Government Gazette of South Africa

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The Government Gazette (Afrikaans : Staatskoerant) is the gazette of record of South Africa. It is the "official organ of Government". [1] The Government Gazette is used by the government as an official way of communicating to the general public.

Contents

Published material

The Gazette includes proclamations by the President as well as both general and government notices made by its various departments. It publishes 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. Note that certain publishers such as Juta and Butterworths publish legislation in South Africa.

Location

The current location of the government printing works is 149 Bosman Street, Pretoria, South Africa. [2]

Notes and references

  1. "UCT libraries government publications webpage". University of Cape Town . Archived from the original on 18 August 2002. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. "FAQ". Parliament of South Africa . Archived from the original on 12 June 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2019.


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