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South African law updates

Changes that affect our self-assessments. When a saved result is older than an update that affects it, your dashboard tells you.

A guide, not legal advice. Where we have not read the primary text we say "reported". Confirm every item at its source before you act on it.
  1. ICT Sector Code review opened2026-04-01

    The B-BBEE ICT Sector Council opened a formal review of the ICT Sector Code on 1 April 2026, with written comments reported as due by 20 May 2026, and published an updated framework for equity equivalent investment programmes. Check the code's current status.

    Source: Reported by Engineering News, 8 April 2026. Confirm with the ICT Sector Council.

  2. COIDA Return of Earnings window for 20262026-04-01

    The Return of Earnings submission window for 2026 was reported as 1 April to 30 June 2026 (in 2025 it ran 1 May to 31 July after an extension). Late submission can carry a penalty. Check the Compensation Fund's current notice.

    Source: Reported by payroll providers and the Department of Employment and Labour notice. Confirm with the Compensation Fund.

  3. National minimum wage adjusted2026-03-01

    The national minimum wage is reported at R30.23 per hour from 1 March 2026. Check the figure and any sector or sectoral-determination rates against the Department of Employment and Labour's notice.

    Source: Department of Employment and Labour. Confirm the current notice.

  4. Draft amendment to the B-BBEE codes reported2026-01-31

    Minister Tau published draft amendments to the B-BBEE codes for public comment on 29 January 2026 (Government Gazette 54032, Notice 3744, Draft Statement 000 of 2026: General Principles and the Generic Scorecard), with 60 days for comments. We read the notice. It lists two key amendments: introducing a Transformation Fund under the enterprise and supplier development element, and changing the scorecard weightings. In the draft, the enterprise and supplier development element goes from 40 to 62 points (with a stated maximum an entity can score of 47) and the bonus points from 4 to 6, and the generic scorecard total from 109 to 131 points. The Fund has a 40% sub-minimum measured on 20 points. The EME and QSE thresholds stay at R10 million and R50 million. The draft says an entity in a sector with a sector code is measured only under that code. This is a draft only, we found no final version, and our assessments do not yet reflect it. Check the status with the dtic.

    Source: Government Gazette 54032, Notice 3744 of 29 January 2026 (Draft Statement 000). Confirm the final status with the dtic.

  5. New Code of Good Practice: Dismissal in force2025-09-04

    The Code of Good Practice: Dismissal (GN 3470, Government Gazette 53294) came into force on 4 September 2025. It sets out the current approach to fair procedure for misconduct and incapacity dismissals. Check your disciplinary code and procedure against it.

    Source: Government Gazette 53294, GN 3470

  6. Beneficial ownership filing with CIPC is mandatory2023-05-24

    Filing beneficial ownership information with CIPC has been mandatory since 24 May 2023 under the amended Companies Regulations. Reports say new and changed information must be filed within 10 business days, and CIPC will block annual returns until it is filed.

    Source: Reported by CMS, Moonstone and Roedl. Confirm in the Companies Regulations.