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On the 15th of March 2024 the Department of Public Enterprises published a notice in the Government Gazette (Government Gazette number 4503) inviting interested and affected parties to submit comments on the draft Guidelines for Agreements, Licenses and Permits in terms of the National Ports Act 12 of 2005 ( see attached). These guidelines set […]

On the 29th of December 2023 the Department of Transport (“The Minister”) invited commentary on a draft amendment Bill (GN No.49946) which proposes to amend the Marine Pollution (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 2 of 1986 (“the Act”). One of the proposed amendments, aims to incorporate annexture IV and VI of the International Convention

In a previous post , we referred to the recent tax relief for food manufacturers being refunds of the RAF levies on diesel purchased and used in food manufacturing processes. In order to assist tax payers SARS are holding a webinar on this refund process on the 7 September 2023 from 17h00 to 19h00. The

During the 2023 budget speech the Minister of Finance announced that in light of the electricity crisis a similar diesel refund to the current system in place (for farming, forestry, fishing and mining), would be introduced for manufacturers of foodstuffs. Regardless of the date of implementation of the legislation this refund would take effect from

Please see the commercial squid appeals GPR at the below link to see the list of successful applicants and appellants in the Squid Commercial Fishing sector and the Minister’s reasons therefore. Queries may be addressed to the Dawson’s team at petere@dawsons.co.za or info@dawsons.co.za. https://www.dffe.gov.za/sites/default/files/docs/12jun23gpr_squidsector.pdf