Read More
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open d...
- 30 June 2026
- Opportunities for Public Comment
SA Legal Academy brings you a list of key national government proposals and new legislation still op...
Read More