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Use of Official Languages Act, 2012 (Act No. 12 of 2012)
Notice No. 801 of 2012
Act
Preamble
1. Definitions
2. Objects of Act
3. Application of Act
4. Language policy
5. Establishment of National Language Unit
6. Functions of National Language Unit
7. Establishment of language units in national departments, national public entities and national public enterprises
8. Functions of language units in national departments, national public entities and national public enterprises
9. Monitoring of and reporting on use of official languages
10. Annual report to National Assembly
11. Intergovernmental forums on use of official languages
12. Exemption from application of section 7
13. Regulations
14. Short title and commencement
Regulations
Use of Official Languages Regulations, 2013
Notice No. R. 150 of 2014
Part 1: Interpretation
1. Interpretation
Part 2: Content and Form of a Language Policy
2. Content and form of a language policy
3. Process to determine official languages
Part 3: Timeframes for establishing a Language Unit
4. Timeframes for establishing a language unit
Part 4: Timeframes for report contemplated in Section 9
5. Timeframes for report contemplated in section 9
Part 5: Exemption in terms of Section 12
6. Application for exemption
7. Lodging of an application for exemption
8. Requirements for an application for exemption
9. Review of exemptions
10. Short title and commencement date
Notices
Department of Arts & Culture's Official Language Policy
Notice No. 177 of 2015
A. Authorisation and Effective Date
1. Definitions
2. Legislative Instruments
3. Purpose and regulatory context of this Policy
4. Principles
5. The work of the DAC
6. The DAC Language Unit
7. Training and capacity building
8. Use of official languages by the DAC
9. Official languages of the DAC
10. Communication with members of the public whose language of choice is not one of the official languages of the Republic
11. Communication with members of the public whose language of choice is South African Sign Language
12. Publication of and access to this Policy
13. Complaints mechanism
14. Review of Policy
Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) Language Policy
Notice No. 691 of 2015
Acknowledgement and Contributors
1. Introduction
2. Problem statement
3. Purpose
4. The nature of the DBSA
5. Policy
6. External communication
7. Internal communication
8. When other languages may be used
9. Language usage in the bank
10. Access to the policy
11. Roles and responsibilities
12. Complaints regarding the use of official languages by the DBSA
Language Policy of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development
Notice No. 616 of 2019
1. Definitions
2. Purpose
3. Constitutional and Legislative Framework
4. Objectives of Policy
5. Guiding Principles and Values
6. Nature of Services provided by Department
7. Scope of Policy
8. Use of Official Languages for Government Purposes
9. Use of Official Languages by the Department in the various Provinces in Communicating with the Public
10. Hearings and other Official Proceedings
11. Communication with Members of the Public whose language of choice is not one of the selected languages
12. Communication with Members of the Public whose language of choice is South African sign language
13. Acts and Regulations
14. Language of Court Proceedings
15. Establishment of Language Unit
16. Publication Policy
17. Complaints Mechanisms
18. Financial Implications of the Policy
19. Policy Review
DWS Language Policy
Notice No. 1331 of 2020
1. Acronyms
2. Definition of Terms
3. Introduction
4. Purpose
5. Nature of the National Department of Water and Sanitation
6. Official languages of the Department
7. Communication with the members of the public whose language of choice is not one of the official languages of the Republic
8. Communication with members of the public whose language of choice is South African Sign Language
9. Publication of and access to this Policy
10. Complaints mechanism
11. Appeals procedure
12. Review of Policy
DSAC Official Language Policy
Notice No. 205 of 2021
1. Terms and definitions
2. Legislative instruments
3. Purpose and regulatory context of this Policy
4. Principles
5. The work of DSAC
6. The DSAC Language Unit
7. Official Language of DSAC
8. Use of official languages by DSAC
9. Communication with members of the public whose language of choice is not one of the official languages of the Republic
10. Communication with members of the public whose language of choice is South African Sign Language
11. Publication of and access to this Policy
12. Complaints mechanism
13. Review of Policy
Implementation of the Reviewed Language Policy for the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Notice No. 2088 of 2022
1. Background
2. Purpose
3. Scope of Application
4. Definitions
5. Legislative Framework
6. Principles
7. Official Languages of the DFFE
8. Internal Verbal Communication
9. External Verbal Communication
10. Internal Written Communication
11. External Written Communication
12. International Communication
13. Communication with the Hearing/Sight Impaired
14. Signage
15. Language Service Unit of the DFFE
16. Other Language Stakeholders
17. Publication of and Access to the Language Policy of the DFFE
18. Implementation of the Language Policy
19. Complaints Mechanism
20. Policy Review
21. Amendment of the Language Policy
22. Authorisation and Effective Date
Notice of Exemption of the South African Weather Service from establishing a Language Unit in terms of Section 12(1) of the Act, and Regulation 9 of the Use of Official Languages Regulations, 2013, published as Government Notice No. R. 150 in the Gazette
Notice No. 2378 of 2022
Notice of Exemption of the South African National Biodiversity Institute from establishing a Language Unit in terms of Section 12(1) of the Act, and Regulation 9 of the Use of Official Languages Act Regulations, 2013, published as Government Notice No. R.
Notice No. 1286 of 2022
Notice in terms of Section 12(1) of the Use of Official Languages Act, 2012 (Act No. 12 of 2012) and Regulation 9 of the Regulations published on the 28th February 2014 in the Government Gazette under Notice No. 10140: Notice of Exemption of the National
Notice No. 3771 of 2023
Notice in terms of Section 12(1) of the Use of Official Languages Act 2012 (Act No. 12 of 2012), and Regulations published on the 28th February 2014 in the Government Gazette under Notice No. 10140: Notice of Exemption of the Public Service Sector Educati
Notice No. 2379 of 2024
Proclamations
Notice No. 10 of 2013
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