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21 October 2024

From the Government Gazette and Media Statements (21 October 2024)

IMMIGRATION The Department of Home Affairs gazetted a notice withdrawing the 9 October 2024 points-based work visa application system and replacing it with a revised version correcting a typographical error. This is noting that the new points-based...
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13 October 2024

The Week Ahead: President Ramaphosa Appears & Annual Report Assessments Continue

The President's oral question session is the high point of the parliamentary week. His final engagement with National Assembly lawmakers this year is scheduled for Thursday. The President is required to answer up to six questions of national or...
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13 October 2024

From the Government Gazette and Media Statements (14 October 2024)

NEW LEGISLATION   The Communal Property Associations Amendment Bill was signed into law and the Act gazetted. It is now in force. According to a Presidency media statement on the amending legislation, among other things it: is expected to overcome...
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07 October 2024

The Week Ahead: Final Term & Annual Report Season

Parliament resumes this week after a two-week constituency period. The final term will run for nine weeks, and the programme is packed with activities. Some of the highlights include committee oversight and legislative work, oral questions to the...
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07 October 2024

From the Government Gazette and Media Statements (7 October 2024)

TOURISM A White Paper on tourism development and promotion was gazetted for implementation, replacing one published in 1996. This follows the release of a Green Paper in September 2023 for public comment. According to a foreword from Tourism Minister...
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04 October 2024

Audits, Annual Reports and BRRRs

Parliament will be particularly busy when it resumes business for the third term next Tuesday. Immediately and foremost will be the annual task of scrutinising the 2023/2024 Annual Reports of Departments and public entities within the ambit of each...
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30 September 2024

Second Term Review of Parliament (20 August - 20 September 2024)

  We’ve reached just over 100 days since the Seventh Parliament was established. This is a milestone for this historic Parliament with no outright majority. The second term of the Seventh Parliament only ran for five weeks but was packed with a number...
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30 September 2024

From the Government Gazette and Media Statements (30 September 2024)

NATIONAL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY AMENDMENT ACT A presidential proclamation was gazetted announcing the Act’s retrospective commencement on 18 September 2024. According to a Presidency media statement issued when the Bill concerned was signed into...
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23 September 2024

From the Government Gazette and Media Statements (23 September 2024)

BROAD-BASED BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT (B-BBEE) A broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) code of good practice for the legal sector was gazetted and is now in force. Its implementation will be monitored by a yet-to-be-established charter...
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16 September 2024

From the Government Gazette and Media Statements (16 September 2024)

BELA ACT President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech at the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill signing ceremony confirmed that: the BELA Act has joined the statute books the implementation of its school language and admission policy provisions is on...