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Partliament has requested public submissions on the Financial Markets Bill and the Credit Rating Services Bill

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Media briefing by the Minister Of Labour on the bills amending the Labour Relations Act and the Basic Conditions of Employment Act.

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CIPC has published Guide Note No. 3 for the re-instatement of companies and close corporations.

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I, Dr Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry, hereby:
(a) Issue for public comment, Phase II of the Draft Financial Sector Code as provided for in Code 000 Statement 003 of the Codes of Good Practice under section 9(5) of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act (Act 53 of 2003); and
(b) Invite interested persons and the public to submit comments on the code within 60 days from the date of this publication (13 March 2012).

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The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission has made significant progress in reducing the backlog of company registrations, although it is not out of the woods yet. In the three weeks to the middle of January, the backlog in company registrations fell from about 15000 to 9656.

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Most of us are aware of how the CPA protects the consumer in general, but if you are an SME it may also protect you as well. The threshold limit for the CPA not applying is currently set at R3m. So if on average you are turning over less than R240,000 per month as an SME the CPA applies to you.