Dear Clients, As winter settles over South Africa, the legislative world has once again demonstrated that regulations do not believe in seasonal slowdowns. May delivered a remarkable assortment of developments. Waste management rules may soon be rewritten, electricity pricing is being reimagined, greenhouse gas inventories are being updated, and South Africa's elephants now have a [...]
Dear Clients, If there is one thing July has reminded us, it is that regulatory activity does not need to be dramatic to keep everyone busy. There were no major foodstuffs or agricultural legislative developments this month — which, in regulatory terms, is probably the closest thing to a holiday. Elsewhere, however, the wheels continued [...]
Dear Clients, June 2026 Legal Round-Up: Winter Is Here... But the Law Never Sleeps While much of South Africa is focused on staying warm, the legislative machine continues to tick over. The biggest surprise this month? No new national environmental legislation. Enjoy the quiet—it probably won't last. Health and safety kept the transport sector busy. [...]
April’s legal update has arrived — proving once again that while South Africans are digging out scarves, side-eyeing the first cold fronts, and pretending they’re emotionally ready for winter, the regulators are still fully committed to paperwork season. Here’s what went down in the thrilling universe of environmental, health & safety and foodstuff laws this [...]
As we move into April, March’s regulatory output confirms a familiar pattern: no sweeping overhauls, just a steady accumulation of rules, refinements and obligations — the kind that quietly expand compliance checklists while no one is looking. Here are the highlights: Dust Happens — Document ItThe new National Dust Control Regulations keep the same limits [...]
February clearly decided not to be outdone by January. While the weather hinted at late-summer laziness, the regulators were still very much in full productivity mode — quietly releasing draft rules, tweaking frameworks, and setting the stage for future compliance obligations that will almost certainly become urgent at some point in the not-so-distant future. This [...]
The out-of-office replies are off, the inbox is fighting back, and just in case anyone thought January eased us gently into the year… the law clearly didn’t get the memo. While we were rebooting, legislators were busy tweaking, amending, correcting and rolling out a solid stack of new rules. This update brings a mix of [...]
While most of us were chasing braais, beaches, and cold drinks, the law didn’t take a holiday. December brought a flurry of updates: waste and recycling got a shiny new strategy, groundwater and water rules tightened up, some chemicals are on their way out, and electricity grid allocation got a bit more orderly. Health and [...]
As the mercury climbs, the southeaster whips around like it’s training for a marathon, and everyone counts down the days to their well-earned December break, we bring you November’s Environmental, Health & Safety and Foodstuffs Legal Update. Even with schools closed and holiday traffic already building, November delivered a full basket of legal activity. Nationally, [...]
ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH AND SAFETY AND FOODSTUFFS LEGAL UPDATE REPORT (SOUTH AFRICA), 5th of November 2025 Dear Clients, October’s been busy on the legal front — South Africa’s lawmakers have been stirring the regulatory pot like chefs at a compliance buffet. From new rules on who can deliver your drinking water (Water Services Amendment Bill) [...]