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Where do I find the Government Gazette
on the web?
Note: The Government Gazette as such is not available online.
Bills and Acts/legislation
Only Bills and Acts from 1993 onwards are accessible on
government websites. Go to:
Printed (hard copy) Bills and Acts not older than three years
are available from the Government Printing Works at minimal
cost:
E-mail: montjane@gpw.gov.za
Tel: +27 (0)12 334 4653
Fax: +27 (0)12 323 9574
Postal address: Private Bag X85, PRETORIA, 0001
Street address: 149 Bosman Street, PRETORIA
Printed (hard copy) Bills and Acts older than three years
are available from the National Library of South Africa:
E-mail: infodesk@nlsa.ac.za
Tel: +27 (0)12 321 8931
Fax: +27 (0)12 325 5984
Postal address: PO Box 397, PRETORIA, 0001
Street address: Corner Vermeulen and Andries
Streets, PRETORIA
OR
E-mail:
melanie.geustyn@nlsa.ac.za
Tel: +27 (0)21 424 6320
Fax: +27 (0)21 423 3359/424 4848
Postal address: PO Box 496, CAPE TOWN, 8000
Street address: 5 Queen Victoria Street, CAPE TOWN
Notices and Regulations
The Government Information website does not have a complete collection of Notices and
Regulations.
Printed (hard copy) Notices and Regulations not older
than three years are available from the Government Printing
Works at minimal cost:
E-mail: jpe@print.pwv.gov.za
Tel: +27 (0)12 334 4508/9/10/11
Fax: +27 (0)12 323 0009
Postal address: Private Bag X85, PRETORIA, 0001
Street address: 149 Bosman Street, PRETORIA
Printed (hard copy) Notices and Regulations older than three
years are available from the National Library of South
Africa
E-mail: infodesk@nlsa.ac.za
Tel: +27 (0)12 321 8931
Fax: +27 (0)12 325 5984
Postal address: PO Box 397, PRETORIA, 0001
Street address: Corner Vermeulen and Andries Streets,
PRETORIA
OR
E-mail: melanie.geustyn@nlsa.ac.za
Tel: +27 (0)21 424 6320
Fax: +27 (0)21 423 3359/424 4848
Postal address: PO Box 496, CAPE TOWN, 8000
Street address: 5 Queen Victoria Street, CAPE TOWN
The Tender Bulletin
The Tender Bulletin contains tenders issued by Government. It is published on the Government Information website every Friday. The time depends on when it is received from the Government Printing Works.
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How do I subscribe to the printed
Government Gazette?
To subscribe to the printed (hard copy) of the Government
Gazette, contact
The Government Printing Works
E-mail:
jpe@print.pwv.gov.za
Tel: +27 (0)12 334 4734-6
Fax: +27 (0)12 677 6969
Postal address: Private Bag X85, PRETORIA, 0001
Street address: 149 Bosman Street, PRETORIA.
The Gazette is an official Government publication. Government uses it to publish acts and bills, regulations and notices in terms of acts, changes of names, company registrations and deregistrations, financial statements, land restitution notices, liquor licence applications and transport permits. Board and legal notices are also published in the Gazette; these cover insolvencies, liquidation and estate notices.
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Where do I find the Government Tender
Bulletin on the web?
The Tender Bulletin is published on the Government Information website every Friday. The time depends on when it is received from the Government Printing Works.
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Where can I access the Directory of Contacts?
GCIS publishes the
Directory of Contacts
on its website. It contains contact information for business and financial organisations, development organisations, foreign representatives in South Africa, international organisations, political parties, professional organisations, representatives of South Africa abroad, research organisations, tertiary institutions, and travel and tourism associations.
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Where can I obtain a copy of the Constitution of South Africa (including the
Bill of Rights)?
-
Online copy
- Printed copies are available from the Government Printing
Works at minimal cost:
E-mail: jpe@print.pwv.gov.za
Tel: +27 (0)12 334 4508/9
Fax: +27 (0)12 323 0009
Postal address: Private Bag X85, PRETORIA, 0001
Street address: 149 Bosman Street, PRETORIA
Printed copies are also available from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development:
Contact: Joyce Leotwane
Tel: +27 (0)12 315 1065
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Where can I find the Promotion of Access to Information Act?
This Act gives effect to the constitutional right of access to any information held by the
State and any information that is held by another person and that is required for
the exercise or protection of any rights.
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Where can I find the Protection of State Information Bill?
The Protection of State Information Bill [PDF] is available under the Documents section of the website. You can also read Government's explanation of the Bill.
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Where can I find the latest Budget?
For the latest Budget speech and related documents go to
Documents on the
National Treasury
website
or visit the National Budget page.
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Where do I find other government documents on the web?
You can search for the most notable documents since 1993 by
subject.
You can also go directly to the
Documents index page on the Government Information website.
Documents relating to line functions of departments can
also be found on the
websites of these departments.
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Where do I find the National Planning Commission's Diagnostic Overview?
The National Planning Commission released the Diagnostic Overview [PDF] on 9 June 2011. It is available on the South African Government Online website as well as on the National Planning Commission website. This overview introduces a detailed diagnostic report that sets out the key challenges that we as South Africans confront in fighting poverty and inequality and in achieving the objectives set out in the Constitution.
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Where do I find the framework for the New Growth Path?
The The new growth path: The framework [PDF] was released in November 2010, and is aimed at enhancing growth, employment creation and equity.
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Where do I find Growth and Development Summit documents?
The Growth and Development Summit was held in June 2003. Information on the
Summit is available on
the Nedlac website.
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Where do I find Summit on World
Sustainable Development resolutions?
The World Summit on Sustainable
Development was held in Johannesburg from 26 August to 4 September 2002. Information on the Summit can be found on the United Nations' events website.
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Where do I find a copy of Towards a Fifteen Year Review?
- The Towards a Fifteen Year Review document was published in 2008. The aim of the review is to assess progress and challenges since the attainment of democracy, with special focus on the five years since 2004.
Where do I find a
copy of Towards a Ten Year Review?
- Queries can be forwarded to: The Presidency at tel: +27
(0)12 300 5454
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Where do I find a copy of A Nation in the Making: a macro-social report?
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Where do I find copies of the Development Indicators publications?
The development indicators provide data on progress in human development in South Africa. The publications are available under the Documents section:
Where do I find a copy of the King Reports on Corporate
Governance?
Find the
Reports (King I, II and III) on the Institute of Directors in Southern
Africa
website. The Institute of Directors in Southern Africa established the King Committee on Corporate Governance in July 1993. The reports were published in 1994, 2002 and 2009.
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Where do I find a copy of the Report of the enquiry into the fitness of Advocate VP Pikoli to hold the office of National Director of Public Prosecutions (Ginwala report)?
Frene Ginwala led an enquiry into the fitness of Adv Vusi Pikoli to hold the office of the National Director of Public Prosecutions. Find a copy of the Report of the enquiry into the fitness of Advocate VP Pikoli to hold the office of National Director of Public Prosecutions [PDF] on the Documents page.
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Where do I find speeches by Government leaders?
Speeches delivered by the President and Deputy President and members of the Cabinet since 1994 are available on the Government Information website, categorised by person and portfolio, or by year.
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Where do I find the speech by the President delivered at the opening of Parliament?
You can find all of the speeches, called the State of the Nation address, which were delivered at the opening of Parliament since 1994 on the State of the Nation page. Since 2007 the State of the Nation Address is provided in all official languages.
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Where do I find the speeches by the Presidents of South Africa delivered at their inauguration ceremonies?
You can find all of the speeches which were delivered since 1994 in the Speeches and statements section of the website.
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Where can I find the speech in which former State President FW de Klerk announced the release of Nelson Mandela?
Mr De Klerk made the announcement in his speech at the opening of Parliament on 2 February 1990. He announced the unbanning of the ANC on the same occassion.
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Where can I find former President Thabo Mbeki's "I am an African" speech?
Former President Mbeki delivered the speech on 8 May 1996 in his capacity as Deputy President on behalf of the African National Congress, on the occasion of the adoption by the Constitutional Assembly of "The Republic Of South Africa Constitution Bill 1996"
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How do I download documents to my PC?
First of all ensure that you have Acrobat Reader 4
or higher installed on your computer. Many documents are presented in
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format to preserve the original layout.
To open PDF documents, you need Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.
Now follow the relevant set of instructions to download
documents.
Internet Explorer users
- With your mouse, right click on the link to the
document you want to save
- Choose 'Save Target As' in the drop down menu
that appears
- In the 'Save As' window select the location on
your hard drive where you want to save the document
to
- Click on 'Save' and the document will now be
downloaded to the location you specified
- Now open the Acrobat reader application and open
the document you have saved.
Netscape users
- With your mouse, shift + left click on the link
to the document you want to save
- In the ‘Save as' window choose the location on
your hard drive where you want to save the document
to and click on the 'Save' button
- The file will be downloaded to the location you
specified
- Now open the Acrobat reader application and open
the document you have saved.
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What should I do when I experience problems downloading
documents?
Ensure that you have Acrobat Reader 4 or higher installed on your
computer.
To preserve the original layout many documents are
presented in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. To open these
documents you need Acrobat Reader 4 or higher installed on your
computer. The Reader will open documents directly in your
browser.
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