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Ramaphosa puts two new laws into effect in South Africa | SA News

Luke Fraser
 ·2 Sep 2025

Two new laws have officially gone live in South Africa, with significant changes for policing and language laws in the country. 

The President has officially gazetted proclamations announcing the commencement of the 2024 Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) Amendment Act, except for five sections. 

The 2024 IPD Amendment Act affects most aspects of a 2016 Constitutional Court ruling, known as the McBride judgment. 

The ruling aimed to entrench the IPID’s ‘institutional and operational independence’, enabling it to…

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