Government Gazette publications come out any day of the week, as often as is required. But, is there any type of official information that doesn’t feature in the Gazette? More importantly, what must appear in Government Gazette publications?
The South African Constitution is the supreme law of the country. The Constitutional Court approved it on 4 December 1996, though it only came in effect at the start of February 1997. With no other law being higher or enjoying supremacy above the South African...
As a well-known and respected information access provider within the South African information industry, our international online platform provides access to scholarly, law, and trade journals for research on topics such as the South African Constitution. Our platform...
Our comprehensive collection includes a wide range of law-related publications, including the likes of the Acta Criminologica: Southern African Journal of Criminology.The highly acclaimedSouthern African Journal of Criminology is a peer-reviewed academic...
Gain Access to Scholarly Articles on African Human RightsWith over 500 scholarly and credible journal titles, specifically related to information about Africa or information originating in Africa, our online platform is one of the most comprehensive of its kind. With...
When you want to find something online, you don’t enter URL after URL and read all the content on each site in the hope that you’ll discover what you are looking for. This would be far too time-consuming and not necessarily very effective. Instead, you adopt the...
Technology has allowed us to share information effortlessly and on a global scale. As a result, the planet’s population is moving ever closer to a universal knowledge-base. However, while the concept of universally shared and accepted knowledge is possible, it cannot...
Scholarly articles published in online medical journals are subject to the same scrutiny and peer-reviews as those published in physical form. They thus offer writings that are well-researched and relevant, but their digital format makes them much more accessible....
Whether you’re browsing through the government gazette online (through databases like Sabinet) or paging through the ink-and-paper hardcopies, one can’t help but be impressed at the sheer amount of information that is published in the government gazette in South...
Journals are a vital resource for law students but with their limited time and enormous workloads, the act of trawling through stacks of journals is simply undesirable. This is why ejournals, or electronic journals, have become law students’ best friends.Ejournals...
With regards to legislation, you probably already know the function of Parliament. Parliament is responsible for the making of laws, the changing of current laws, and the dissolution of laws that are no longer relevant. But, how exactly is a Bill passed in...
Law students entering the legal services field face a difficult question when graduating, such as finding the right law firm to work for. You could be attracted by a firm’s high-profile cases; their numeration offers or simply the location.The choice should be made...
University becomes first African institution to implement OCLC’s cloud based library management services LEIDEN, Netherlands, February 10, 2015 - The University of Kwazulu-Natal, a leading African university, is now using OCLC WorldShare Management Services (WMS) as...
Our Provincial NetLaw product now consists of all Acts, Ordinances and Regulations in force. During the last quarter of 2014 we completed and added all Regulations in terms of Acts and Ordinances currently in force, making it the most up-to-date, reliable and...
South African Legislation is not always easy to navigate. Not only is South Africa working with a hybrid legal system originating from a mix of Dutch and British legal systems, but it also takes into account indigenous customary laws. In addition, we have a...
Exorbitant operating costs are one of the biggest barriers in starting a small or medium enterprise in South Africa today. Many law firms and tertiary institutions in South Africa have felt this financial pressure, it is impossible for businesses and institutions...
Sabinet was presented with an award for “outstanding distributor partner” by OCLC EMEA earlier this month.Over the last 31 years, Sabinet has managed to build a strong local and international reputation for providing Africa's information to the world and the world's...
We are pleased to announce the launch of Sabinet’s Provincial Legislation product, Provincial NetLaw.This product currently consists of more than 380 Acts and Ordinances still currently in force and applicable to all South African Provinces from 1910 to date.This new...
The content of the African Journal Archive has been integrated with the Sabinet Reference platform (http://reference.sabinet.co.za). It is now possible to search for information in this archive together with Sabinet’s South African and African electronic journals from...
Sabinet is excited to announce that we have launched CCMA and Bargaining Council Awards as a part of our Sabinet Labour Judgments product on 6 February 2014. This additional search option contains all of the more than 300 000 Awards from 1996 to date. Access to these...