5 MAJOR NEW LAWS THAT EVERY SOUTH AFRICA NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT STAFF
06 AUGUST 2019
“Many departments have a backlog of delayed draft legislation that needs to be introduced into Parliament to avoid the end-of-the-fifth-term crunch, so lawmakers will be doing a lot of heavy legislative lifting this year,” it said.
“At the same time, more private legislation tabled by Members of Parliament is no longer a possibility but is expected,” it said.
Smoking laws
New proposals for changes to South Africa’s smoking laws will be presented by the end of March, according to department of health director-general, Precious Matsoso.
The regulations plan to ban smoking in all public spaces, remove branding from cigarettes packs and control electronic cigarettes.
A zero-tolerance policy on in-door smoking in public places (including the removal of designated smoking areas in restaurants);
A ban on outdoor smoking in public places;
When smoking outside, smokers must be at least 10 metres away from public entrances;
The removal of all signage on cigarette packaging aside from the brand name and warning stickers;
Cigarettes may no longer be publicly displayed by retailers.
Hate speech laws