Dear Subscriber,
Please find last week’s Briefing Note (Gazette Watch 10–18 September 2026) and Newsflash Update (11 – 18 September 2026) attached.
BRIEFING NOTE
This edition covers 17 gazette notices across labour, customs and excise, corruption, environmental, water, aviation, medical, standards, governance and statistics, and safety and security.
Notable items include three trade union deregistrations, an SIU referral and amended proclamation affecting eThekwini Municipality, several Customs and Excise amendments, the 2024 grid emission factors (relevant to carbon tax/GHG reporting), and new veldfire regulations.
Comment deadlines to diarise: 10 October (Civil Aviation Regulations), 11 October (Statistics Amendment Bill), and 10 November (SABS standards).
NEWSFLASH
This week’s round-up spans broadcasting, competition, consumer protection, energy, environmental, finance, labour, mining, procurement and telecommunications, including: ICASA’s OTT services inquiry (Netflix, WhatsApp, etc.), the conditional Competition Tribunal clearance of the Coca-Cola HBC/CCBA merger, a Consumer Protection Act ruling on advance-booking refunds, Treasury confirming no VAT relief on electricity, the R22bn Omnia takeover bid, Capitec’s R28m FICA fine, G4S labour-rights allegations, two Harmony Gold fatalities, a Kenyan court striking down Vodacom’s Safaricom stake purchase, and the Constitutional Court’s unanimous invalidation of the Public Procurement Act following the City of Cape Town’s challenge.
Please refer to the attached documents for full details and recommended actions on each item. The Legal Team is always happy to discuss any implications for your organisation.
– Alison and The Legal Team