- CIPC self service centres Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban will be closed on 15 May 2026
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Notice 26 of 2026 |
May 12, 2026 |
- Providing the Commission with accurate and up to date information of directors
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Notice 25 of 2026 |
April 29, 2026 |
- Scheduled System Maintenance
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Notice 23 of 2026 |
April 22, 2026 |
- Automation of Co-operative Director Amendments
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Notice 22 of 2026 |
April 21, 2026 |
- Temporary delays in responding to disclosure and finance enquiries
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Notice 21 of 2026 |
April 20, 2026 |
- Introduction of Live Chat support
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Notice 20 of 2026 |
April 10, 2026 |
- Compliance Checklist Report Non-Profit Companies
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April 1, 2026 |
- Co-operative that has been directed to change name
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Notice 18 of 2026 |
March 7, 2026 |
- Customer Enquiry Management System (CEMS)
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Notice 17 of 2026 |
March 23, 2026 |
- Non-complying entities with issued compliance
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Notice 15 of 2026 |
March 12, 2026 |
- CIPC Easter weekend closure
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March 12, 2026 |
- CIPC launches a Case Management System
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Notice 14 of 2026
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March 12, 2026 |
- Change of contact details using a new passport
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Notice 10 of 2026 |
March 11, 2026 |
- Non‑compliance with company and close corporation re‑instatement evidence requirements
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Notice 12 of 2026 |
March 9, 2026 |
- Closure notice: CIPC self service centres – Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban will be closed on 13 march 2026
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Notice 11 of 2026 |
March 5, 2026 |
- CIPC public sale notice
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Notice 09 of 2026 |
March 1, 2026 |
- Processing delays in business and company reservations
|
Notice 08 of 2026 |
February 25, 2026 |
- Young Ideas — South Africa’s Future Gold StandardCIPC IP Youth Awards 2026
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Media Release 1 of 2026 |
February 20, 2026 |
- Notice of Direction to Change Name in Terms of Section 11 of the Co-operatives Act, 2005 (Act No. 14 of 2005), as Amended
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Notice 05 of 2026 |
February 4, 2026 |
- Delays in companies and close corporations re-instatements card payments
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Notice 03 of 2026 |
January 21, 2026 |
- Inventor Assistance Program (IAP) Success Story
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January 20, 2026 |
- Prospectus filing requirements
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January 12, 2026 |
- Disparity of registration and Incorporation dates
|
Notice 01 of 2026 |
January 09, 2026 |
| Disparity of registration numbers and incorporation dates |
notice_01.pdf |
January 7, 2020 |
| Discontinuation of third party model |
Notice 4 |
January 31, 2020 |
| Compulsory Name Reservation for Co-Operatives |
Notice 5 |
January 31, 2020 |
| Expansion of mobile service |
Notice 6 |
February 17, 2020 |
| CIPC call affected by network coverage |
Notice 7 |
February 25, 2020
|
| Non-receipt of emails from CIPC |
Notice 8 |
February 26, 2020 |
| Co-operatives Forms |
Notice 10 |
March 2, 2020 |
| Company, close corporation and co-operative services during government lock down of South Africa |
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March 3, 2020 |
| New E-services Functionality: Registration of Co-operatives |
Notice 11 |
March 3, 2020 |
| Migration of name reservation functionality to new platform |
Notice 12 |
March 4, 2020 |
| Non-readable documents submitted to CIPC for processing |
Notice 13 |
March 20, 2020 |
| CIPC Call Centre on Corona virus (COVID 19) |
Notice 14 |
March 20, 2020 |
| Notice 17 of 2020 |
Notice 17 |
March 24, 2020 |
| Available automated services |
Customer notice |
April 1, 2020 |
| Company, close corporation and co-operative services during government lock down of South Africa |
No number |
April 15, 2020 |
| Intellectual Property |
Notice 21 |
April 30, 2020 |
| Recommencement of services |
Notice 23 |
May 1, 2020 |
| Essential Services Certificate issued by CIPC |
Notice 24 |
May 1, 2020 |
| Business Rescue Filing |
Notice 25 |
May 6, 2020 |
| Patents & Designs, Copyright and Trade Mark Divisions – National Lockdown Level 4 |
Notice 26 |
May 6, 2020 |
| Printing granted and published content |
Notice 7 |
May 12, 2020 |
| Phasing out of deposit system |
Notice 28 |
May 19, 2020 |
| New process for updating customer code contact details/password reset |
Notice 35 |
May 20, 2020 |
| CIPC Call Centre now open to assist customers |
Notice 28 |
May 21, 2020 |
| Customer transacting durind Covid-19 |
No date |
May 23, 2020 |
| CIPC Call Centre now open to assist customers |
Notice 28 (2) |
May 21, 2020 |
| Phasing out of deposit system |
Notice 28 |
May 19, 2020
|
| Printing granted and published content |
Notice 7 |
May 12, 2020 |
| Patents & Designs, Copyrght and Trade Mark Division National LPatents & Designs, Copyright and Trade Mark Divisions – National Lockdown Level 4ockdown Level 4 |
No number |
May 6, 2020
|
| Business Rescue Filing |
No number |
May 6, 2020 |
| Essential Services Certificate issued by CIPC |
Guidance note |
May 5, 2020 |
| Recommencement of services |
Notice 23 |
May 1, 2020 |
| Intellectual Property |
No number |
April 30, 2020
|
| Company, close corporation and co-operative services during government lock down of South Africa |
Notice 21 |
April 13, 2020
|
| Available automated services |
No number |
April 1, 2020 |
| New process for updating customer code contact details/password reset |
Notice 32 |
June 4, 2020
|
| Companies, close corporations regulatory compliance during government lock down of South Africa |
Notice 34 |
July 13, 2020
|
| New method of issuing confirmation |
Notice 35 |
July 15, 2020 |
| Acknowledgement of the appointment of business rescue practitioners |
Notice 36 |
July 15, 2020 |
| Recommencement of referral for deregistration of non-compliant companies and close corproations |
Notice 37 |
July 20, 2020
|
| Audited annual financial statements: Requirement to disclose remuneration and benefits of directors and prescribed officers |
Notice 38
|
July 21, 2020 |
| Pending final deregistration of companies and close corporations |
Notice 39 |
July 27, 2020 |
| Impact of load shedding on CIPC |
Notice 41 |
September 3, 2020 |
| Submission of Annual Financial Statements using Generally Recognized Accounting Principles (GRAP) in XBRL |
Notice 43 |
September 15, 2020
|
| New email addresses for applications relating to co-ops amendments |
Notice 44 |
September 28, 2020 |
| Re-commencement of companies and close corporations regulatory compliance obligations |
Notice 49
|
November 2, 2020 |
| New e-services functionality: on-line co-operative registration now available |
Notice 46 |
November 9, 2020 |
| Uploading on new-eservices for on-line co-operative registration |
Notice 51
|
November 20, 2020 |
| Disparity of registration numbers and incorporation dates |
Notice 4 |
January 29, 2021 |
| Business Rescue mailboxes |
Notice 6 |
February 5, 2021 |
| Requirement for letter of no objection |
Notice 7 |
February 5, 2021 |
| CIPC new automated processes |
Notice 8 |
February 10, 2021 |
| New E-Service: New Company Registration (Short Standard Profit (Cor15.1a) And Non Profit Company Without Members (Cor15.1c) |
Notice 11
|
February 16, 2021 |
| Name reservation e-service process |
Notice 10 |
February 16, 2021 |
| Discontinuation of primary co-operatives manual submission |
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February 25, 2021 |
| Requirement to voluntarily disclose solvency and liquidity test performed in the annual financial statements |
Notice 15 |
March 2, 2021 |
| Amended Notice In Respect Of Issuing Patent Certificates |
Notice 20 |
April 9, 2021 |
| Domain name registration via CIPC |
Notice 22 |
May 9, 2021 |
| Automation of Business Rescue Proceedings, Business Rescue Practitioner Licensing and Business Rescue Practitioner Appointment |
Notice 25
|
May 24, 2021 |
| Amendment of registration certificate (Form Cor14.3) issued via New e-services platform |
Notice 27
|
May 25, 2021
|
| Delay in release of automation of business rescue proceedings, business rescue practitioner licensing and business rescue practitioner appointments |
Notice 28
|
May 28, 2021 |
| List of Accredited Professional Bodies whose members are eligible to be licensed as business rescue practitioners as at 01 June 2021 |
Notice 29
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June 6, 2021 |
| Essential services certificate |
Guidance note |
June 29, 2021 |
| Delay in dispatch of documents |
Notice 34 |
July 5, 2021 |
| Rotation of Auditors In terms of section 92 of the Companies Act |
Notice 35 |
July 12, 2021 |
| Discontinuation of enterprise search on the CIPC e-services website |
Notice 36
|
July 13, 2021
|
| CIPC file transition project |
Notice 38 |
July 23, 2021 |
| Notice to Accounting and Auditing professional bodies |
Notice 39
|
August 3, 2021 |
| Temporary change in submission requirements for changes to company MOI (FORM COR15.2) |
Notice 42 |
August 23, 2021
|
| External Company Registration (FORM COR20.1) |
Notice 43 |
August 24, 2021 |
| The protection of personal information and the CIPC |
Notice 44 |
August 31, 2021 |
| Status on file transition to the new bulk storage facility |
No date |
August 31, 2021 |
| The protection of personal information and the CIPC |
No date |
September 9, 2021 |
| Disqualified directors letters |
Notice 79 |
December 17, 2019 |
| Commencement of deregistration notification to companies and close corporations |
Notice 45 |
July 9, 2019 |
| Roll-out of Annual Return “hard-stop” |
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| Annual return and AFS / FAS technical challenges |
Notice 11 of 2019 |
February 6, 2019 |
| Self Service Centres offline |
|
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| Scheduled System Maintenance |
|
|
| Website unavailability notice |
|
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| System Downtime |
|
|
| File transition project – impact on business operations |
|
|
| CM29 Electronic Lodgment |
|
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| Scheduled maintenance on all CIPC systems |
|
|
| Restoration procedure for final deregistered companies and close corporations |
|
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| Non Profit Companies to Comply with Annual Returns |
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| Electronic CoR39 Passwords |
|
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| Waiver in respect of penalty fees due to the late filing of annual returns until 30 September 2013 |
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| Operational requirements in respect of electronic filing of new trade marks, patents, designs and copyright applications with the CIPC |
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| Lodgment of priority documents in respect of patents, designs and trade marks in electronic format |
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|
| Lodgement in electronic format of certain documents in terms of trade marks Act |
|
|
| Electronic lodgement of patents |
|
|
| Notice of non profit companies duty to comply with Annual Returns |
|
|
| Guide to submitting company and close corporation applications via dedicated email addresses |
|
|
| Lapse of legislation fee exemption for conversion from a close corporation to a company |
|
|
| Use of name reservation symbols |
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September 9, 2021 |
| CIPC Scan to e-mail requirements |
|
September 9, 2021 |
| Important notice to customers about CK2 |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Discontinue acceptance of cheque deposits |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Dedicated mailbox for company name changes |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Director changes now done electronically |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Closure of disclosure addresses and the resubmission of requests for copies of documents |
|
September 9, 2021 |
| Notice to directors |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Revised PCC 24 on verification requirements of South African companies and close corporations in terms of the FIC act |
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September 9, 2021 |
| New filing channel for listed Companies and their Subsidiaries at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Disparity of company registration |
|
September 9, 2021 |
| Payment method discontinued (cheques) |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Final deregistration of companies and close corporations referred for deregistration due to non-compliance with annual returns during January 2013 |
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September 9, 2021 |
| ID number verification |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Lodgement of e-services applications |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Processing of Company and CC |
|
September 9, 2021 |
| Patent Registration |
|
September 9, 2021 |
| Pending review of the Companies and Close Corporation re-instatement process (CoR40.5) |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Closure of companies queries in the enquiries queue |
|
September 9, 2021 |
| Warning against fraudulent activities |
|
September 9, 2021 |
| Withdrawal of non-binding opinion dated 27 Oct 2011 Disclosure of directors’ remuneration |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Delay in processing business rescue proceeding applications |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Compliance requirements – companies act, 2008 as amended |
|
September 9, 2021 |
| Appointemnt of Acting Commissioner |
|
September 9, 2021 |
| Notice Clarification on Liquidation documents to be submitted to CIPC November 2013 |
|
September 9, 2021 |
| Problem with practice numbers of auditors |
|
September 9, 2021 |
| Email channel functionality up and running |
|
September 9, 2021 |
| Notice to accounting and auditing professional bodies: Independent review survey 2021 |
Notice 48 of 2021 |
September 21, 2021 |
| Important changes to CIPC electronic platforms relating to short standard private and short standard non-profit without members company registrations |
Notice 49 of 2021 |
September 23, 2021 |
| Filling of joint business rescue practitioner appointments |
Notice 50 of 2021 |
September 29, 2021 |
| Status on file transition to the new bulk storage facility |
Notice 44 of 2021 |
September 30, 2021 |
| CIPC Call Centre operating hours |
Notice 52 of 2021 |
October 18, 2021 |
| Filing of co-operative annual submission of information to the registrar (annual returns) and compliance requirements of annual financial statements (AFS) using XBRL |
Notice 52 of 2021 |
October 19, 2021 |
| Commencement of deregistration notification to companies and close corporations |
Notice 53 of 2021 |
October 20, 2021 |
| Appointing and resignation of auditors using the online services |
Notice 58 of 2021 |
November 23, 2021 |
| Compliance obligations of companies and close corporations in business rescue |
Notice 61 of 2021 |
November 29, 2021 |
| Public companies contravening annual financial statements filing obligations |
Notice 59 of 2021 |
November 30, 2021 |
| Co-operative that have been directed to change names by the registrar of Co-operatives |
Notice 60 of 2021 |
December 1, 2021 |
| Requirements for Company and Close Corporation Re-instatement in terms of regulation 4(2)(b) |
Practice note – no number |
December 9, 2021 |
| Company registration numbers for application lodged during the festive season break |
Notice 1 |
January 8, 2019 |
| Licencing of Business Rescue Practitioners |
Notice 2 of 2019 |
January 11, 2019 |
| Relocation of Pretoria Self-Service Centre |
Notice 3 of 2019 |
January 11, 2019 |
| Relocation of Sunnypark Office |
Notice 4(2)of 2019 |
January 18, 2019 |
| Launch of Automation of Shares |
Notice 4 of 2019 |
January 23, 2019 |
| New interactive voice recording (IVR) launched |
Notice 5 of 2019 |
January 31, 2019 |
| Alternative administrative description for directors of companies and members of close corporations where company or close corporation is finally deregistered |
Notice 9 of 2019 |
February 1, 2019 |
| Roll-out of Annual Return “hard-stop” |
Notice 12 of 2019 |
February 8, 2019 |
| Reversal of incurred penalty fees for 2019 for Annual return Filings |
Notice 13 of 2019 |
February 8, 2019 |
| Filing of Annual Financial Statements |
No number |
February 14, 2019 |
| Explanation on and intention of Practice Notice 1 of 2019 |
Notice 3 of 2019 |
February 21, 2019 |
| Mandatory submission of financials when filing Annual Returns (“Hard-stop”) |
Notice 21 of 2019 |
March 4, 2019 |
| Successful launch of auto shares |
Notice 23 of 2019 |
March 11, 2019 |
| Patents and Designs fee increase – 2019 |
No number |
March 19, 2019 |
| Emailing of certificate / documents to customers |
Notice 26 of 2019 |
March 20, 2019 |
| Changes on the Identification Process for Company Registrations |
Notice 25 of 2019 |
March 20, 2019 |
| Office Closure During Easter Weekend |
No number |
April 4, 2019 |
| Reservation of name for co-ops as per amended co-ops act, (No 6 of 2013) |
Notice 31 of 2019 |
April 4, 2019 |
| Migrating of manual registration for primary co-operative limited (Form CR1, CR5, CR4/CR8) |
Notice 30 of 2019 |
April 5, 2019 |
| Application for the registration of the secondary and tertiary co-ops |
Notice 32 of 2019 |
April 5, 2019 |
| Patents & Designs, Copyright and Trade Mark Divisions – National Lockdown Level 4 |
No number |
May 6, 2019 |
| Decrease of Co-operative registration fee and amendment of constitution in terms of the amended Co-ops Act (No. 6 of 2013) |
Notice 36 of 2019 |
May 29, 2019 |
| Processing requirements for the removal of directors |
Notice 42 of 2019 |
May 30, 2019 |
| Challenges with companies registered without names |
Notice 37 of 2019 |
May 30, 2019 |
| Reason(s) for removal of director by the shareholders in the notice meeting |
Notice 42 of 2019 |
June 18, 2019 |
| CIPC 2019 XBRL Taxonomy for public consultation |
Notice 44 of 2019 |
July 4, 2019 |
| CIPC inLine eXtensible Business Reporting (iXBRL) Taxonomy Updated |
Notice 49 of 2019 |
July 8, 2019 |
| Commencement of deregistration notification to companies and close corporations |
Notice 45 of 2019 |
July 9, 2019 |
| Unauthorised use of CIPC name, abbreviations and logo |
Notice 48 of 2019 |
July 29, 2019 |
| Deregistration |
Notice 49 of 2019 |
August 8, 2019 |
| CIPC E-mails protocol |
Notice 63 of 2019 |
October 3, 2019 |
| Compulsory Name Reservation of co-operatives |
Notice 60 of 2019 |
October 9, 2019 |
| Processing Requirements For Removal Of Co-Operative Directors |
Notice 61 of 2019 |
October 9, 2019 |
| Unexpected filing notifications received after pilot resting iXBRL |
Notice 63 of 2019 |
October 11, 2019 |
| Retraction of Notice 64: IP online Downtime Maintenance |
Notice 65 of 2019 |
October 16, 2019 |
|
Which Companies Should Submit AFS’s in the iXBRL format?
|
Notice 67 of 2019 |
October 29, 2019 |
| Deactivation of e-mail filing of company, company address, company name changes from 1 December 2019 |
Notice 68 of 2019 |
November 1, 2019 |
| Filing of documents in terms of regulation 168 |
Practice notice 70 of 2019 |
November 12, 2019 |
| Downtime for name reservation back-end release |
Notice 75 of 2019 |
November 29, 2019 |
| Appointment Certificate issued to inspectors in terms of section 209 |
Notice 72 of 2019 |
November 29, 2019 |
| Financial Accountability Supplement |
Notice 74 of 2019 |
December 2, 2019 |
| Office Closure |
No notice number |
December 3, 2019 |
| Disqualified director |
Notice 79 of 2019 |
December 17, 2019 |
| Financial Accountability Supplement is now working |
Notice 75 of 2019 |
December 26, 2019 |
| Registration Numbers |
Notice 1 of 2018 |
January 15, 2018 |
| Renovations taking place at the sunny park patent offices |
Notice 2 of 2018 |
January 24, 2018 |
| Guidelines on appointment of Accounting Officer |
Notice 4 of 2018 |
February 6, 2018 |
| Close Corporations without Accounting Officer (Act of 1984) |
Notice 6 of 2018 |
February 22, 2018 |
| Close Corporations without Accounting Officer (Act of 1984) |
Notice 6 of 2018 |
February 23, 2018 |
| B-BBEE Application on e-services |
Notice 15 of 2018 |
March 3, 2018 |
| Enquiry System for logging tickets |
Notice 8 of 2018 |
March 6, 2018 |
| Pilot of new online filing method |
Notice 14 of 2018 |
March 13, 2018 |
| List of Accredited Professional Bodies 28 March 2018 |
|
March 28, 2018 |
| Important Notice to Accounting Officer |
Notice 12 of 2018 |
April 16, 2018 |
| CIPC information technology infrastructure migration |
|
May 18, 2018 |
| Voluntary Audits |
|
June 8, 2018 |
| Mandatory submission of annual financial statements (AFS) and financial accountability supplement (FAS) when filing annual returns as from 01 July 2018 |
Notice 42 of 2018 |
June 27, 2018 |
| CIPC XBRL portal as from 01 July 2018 |
Notice 44 of 2018 |
July 11, 2018 |
| Activation of new e-mail addresses for Business Rescue Practitioners filing |
Notice 47 of 2018 |
July 23, 2018 |
| CIPC XBRL taxonomy data model for public consultation |
Notice 48 of 2018 |
July 25, 2018 |
| Annual Financial Statements and Financial Accountability Supplements |
Notice 52 of 2018 |
August 8, 2018 |
| Notice regarding dies-non |
|
August 17, 2018 |
| Roll-back of Annual Return “Hard-Stop” Functionality |
Notice 61 of 2018 |
September 3, 2018 |
| Re-Deployment of Annual Return “Hard Stop” Functionality on 01 October 2018 |
Notice 62 of 2018 |
September 20, 2018 |
| Notice of Appointment of Business Rescue Practitioner (C0) |
Notice 65 of 2018 |
October 4, 2018 |
| Automation of paper based disclosures for Companies and Close Corporations |
Notice 67 of 2018 |
October 12, 2018 |
| Invitation for Public Comment on Draft Companies Amendment Bill |
Notice 68 of 2018 |
October 15, 2018 |
| Voluntary Audits |
Notice 60 of 2018 |
October 16, 2018 |
| To provide reason(s ) or not for removal of directors by the shareholders |
Notice 74 of 2018 |
November 12, 2018 |
| Submitting valid email and cell phone numbers for directors/members for companies and close corporations |
Notice 70 of 2018 |
November 16, 2018 |
| Enquiry System – Multiple Attachments |
Notice 77 of 2018 |
December 11, 2018 |
| Availability of CIPC files: status on files at the new bulk storage facility |
Notice 1 of 2017 |
January 5, 2017 |
| Disparity of company registration and incorporation numbers |
Notice 2 of 2017 |
January 13, 2017 |
| File transition project – impact on business operations |
Notice 4 of 2017 |
January 23, 2017 |
| Name reservations |
Notice 5 of 2016 |
January 27, 2017 |
| Reminder of discontinuation of posting document copies |
Notice 9 of 2017 |
February 3, 2017 |
| Self-Service Terminal Partners |
Notice 10 of 2017 |
February 16, 2017 |
| Important Notice to all recognised Accounting Proffessions for Close Corporations |
Notice 12 of 2017 |
February 21, 2017 |
| CIPC launching new landing / home page |
Notice 14 of 2017 |
February 24, 2017 |
| Requirements for updating cellphone numbers and e-mail addresses |
Notice 17 of 2017 |
March 1, 2017 |
| Reminder for customer to file eservices new company registration and directors changes via upload functionality on CIPC website |
Notice 18 of 2017 |
March 3, 2017 |
| Discontinuation of manual application for (standard private company |
Notice 24 of 2017 |
March 30, 2017 |
| SA Post Office salary dispute |
Notice 45 of 2017 |
July 17, 2017 |
| Intoduction of additional payment method |
Notice 40 of 2017 |
July 19, 2017 |
| Drop Box Co-operatives |
Notice 42 of 2017 |
August 11, 2017 |
| Introduction of additional option for retrieval of memorandum of incorporation documents |
Notice 43 of 2017 |
August 21, 2017 |
| Relocation of the CIPC cape town self service Centre and system downtime. |
Notice 45 of 2017 |
August 21, 2017 |
| Notice 46 of 2017_Implementation of additional payment method |
Notice 46 of 2017 |
August 23, 2017 |
| Submission of Annual Financial Statements |
Notice 50 of 2017 |
October 2, 2017 |
| Disclosure of Remuneration and Benefits of Directors and Prescribed officers in Annual Financial Statements |
Notice 52 of 2017 |
October 10, 2017 |
| CIPC JSE office closure during festive |
No number |
November 28, 2017 |
| Final Deregistration of Companies and Close Corporations |
Notice 61 of 2027 |
December 14, 2017 |
| Final Deregistration of Companies and Close Corporations which fail to file annual returns |
Notice 62 of 2017 |
December 14, 2017 |
| Changes on e-Services Website |
Notice 65 of 2017 |
December 18, 2017 |
| Changes on Free Disclosure and Retrieval of MOI Documents |
Notice 66 of 2017 |
December 20, 2017 |
| Domain Name Registration |
Notice 67 of 2017 |
December 20, 2017 |
| Finally Deregistered Companies and Close Corporations which fails to File Annual Returns within 30 business days after the successful processing of application for Re-reinstatement of Deregistered Company (CoR40.5) |
Notice 16 of 2018 |
April 15, 2016 |
| Filing of Financial Accountability Supplements (COR30.2) by Companies and Close Corporations |
Notice 51 of 2016 |
October 10, 2016 |
| Closure of Office during Festive Season |
Notice 50 of 2016 |
October 12, 2016 |
| Requirements for certification of documents |
Notice 54 of 2016 |
October 21, 2016 |
| False notification regarding repeal of close corporation act, 1984 and forced conversion for close corporation to companies |
Notice 53 of 2016 |
October 31, 2016 |
| Update: Availability of CIPC files and movement of such to the New Bulk Storage Facility |
Notice 55 of 2016 |
October 31, 2016 |
| Notice challenging filed information (COR168) |
Notice 56 of 2016 |
October 31, 2016 |
| Automation of company name changes |
Notice 62 of 2016 |
December 1, 2016 |
| Seminar Invitation to th Practical Implemantation of Co-operatives Amendment Act |
|
December 2, 2016 |
| Requirements relating to copies of smart id cards |
Notice 63 of 2016 |
December 7, 2016 |
| Additional “compliance status” field on disclosure certificates |
Notice 65 of 2016 |
December 21, 2016 |
| Disparity of company registration |
No number |
January 29, 2015
|
| Payment method discontinued (cheques) |
No number |
February 3, 2015
|
| FINAL DEREGISTRATION OF COMPANIES AND CLOSE CORPORATIONS REFERRED FOR DEREGISTRATION DUE TO NON COMPLIANCE WITH ANNUAL RETURNS DURING JANUARY 2013 |
No number |
February 4, 2015
|
| Lodgement of e-services applications |
No number |
February 11, 2015
|
| ID number verification |
No number |
February 11, 2015
|
| Patent Registration |
|
February 13, 2015 |
| Processing of Company and CC |
Notice 7 of 2015 |
February 13, 2015
|
| Pending review of the Companies and Close Corporation reinstatement process (CoR40.5) |
No number |
February 27, 2015
|
| Closure of companies queries in the enquiries queue |
Notice 11 of 2015 |
March 3, 2015
|
| Warning against fraudulent activities |
Notice 12 of 2015 |
March 6, 2015
|
| Withdrawal of non-binding opinion dated 27 Oct 2011 Disclosure of directors’ remuneration |
“Important notification” |
March 12, 2015
|
| Delay in processing business rescue proceeding applications |
Notice 17 |
April 2, 2015
|
| Compliance requirements – companies ACT, 2008 as amended |
No number |
May 6, 2015
|
| Appointemnt of Acting Commissioner |
Notice 23 of 2015 |
May 12, 2015
|
| Notice_Clarification on Liquidation documents to be submitted to CIPC_November 2013 |
Notice 37 of 2015 |
May 27, 2015
|
| Email channel functionality up and running |
Notice 38 of 2015 |
June 22, 2015
|
| Hybrid CK2 from additional services link on the website |
Notice 39 of 2015 |
July 3, 2015
|
| Removal of director in terms of section 71 of companies ACT, 71 of 2008 |
Notice 40 of 2015 |
July 8, 2015
|
| Notice to all CEO Professional bodies in accounting and auditing industry: Compliance Requirements, Companies Act 71 of 2008 |
Notice 43 of 2015 |
August 7, 2015
|
| Replacing notice 35 of 2015 with notice 43 Discontinuation of uploading of certain documents via CIPC Website |
Notice 35 of 2015 |
September 4, 2015
|
| Problem with practice numbers of auditors |
Notice 34 of 2015 |
October 28, 2015
|
| Closure of revenue mailboxes |
Notice 58 of 2015 |
November 11, 2015
|
| Office closure during festive season |
Notice 60 of 2015 |
November 23, 2015
|
| Objection regarding submitted COR39/CK2 through eservices |
Notice 62 of 2015 |
December 7, 2015
|
| Rotation of Auditors |
Notice 63 of 2015 |
December 21, 2015
|
| Delay in real time payments |
Notice 64 of 2015 |
December 21, 2015
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| Dedicated mailbox for company name changes |
Notice 1 |
September 24, 2014
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| Closure of disclosure addresses and the resubmission of requests for copies of documents |
Notice 2 |
October 1, 2014
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| Notice to directors |
Notice 3 |
October 7, 2014
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| Backlog on CoR39 Eservices |
Notice 4 |
October 22, 2014
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| Revised PCC 24 on verification requirements of South African companies and close corporations in terms of the FIC ACT |
Notice 5 |
December 2, 2014
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| New filing channel for listed Companies and their Subsidiaries at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) |
Notice 6 |
December 5, 2014
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| Review of update of contact details of directors and directors amendments |
Practice Notice 6 of 2025 |
December 18, 2025 |
| Automation of company and close corporation voluntary deregistration |
Notice 57 of 2025 |
December 5, 2025 |
| CIPC calls on companies to complete the compliance checklist accurately |
Notice 53 of 2025 |
December 4, 2025 |
| CIPC Johannesburg Self-Service Center is relocating |
Notice 55 of 2025 |
December 1, 2025 |
| CIPC Annual Customer and Stakeholder Satisfaction Survey Report: Enhancing Service Excellence |
Notice 54 of 2025 |
December 1, 2025 |
| Date of the business rescue status report form (CoR125.1) |
Practice notes 5 of 2025 |
October 17, 2025 |
| Change of director's contact details |
Notice 49 of 2025 |
October 17, 2025 |
| Deactivation of manual filling channel for external company (CoR 20.1) |
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October 7, 2025 |
| Additional information required for registration of external companies via online platforms |
Practice note 4 of 2025 |
October 7, 2025 |
| Additional information required for application for re-instatement of deregistered company (form CoR40.5) via online platforms |
Practice note 3 of 2025 |
October 7, 2025 |
| Automation of registration of external company (form CoR20.1) |
Notice 45 of 2025 |
September 19, 2025 |
| Changes to Voluntary Deregistration Notices |
Notice 41 of 2025 |
September 8, 2025 |
| Trademarks AI image search implementation and roll-out |
Notice 38 of 2025 |
August 28, 2025 |
| Complaints regarding businesses operating during deregistration process or final deregistration |
Notice 36 of 2025 |
August 25, 2025 |
| Automation of application for re-instatement of deregistered company |
Notice 35 of 2025 |
August 11, 2025 |
| Media statement: Digital Automation for Reinstatement Applications |
Media statement 5 of 2025 |
August 11, 2025 |
| Company and Close Corporation Reinstatement Deployment: 08 August 2025 |
Notice 34 of 2025 |
August 8, 2025 |
| Companies and their stakeholders in dispute |
Practice note 3 of 2025 |
July 24, 2025 |
| Delays in Company and Close Corporation re-instatements |
Notice 32 of 2025 |
July 3, 2025 |
| Publication of Draft Gap Data Models on IFRS 2025 Taxonomy |
Notice 26 of 2025 |
June 5, 2025 |
| CIPC introduces enhancements to the B-BBEE certificate (Affidavit) for Emerging Micro Enterprises (EMEs) |
Notice 25 of 2025 |
June 5, 2025 |
| Consequences of non-compliance with director duties |
Guideline 1 of 2025 |
May 13, 2025 |
| Publication of Draft Gap Analysis on IFRS 2025 Taxonomy Updates |
Notice 22 of 2025 |
May 6, 2025 |
| Temporary service deactivation of the upload documents functionality- Company Registration Documents |
Notice 21 of 2025 |
May 2, 2025 |
| Company and Close Corporation Re-instatements |
Notice 18 of 2025 |
April 8, 2025 |
| CIPC Celebrates Young Innovators at the Inaugural IP Youth Awards |
Media release 4 of 2025 |
March 29, 2025 |
| Company and Close Corporation re-instatements |
Notice 13 of 2025 |
March 14, 2025 |
| Launch of the study on the illicit trade in counterfeit goods |
Media release 3 of 2025 |
March 7, 2025 |
| Call Centre hours extended for March and April 2025 |
Notice 10 of 2025 |
March 5, 2025 |
| Annual Return deregistration and final deregistration due to non-compliance with Annual Returns and Beneficial Ownership Declarations |
Notice 09 of 2025 |
March 5, 2025 |
| Non-compliance with the filing of progress reports (status reports) |
Practice notice 02 of 2025 |
February 26, 2025 |
| CIPC Announces the IP Youth Awards: Celebrating and Empowering Young Innovators |
Media Statement 2 of 2024 |
February 14, 2025 |
| Sustainability reporting survey / regulatory impact assessment |
Notice 06 of 2025 |
February 4, 2025 |
| Deregistration of corporate entities due to non-compliance with the company's Act, 71 of 2008 |
Practice Notice 2 of 2025 |
January 29, 2025 |
| Change of Contact details (Email Address and Cell Phone Number) of Directors |
Notice 05 of 2025 |
January 23, 2025 |
| Reminder: Survey Closing Soon: Annual customer and stakeholders' satisfaction index and survey report |
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January 22, 2025 |
| Deregistration of Companies due to Non-Compliance with the Company Act |
Media Statement 1 of 2025 |
January 17, 2025 |
| Companies and close corporations not compliant with compulsory Annual filing of beneficial ownership declarations and securities registers |
Notice 04 of 2025 |
January 10, 2025 |
| Co-operative that has been directed to change name by the registrar of co-operatives in terms of section 11 of co-operatives Act no. 14 of 2005, as amended |
Practice note 3 of 2025 |
January 10, 2025 |
| Co-operative that has been directed to change name by the registrar of co-operatives in terms of section 11 of co-operatives Act no. 14 of 2005, as amended |
Notice 02 of 2025 |
January 10, 2025 |
| Disparity of Registration numbers and incorporation dates |
Customers Notice 01 of 2025 |
January 6, 2025 |
| Publication of the business rescue plan |
Practice notice 3 of 2024 |
December 4, 2024 |
| Directors who appeared more than once on our records |
Notice 76 of 2024 |
December 4, 2024 |
| SSC's: Temporary extension of operational hours |
Notice 74 of 2024 |
December 3, 2024 |
| Foreigner Assurance common challenges |
Notice 75 of 2024 |
December 3, 2024 |
| Re: Guideline for corporate compliance programme |
Guideline 1 of 2018 |
November 28, 2024 |
| Processing delays in foreigner assurance, new company registrations and beneficial ownership declarations |
Notice 72 of 2024 |
November 26, 2024 |
| Re: New customer verification process |
Notice 18 of 2024 |
November 15, 2024 |
| Director Amendments resignation of Directors |
Notice 71 0f 2024 |
November 6, 2024 |
| Guideline for annual general meetings conducted electronically |
Guideline 1 of 2024 |
October 31, 2024 |
| Status report requirements |
Practice notice 2 0f 2024 |
October 24, 2024 |
| New eservices automation system for registration of co-operatives |
Customer Notice 68 of 2024 |
October 22, 2024 |
| Introduction of online annual submission of reports and filling of annual returns for co-operatives |
Customer Notice 67 of 2024 |
October 21, 2024 |
| Annual customer and stakeholders' satisfaction index and survey report |
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October 3, 2024 |
| CIPCs inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL) Taxonomy Update |
Customer Notice 65 of 2024 |
September 27, 2024 |
| Public Alert: Beware of Scammers Posing as CIPC Officials |
|
September 25, 2024 |
| Re: CIPC Scan to e-mail requirements |
Notice 64 of 2024 |
September 20, 2024 |
| Automation of filing of status reports, substantial implementations and terminations |
Notice 63 of 2024 |
September 19, 2024 |
| Academic requirements for business rescue practitioner licensing |
Notice 62 of 2024 |
September 18, 2024 |
| CIPC Self Service operating hours |
Customer Notice 59 of 2024 |
September 4, 2024 |
| Recommencement of referral for deregistration due to non-compliance with Annual Returns |
Customer Notice 60 of 2024 |
August 30, 2024 |
| Additional function on Beneficial Ownership Declaration service - complex structures |
Customer Notice 61 of 2024 |
August 30, 2024 |
| Notice of Beneficial Ownership (BO) non-compliance |
Customer Notice 58 of 2024 |
August 30, 2024 |
| Notice to accounting officers of close corporations |
Customer Notice 56 of 2024 |
August 28, 2024 |
| CIPC SSC (Cape Town) will be closed to the public on 02 September 2024 |
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August 27, 2024 |
| Enforcement of beneficial ownership filings and securities registers |
Customer Notice 54 of 2024 |
August 21, 2024 |
| Filing of prospectuses can be made online as from 01 September 2024 |
Notice 52 of 2024 |
August 14, 2024 |
| Close Corporation transfer of member's interest |
Customer Notice 51 of 2024 |
August 12, 2024 |
| Progress update on objectives outlined in the media release published on 06 August 2022 |
Media Release 5 of 2024 |
August 5, 2024 |
| Delays in processing re-instatement applications (form COR40.5) and common causes for non-processing |
Customer Notice 46 of 2024 |
July 10, 2024 |
| CIPC enquiries system not available - alternative processes update on notice published on 19 March 2024 |
Customer Notice 45 of 2024 |
July 10, 2024 |
| Rejection of BRP license renewal applications pending the filing of status reports |
Customer Notice 44 of 2024 |
July 9, 2024 |
| Republication: Rotation of Auditors In terms of section 92 of the Companies Act |
Customer Notice 35 of 2021 |
July 5, 2024 |
| CIPC to enforce beneficial ownership declaration with annual return filings for companies and close corporations |
Media release 4 of 2024 |
June 28, 2024 |
| CM forms vs COR forms |
Guidance note 1 of 2024 |
June 20, 2024 |
| Finally deregistered companies and close corporations which fails to file annual returns within 30 business days after the successful processing of application for re-instatement of deregistered company (Form COR40.5) |
Notice 16 0f 2018 |
June 13, 2024 |
| Masking of information on COR39 proposed changes |
Customer Notice 40 of 2024 |
June 5, 2024 |
| Incorporating beneficial ownership information with annual return filings for companies and close corporations |
Customer Notice 39 of 2024 |
June 4, 2024 |
| Foreigner assurance service |
Customer Notice 37 of 2024 |
May 30, 2024 |
| Open bid: Request for Quotation/Proposal Description: Sale of assets |
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May 17, 2024 |
| Appointing and resignation of auditors using online services |
Customer Notice 58 of 2021 |
May 17, 2024 |
| CIPC pioneers environmentally friendly solution for confiscated counterfeit goods, creating job opportunities for SMMEs |
Media release 3 of 2024 |
May 17, 2024 |
| Payment reference for direct deposits |
Customer Notice 38 of 2024 |
May 14, 2024 |
| Delay in processing company and close corporation reinstatement applications (form COR 40.5) and responding to company and close corporation re-instatement enquiries |
Customer Notice 36 of 2024 |
April 30, 2024 |
| Requirements on filing of CM 100 applications on insolvent voluntary liquidations form CM26LIQ statement of affairs |
Customer Notice 35 of 2024 |
April 24, 2024 |
| Delay in processing and responding to CC and Company re-instatement applications and deregistration enquiries |
Customer Notice 34 of 2024 |
April 24, 2024 |
| Preparation and approval of annual financial statements |
Notice 33 of 2024 |
April 10, 2024 |
| CIPC processed transactions from 17-21 April 2024 |
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April 8, 2024 |
| Verification of customers when appointing directors |
Customer Notice 31 of 2024 |
April 5, 2024 |
| Customer Code Update Process |
|
April 3, 2024 |
| Update CIPC enquiries system not available - alternative processes |
Customer Notice 45 of 2024 |
March 19, 2024 |
| Incorporating beneficial ownership information with annual return filings for companies and close corporations |
Customer Notice 26 of 2024 |
March 18, 2024 |
| Open bid: Request for Quotation/Proposal |
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March 14, 2024 |
| Rejection of Re-instatement applications- unverified profiles |
Rejection Notice |
March 12, 2024 |
| International Women's Day Invest in women: Accelerate progress |
Article |
March 8, 2024 |
| Security compromise of the CIPC- Business Continuity |
Customer Notice 20 of 2024 |
March 6, 2024 |
| New customer verification process |
Notice 18 of 2024 |
March 4, 2024 |
| CIPC Closure to the Public for Easter Weekend |
Customer Notice 17 of 2024 |
March 1, 2024 |
| Notification of security compromise as per section 22 of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 ("POPIA") |
Media Release |
February 29, 2024 |
| Challenges with CO-OP registration and business rescue system |
Customer Notice 16 of 2024 |
February 29, 2024 |
| Invitation: 2024 MUT - WIPO South Africa summer school on intellectual property and transfer of technology |
Invitation: WIPO Summer school |
February 26, 2024 |
| Foreigner assurance process integration with beneficial ownership |
Customer Notice 13 of 2024 |
February 22, 2024 |
| Beneficial ownership register |
Customer Notice 12 of 2024 |
February 22, 2024 |
| Erratum: Practice Notices 1- Proof of physical address of companies, and close corporations |
Practice notice 1 of 2024 |
February 21, 2024 |
| Acceptable proof of physical address in terms of requirements of practice note 1 of 2024 |
Customer Notice 10 of 2024 |
February 21, 2024 |
| Delay in processing company and close corporation re-instatement applications (form COR 40.5) and responding to company and close corporation re-instatement and deregistration enquiries (CIPC online query management system) |
Customer Notice 9 of 2024 |
February 21, 2024 |
| Ruling by the high court regarding a claim of confidentiality in terms of S212 of the companies ACT, ACT 71 OF 2008 as amended G.U.D Holdings high court review ruling, case no 26738/2022. |
Articles |
February 7, 2024 |
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Enforcement of beneficial ownership filings and securities registers
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Customer Notice 5 of 2024 |
February 7, 2024 |
| Deregistration of companies and close corporations in annual return deregistration process |
Customer Notice 3 of 2024 |
February 1, 2024 |
| Unauthorised use of CIPC name, abbreviation and logo (Previous notice 48 of 2019) |
Customer Notice 3 of 2024 |
January 23, 2024 |
| Filing of director amendments applications |
Customer Notice 2 of 2024 |
January 15, 2024 |
| CIPC emphasises the need for multi factor authentication for director amendments |
Media statement 01 of 2024 |
January 8, 2024 |
| Disparity of registration numbers and incorporation dates |
Customer Notice 01 of 2024 |
January 5, 2024 |
| Final de-registration of companies and close corporations in the annual return de-registration process |
Customer Notice 74 of 2023 |
December 21, 2023 |
| Implementation of multi factor authentication for director amendments |
Customer Notice 72 of 2023 |
December 13, 2023 |
| The how, where and what of Trade Mark registration for SMMEs in South Africa part 2:- the Trade Mark application process |
Step by Step Guide |
December 12, 2023 |
| CIPC implements a beneficial ownership interface |
Media release 11 of 2023 |
December 8, 2023 |
| Urgent notice: Director Amendments |
Customer Notice 68 of 2023 |
December 4, 2023 |
| Turnover validation and beneficial ownership information on annual return filings |
Notice 67 of 2023 |
November 29, 2023 |
| Automation of filing director changes |
Customer Notice 66 of 2023 |
November 29, 2023 |
| Automation of the register of disqualified persons |
Customer Notice 65 of 2023 |
November 29, 2023 |
| Automation of Foreigner Assurance Process |
NOTICE 04 OF 2023 |
November 25, 2023 |
| The How, Where and What of Trade Mark registration for SMMEs in South Africa debunking common misconceptions - part 1 |
Article |
November 16, 2023 |
| Correction of new company registration information and certificates across electronic platforms |
Notice 62 of 2023 |
November 13, 2023 |
| CIPC and National Small Business Council Collaboration |
Notice 61 of 2023 |
November 8, 2023 |
| Customer refunds |
Notice 60 of 2023 |
November 1, 2023 |
| ICT network upgrade and maintenance |
Notice 59 of 2023 |
November 1, 2023 |
| Co-Operative that has been directed to change name by the registrar of Co-Operatives in terms of section 11 of Co-Operatives Act no. 14 of 2005, as amended |
Notice 58 of 2023 |
November 1, 2023 |
| SARS non-compliance notices |
Notice |
October 25, 2023 |
| Media statement on behalf of the BRICS IP BLOC |
Article |
October 25, 2023 |
| 15th Meeting of BRICS Heads of Intellectual Property Offices (HIPO) 2023 |
Meeting |
October 17, 2023 |
| Learn-i-Biz |
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October 17, 2023 |
| Practice Note 4 of 2023: Filing of documents |
Practice Note 4 of 2023 |
October 12, 2023 |
| Enforcement of beneficial ownership filings and securities registers as from 01 October 2023 |
CUSTOMER NOTICE 53 2023 |
September 19, 2023 |
| CIPC 2023 XBRL taxonomy for public consultation |
CUSTOMER NOTICE 50 2023 |
September 14, 2023 |
| CIPC clamping down on reckless conduct and non-compliance |
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September 5, 2023 |
| Compliance checklist report |
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September 1, 2023 |
| Domicilium et Executandi requirement |
|
August 29, 2023 |
| Commencement of deregistration notification for companies and close corporations |
Customer Notice 47 of 2023 |
August 11, 2023 |
| ICT application software upgrade and maintenance |
Customer Notice 46 of 2023 |
August 10, 2023 |
| Media release: Companies and intellectual property commission (CIPC) approves SAMPRA distribution plan for 2022/3 |
Media Statement 9 of 2023 |
August 3, 2023 |
| Validation of CIPC email address for requesting confirmation or evidence to information submitted to company services |
Notice 43 of 2023 |
July 28, 2023 |
| Reminder to customers: CIPC is changing of payment method |
Notice 42 of 2023 |
July 26, 2023 |
| Practice notice 2 of 2023: Access to the website on the process to amend company directors |
Practice notice 2 of 2023 |
July 25, 2023 |
| Practice notice 1 of 2023: Challenges encountered when filing applications |
Practice notice 1 of 2023 |
July 25, 2023 |
| Media release: Reminder to Companies and Close Corporations to file Annual Returns |
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July 21, 2023 |
| Securities register and beneficial interest register functionality release |
Customer Notice 40 of 2023 |
July 19, 2023 |
| Review of companies and close corporations enquiry categories on CIPC enquiry |
Notice 35 of 2023 |
July 5, 2023 |
| Unauthorised use of CIPC name, abbreviation and logo |
Customer Notice 33 of 2023 |
June 22, 2023 |
| Relaunch and automation of associated name reservation service (form COR9.1) |
Customer Notice 32 of 2023 |
June 22, 2023 |
| CIPC internet links are down |
Customer Notice 31 of 2023 |
June 20, 2023 |
| Notice for Co-Operatives Directors/Members to Update their Contact Details |
Notice 29 of 2023 |
June 1, 2023 |
| Delay in processing of dispatched documents via email |
Customer Notice 28 of 2023 |
May 30, 2023 |
| Beneficial Owner Filing Requirements Guidence Note 2 of 2023 |
Guideline 2 of 2023 |
May 29, 2023 |
| Companies Amendment Regulations 2023 - The CIPC hereby announces the promulgation of amendments to the Companies Act 71 of 2008, as amended. |
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May 25, 2023 |
| A ground-breaking Intellectual Property Seminar to Support Small, Medium, and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) in South Africa |
Media Release |
May 16, 2023 |
| Registration extended: Advanced WIPO Summer School on Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer 2023 |
Summer school 2023 |
May 10, 2023 |
| Online verification of CIPC disclosure certificates |
Customer Notice 26 of 2023 |
May 8, 2023 |
| The CIPC successfully brings a liquidation application against selective empowerment investments 1 LTD |
Media Release |
April 25, 2023 |
| CIPC to co-host world intellectual property day celebrations in SA |
Media Release |
April 25, 2023 |
| Increase of call Centre hours for limited period |
Customer Notice 25 of 2023 |
April 21, 2023 |
| Non-binding legal opinion |
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April 20, 2023 |
| ICT network upgrade and maintenance |
Customer Notice 24 of 2023 |
April 20, 2023 |
| Delay in Name reservations |
Customer 23 of 2023 |
April 19, 2023 |
| Requirements and processing of requests to expedite acceptance of patent applications |
Practise Notice 21 of 2023 |
April 12, 2023 |
| Notice on number of deregistered companies |
Customer Notice 20 of 2023 |
March 31, 2023 |
| Final deregistration of companies and close corporation in annual return deregistration process |
Notice 19 of 2023 |
March 30, 2023 |
| Requirements for the appointment of an accounting officer |
Customer Notice 15 of 2023 |
March 23, 2023 |
| Intellectual Property and Technology commercialisation to come under spotlight in North West |
Media Release |
March 22, 2023 |
| Co-operative that has been directed to change name by the registrar of Co-operatives in terms of section 11 of Co-operatives ACT no. 14 of 2005, as amended. |
Notice 14 of 2023 |
March 22, 2023 |
| Invitation for public comments on the draft companies act regulations on the collection of beneficial ownership information |
Customer Notice |
March 17, 2023 |
| Implementation of the beneficial ownership regime by the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) |
Customer Notice |
March 1, 2023 |
| iXBRL: Deprecation of 2016 & 2019 Taxonomy Entry Points on 1 July 2023 |
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February 27, 2023 |
| Submission of Annual Financial Statements by Co-operatives |
Notice 09 of 2023 |
February 3, 2023 |
| Update 26 January 2023 : Rollback to old e-services and BizPortal |
Notice |
January 26, 2023 |
| The Protection of Personal Information ACT (POPIA) Consent |
Guidance Note 1 of 2023 |
January 26, 2023 |
| Disparity of registration numbers and incorporation dates |
Notice |
January 24, 2023 |
| Annual Return Filing Notice |
Notice |
January 24, 2023 |
| CIPC Customer Rollback Update Notice |
Notice |
January 23, 2023 |
| Rollback of services platforms |
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January 20, 2023 |
| Outgoing One Time Pin (OTP) and e-mails restored |
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January 18, 2023 |
| Delays on outgoing One Time Pin (OTP) and e-mails |
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January 17, 2023 |
| E-Services and BizPortal Migration |
|
January 14, 2023 |
| Update: System challenges with the implementation of enhanced eservices and BizPortal platforms |
Notice |
January 14, 2023 |
| A note from the patent office |
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January 12, 2023 |
| System challenges with the implementation of enhanced eServices and Bizportal platforms |
Notice |
January 9, 2023 |
| Practice note 05: Issuance of Notices of Acceptance and Official Actions and e-filing of outstanding documents |
Practice Note 05 of 2022 |
December 10, 2022 |
| CIPC - Changing of payment method |
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November 23, 2022 |
| Manual name reservation service not available |
Customer Notice 35 of 2022 |
October 26, 2022 |
| Co-operative that has been directed to change name by the registrar of Co-operatives |
Notice 34 of 2022 |
October 18, 2022 |
| Department of Home Affairs system down time affecting ID verification on CIPC systems |
Customer Notice _ of 2022 |
October 5, 2022 |
| Foreigner Assurance |
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October 3, 2022 |
| List of accredited bodies whose members are eligible as business rescue practitioners as from 22 September 2022 |
Customer Notice 28 of 2022 |
September 23, 2022 |
| New call centre system and interactive voice response |
Customer Notice 27 of 2022 |
September 22, 2023 |
| Deactivation of Domain Names |
Customer Notice _ of 2022 |
September 1, 2022 |
| Filing requirements for licensing as business rescue practitioner (COR126.1) |
Customer Notice 23 of 2022 |
August 31, 2022 |
| Filing requirements for appointment of business rescue practitioner (COR123.2) |
Customer Notice 23 of 2022 |
August 31, 2022 |
| Notice of extension cooperatives XBRL |
Notice 21 of 2022 |
August 31, 2022 |
| Automation of company records |
Gazettes |
August 31, 2022 |
| Scheduled system maintenance on all CIPC systems from 20 August 2022 - 21 August 2022 |
Customer Notice 21 of 2022 |
August 19, 2022 |
| Update: status on file transition project |
Customer Notice 20 of 2022 |
August 19, 2022 |
| Compliance notice issued to Nova Propgrow Group Holdings LTD |
Media Release |
August 10, 2022 |
| Closure of co-operative online email |
Practice Note 04 of 2022 |
July 28, 2022 |
| Intermittent downtime due to the Department of Home Affairs' system challenges |
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July 21, 2022 |
| Return relating to directors and register of members |
Practice Note 18 of 2022 |
July 15, 2022 |
| Voluntary deregistration of companies and close corporations |
Customer Notice 15 of 2022 |
June 29, 2022 |
| Co-operatives that have been directed to change names by the registrar of co-operatives |
Notice 14 of 2022 |
June 15, 2022 |
| Department of Home Affairs (DHA) link restored |
|
May 27, 2022 |
| Call for nominations of candidates to serve on the financial reporting standard council ("the Council") |
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May 18, 2022 |
| Status on file transition project |
Customer Notice 09 of 2022 |
April 8, 2022 |
| Requirements for Company and Close Corporation Re-instatement in terms of regulation 4(2)(b) |
Practice Notice 01 of 2022 |
December 9, 2021 |
| Co-operative that have been directed to change names by the registrar of Co-operatives |
Notice 60 of 2021 |
December 1, 2021 |
| Public companies contravening annual financial statements filing obligations |
Notice 59 of 2021 |
November 30, 2021 |
| Compliance obligations of companies and close corporations in business rescue |
Customer Notice 61 of 2021 |
November 29, 2021 |
| Appointing and resignation of auditors using the online services |
Customer Notice 58 of 2021 |
November 23, 2021 |
| Commencement of deregistration notification to companies and close corporations |
Customer Notice 53 of 2021 |
October 20, 2021 |
| Filing of co-operative annual submission of information to the registrar (annual returns) and compliance requirements of annual financial statements (AFS) using XBRL |
Notice 52 of 2021 |
October 19, 2021 |
| CIPC Call Centre operating hours |
Notice 52 of 2021 |
October 18, 2021 |
| Status on file transition to the new bulk storage facility |
Customer Notice 44 of 2021 |
September 30, 2021 |
| Filling of joint business rescue practitioner appointments |
Customer Notice 50 of 2021 |
September 29, 2021 |
| Important changes to CIPC electronic platforms relating to short standard private and short standard non-profit without members company registrations |
Customer Notice 49 of 2021 |
September 23, 2021 |
| Notice to accounting and auditing professional bodies: Independent review survey 2021 |
Notice 48 of 2021 |
September 21, 2021 |
| Email channel functionality up and running |
Customer Notice 38 of 2015 |
September 9, 2021 |
| Problem with practice numbers of auditors |
Customer Notice 34 of 2015 |
September 9, 2021 |
| Notice Clarification on Liquidation documents to be submitted to CIPC November 2013 |
Customer Notice _ of 2021 |
September 9, 2021 |
| Appointment of Acting Commissioner |
Customer Notice 23 of 2015 |
September 9, 2021 |
| Compliance requirements - companies act, 2008 as amended |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Delay in processing business rescue proceeding applications |
Notice 17 of 2015 |
September 9, 2021 |
| Withdrawal of non-binding opinion dated 27 Oct 2011 Disclosure of directors' remuneration |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Warning against fraudulent activities |
Customer Notice 12 of 2015 |
September 9, 2021 |
| Closure of companies queries in the enquiries queue |
Customer Notice 11 of 2015 |
September 9, 2021 |
| Pending review of the Companies and Close Corporation re-instatement process (CoR40.5) |
Notice |
September 9, 2021 |
| Patent Registration |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Processing of Company and CC |
Customer Notice 07 of 2015 |
September 9, 2021 |
| Lodgement of e-services applications |
Notice |
September 9, 2021 |
| ID number verification |
|
September 9, 2021 |
| Final deregistration of companies and close corporations referred for deregistration due to non-compliance with annual returns during January 2013 |
Notice |
September 9, 2021 |
| Payment method discontinued (cheques) |
|
September 9, 2021 |
| Disparity of company registration |
|
September 9, 2021 |
| New filing channel for listed Companies and their Subsidiaries at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) |
Guidance Notice |
September 9, 2021 |
| Revised PCC 24 on verification requirements of South African companies and close corporations in terms of the FIC act |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Notice to directors |
|
September 9, 2021 |
| Closure of disclosure addresses and the resubmission of requests for copies of documents |
|
September 9, 2021 |
| Director changes now done electronically |
|
September 9, 2021 |
| Dedicated mailbox for company name changes |
|
September 9, 2021 |
| Discontinue acceptance of cheque deposits |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Important notice to customers about CK2 |
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September 9, 2021 |
| CIPC Scan to e-mail requirements |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Use of name reservation symbols |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Lapse of legislation fee exemption for conversion from a close corporation to a company |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Guide to submitting company and close corporation applications via dedicated email addresses |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Notice of non profit companies duty to comply with Annual Returns |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Electronic lodgement of patents |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Lodgement in electronic format of certain documents in terms of trade marks Act |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Lodgment of priority documents in respect of patents, designs and trade marks in electronic format |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Operational requirements in respect of electronic filing of new trade marks, patents, designs and copyright applications with the CIPC |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Waiver in respect of penalty fees due to the late filing of annual returns until 30 September 2013 |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Electronic CoR39 Passwords |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Non Profit Companies to Comply with Annual Returns |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Restoration procedure for final deregistered companies and close corporations |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Scheduled maintenance on all CIPC systems |
Customer Notice 62 of 2020 |
September 9, 2021 |
| CM29 Electronic Lodgment |
Customer Notice 07 of 2017 |
September 9, 2021 |
| File transition project - impact on business operations |
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September 9, 2021 |
| System Downtime |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Website unavailability notice |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Scheduled System Maintenance |
Customer Notice _ of 2018 |
September 9, 2021 |
| Self Service Centres offline |
Customer Notice 46 of 2018 |
September 9, 2021 |
| Annual return and AFS / FAS technical challenges |
Notice 11 of 2019 |
September 9, 2021 |
| Roll-out of Annual Return "hard-stop" |
Notice 12 of 2019 |
September 9, 2021 |
| Commencement of deregistration notification to companies and close corporations |
Customer Notice 45 of 2019 |
September 9, 2021 |
| Disqualified directors letters |
Notice 79 of 2019 |
September 9, 2021 |
| The protection of personal information and the CIPC |
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September 9, 2021 |
| Status on file transition to the new bulk storage facility |
Notice 44 of 2021 |
August 31, 2021 |
| The protection of personal information and the CIPC |
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August 31, 2021 |
| External Company Registration (FORM COR20.1) |
Notice 43 of 2021 |
August 24, 2021 |
| Temporary change in submission requirements for changes to company MOI (FORM COR15.2) |
Notice 42 of 2021 |
August 23, 2021 |
| Notice to Accounting and Auditing professional bodies |
Notice 39 of 2021 |
August 3, 2021 |
| CIPC file transition project |
Notice 38 of 2021 |
July 23, 2021 |
| Discontinuation of enterprise search on the CIPC e-services website |
Notice 36 of 2021 |
July 13, 2021 |
| Rotation of Auditors In terms of section 92 of the Companies Act |
Notice 35 of 2021 |
July 12, 2021 |
| Delay in dispatch of documents |
Notice 34 of 2021 |
July 5, 2021 |
| Essential services certificate |
Guidance Note |
June 29, 2021 |
| List of Accredited Professional Bodies whose members are eligible to be licensed as business rescue practitioners as at 01 June 2021 |
Customer Notice 29 of 2021 |
June 6, 2021 |
| Delay in release of automation of business rescue proceedings, business rescue practitioner licensing and business rescue practitioner appointments |
Notice 28 of 2021 |
May 28, 2021 |
| Amendment of registration certificate (Form Cor14.3) issued via New e-services platform |
Notice 27 of 2021 |
May 25, 2021 |
| Automation of Business Rescue Proceedings, Business Rescue Practitioner Licensing and Business Rescue Practitioner Appointments |
Customer Notice 25 of 2021 |
May 24, 2021 |
| Domain name registration via CIPC |
Notice 22 of 2021 |
May 9, 2021 |
| Amended Notice In Respect Of Issuing Patent Certificates |
Notice 20 of 2021 |
April 9, 2021 |
| Requirement to voluntarily disclose solvency and liquidity test performed in the annual financial statements |
Notice 15 of 2021 |
March 2, 2021 |
| Discontinuation of primary co-operatives manual submission |
Notice 15 of 2021 |
February 25, 2021 |
| Name reservation e-service process |
Notice 10 of 2021 |
February 16, 2021 |
| New E-Service: New Company Registration (Short Standard Profit (Cor15.1a) And Non Profit Company Without Members (Cor15.1c) |
Notice 11 of 2021 |
February 16, 2021 |
| CIPC new automated processes |
Customer Notice 08 of 2021 |
February 10, 2021 |
| Requirement for letter of no objection |
Customer Notice 07 of 2021 |
February 5, 2021 |
| Business Rescue mailboxes |
Customer Notice 06 of 2021 |
February 5, 2021 |
| Disparity of registration numbers and incorporation dates |
Customer Notice 04 of 2021 |
January 29, 2021 |
