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Graphic showing stages of the bill - from introduction to parliament, to presidential signature.
14 Mar 2024
In a letter to Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa, EIFL has urged the President to sign into law the new Copyright (...)
22 Dec 2023
EIFL has written to the National Assembly, one of South Africa’s two Houses of Parliament, expressing concern at apparent delays in the adoption (...)
Teresa Hackett - EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager - with the submission outside the Houses of Parliament in Cape Town.
31 Jan 2023
In a submission delivered to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), one of the two Houses of Parliament in South Africa, EIFL urged the NCOP to (...)
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28 Jan 2022
In December 2021, the National Assembly’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry called for public submissions and comments on new, substantive (...)
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13 Jul 2021
In June 2020, South Africa’s President decided not to sign into law two Bills, the Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB) and Performers’ Protection (...)
The Award trophy - a brass spiral with a star on top!
19 Jan 2021
Libraries across the world locked down under national restrictions to halt the spread of COVID-19 found innovative ways of continuing services, (...)
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12 Aug 2020
The Copyright Amendment Bill [B13B - 2017] had been sitting on the desk of President Cyril Ramaphosa for over a year waiting to be signed into law (...)