Laws.Africa Research Guide
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  • Welcome
  • GETTING STARTED
    • Lesson Plan
    • Digitising Legal Information
    • What is Akoma Ntoso
    • Signing Up
    • Terminology Guide
  • UNDERTAKING RESEARCH
    • Understanding Metadata
    • Identifying Metadata
      • Useful resources
      • Metadata in Gazettes
      • Metadata within legislation
  • MANAGING WORKS
    • Importing from Source Document
    • Indexing Legislation
      • commencements
    • Reviewing Works
    • Approving works
      • Principal Works
      • Subsidiary Work
  • Undertaking a Project
    • Starting a project
    • Project steps
    • PDF Naming Protocol
  • Consolidations
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  • Treaties
  1. UNDERTAKING RESEARCH
  2. Identifying Metadata

Useful resources

This section covers various useful resources that have been identified by current and previous researchers.

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The following websites have been identified as free resources that provide a repository for official government documents:

Burundi

National Assembly of Burundi [Laws enacted]

Presidency of the Republic of Burundi [Documentation/Laws promulgated]

Namibia

Legal Assistance Centre [Namibia Gazettes, Acts, Regulations etc. Includes Namlex which is a very good index of Acts and their regulations, including amendment details.]

Seychelles

Official Gazettes and supplements - (only 2020-date)

Sierra Leone

Laws of Sierra Leone [official publication documents – (1960-2021)]

Parliament of Sierra Leone

South Africa

South African Government [National Acts, including amendment/commencement details]

Law Society of South Africa [Alerts, newsletters, directives etc]

Juta’s Weekly Statutes Bulletin [free weekly newsletter with everything that has been published in that week (national and provincial) summarized with all publication details (1995-date)

University of Pretoria – Laws of South Africa [consolidated Acts and Regulations]

Tanzania

Turks and Caicos Islands

Attorney General’s Chambers

Annual Laws

Revised Laws

Western Cape

Provincial Gazettes 2000-date

Policies and legislation

Zambia

Zambia legislation [Acts (1980-date), Government Gazettes (2015-date), SIs (1980-date)]

Parliament of Zambia website

Zimbabwe

Veritaszim [lists of Acts, SIs etc.]

Zimbabwe Legal Resources website [Acts, SIs, Practise Directions, Regulations, Court Rules]

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe [Acts and SIs pertaining to Banking and Finance]

Zimbabwe Revenue Authority - ZIMRA

Treaties

United Nations

African Union

Official publication documents from as far back as 1920 - 2022

SARS - Customs and Excise Act, 1964 (updated Schedules)

Cape Town municipal legislation

Office of the Attorney General [Acts of Parliament, Revised Acts of Parliament, Bills, Subsidiary legislation, Parliamentary resolutions, International instruments]

Parliament of Tanzania [List of all Acts, including amendment Acts. NB: also includes repealed Acts]

https://assemblee.bi/spip.php?rubrique36
https://www.presidence.gov.bi/
http://www.lac.org.na/
https://www.gazette.sc/
http://www.sierra-leone.org/laws.html
https://www.parliament.gov.sl/agreements-reports-and-statutory-instruments.html
https://www.parliament.gov.sl/parliamentary-business.html
https://www.gov.za/document
https://www.lssa.org.za/advisories-newsletters/
https://juta.co.za/law/newsletters/jutas-weekly-statutes-bulletin-2
http://www.lawsofsouthafrica.up.ac.za/index.php/current-legislation
https://www.sars.gov.za/legal-counsel/primary-legislation/schedules-to-the-customs-and-excise-act-1964/
https://www.capetown.gov.za/Document-centre
https://oagmis.agctz.go.tz/public
https://www.bunge.go.tz/acts-list#
https://www.gov.tc/agc/laws/annual
https://www.gov.tc/agc/laws/revised
https://www.westerncape.gov.za/general-publication/provincial-gazette-2022
https://www.westerncape.gov.za/documents/#policies
https://www.enotices.co.zm/categories/government-publications/
https://www.parliament.gov.zm/acts/volumes
https://www.veritaszim.net/
https://www.law.co.zw/statutes/
https://www.rbz.co.zw/index.php/about-us/about-us/legislation
https://www.zimra.co.zw/legislation
https://treaties.un.org/Pages/AdvanceSearch.aspx?tab=UNTS&clang=_en
https://au.int/en/treaties