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Ramaphosa launches important new laws for South Africa | SA News

Staff Writer
 ·24 Nov 2025

President Cyril Ramaphosa has proclaimed the start date of the 2018 Plant Improvement Act, which will come into effect on 1 December 2025.

The Act was signed into law by the president in March 2019, alongside the 2018 Plant Breeders’ Rights Act; however, the Act was not put into full effect.

Now, Ramaphosa signed and published a presidential proclamation in the Government Gazette for the new laws to kick in, which will repeal the previous 1976 Act in its entirety.

The new laws are centred around a national listing of plant…

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