Here you will find the documents on how law is made in South Africa. Starting from the Green Papers for Agriculture to the Acts. Some of the documents is only available as hard copies. You will have to visit the Government Publications library to access them.
Green Paper A: a minerals and mining policy for South Africa 12 1997
Report of the Commission of Enquiry in regard to coal shortages (1951) memorandum 1952 D
Base Mineral Investigation Bill to amend the Base Minerals Amendment Act 1942 Explanatory Memorandum 1951 8
Relief to needy Gold Mines. Explanatory Memorandum Report J 1968
Precious and Base metals amendment bill explanatory memorandum 1952 19
Fuel Research institute and coal amendment bill explanatory memorandum 1952 21
Fuel reseach institute and coal amendment bill 1953 explanatory memorandum 1953 8
White Paper on the mineral policy of the RSA 1986 J
Parliamentary explanatory memorandum adjustment estimates: 1994/1995 vote 13 Mineral and Energy Affairs 1995 12
Parliamentary explanatory memorandum vote 22: Mineral and Energy Affairs 1995 25
Gold Minings Labour Markets. Legacies of the past, challenges of the present. Labour Market Policy papers 1996 45
Diamonds amendment bill 26 1988
Mineral and petroleum resources development amendment bill 27987 31-08-2005
Mine Health and Safety Bill 26 1996
Mineral and Energy Laws rationalisation bill 40 1994
Minerals amendment bill 95 1993
Occupation diseases in mines and works amendment bill 175 1993
Coal resources act repeal bill 10 1992
Minerals bill 11 1991
Diamonds amendment bill 23 1991
Mining Rights amendment bill 28 1991
Mines and Works amendment bill 29 1991
Mining titles registration amendment bill 30 1991
Coal amendment bill 49 1991
Occupational diseases in mines and works amendment bill 136 1991
Occupational diseases in mines and works amendment bill 144 1991
Mineral bill 29 1990
Gold currency exchanges amendment bill 51 1990
Diamonds amendment bill 24 1989
Mineral Technology bill 37 1989
Mineral Technology bill 20 1988
Mineral laws supplementary act amendment bill 71 1988
Mining Rights amendment bill 81 1988
Mines and Works amendment bill 7 1987
Coal amendment bill 8 1987
Gold Mines Assistance Act Repeal bill 95 1987
Mineral Technology amendment bill 20 1988
Diamond amendment bill 26 1988
Mineral laws supplementary act amendment bill 71 1988
Mining rights amendment bill 81 1988
Natal Coal Company Law 26 1864
Mineral Leases Law 15 1867
Search for Gold Law 16 1869
Search for Minerals Law 23 1883
Search for Minerals Law 23 1883
Search for Gold Law 26 1885
Mining Law 17 1887
Mining Law 34 1888
Mines and Colliers Law 43 1899
Mines and Collieries Act 34 1905
Gold Law 10 1887
Mining Law (Base Metals) Ordinance 5 1866
Gold Law (precious stones and precious metals) Law 1 1871
Gold Law (precious stones and precious metals) Law 2 1872
To Incorporate the Transvaal Mining Company, Ltd. Law 5 1873
Gold Law (precious stones and precious metals) Law 7 1874
Gold Law (precious stones and precious metals) Law 6 1875
Gold Law (precious stones and precious metals) Law 1 1883
Gold Law (precious stones and precious metals) Law 8 1885
Gold Law 10 1887
Amendment of Law 8 1895 (Gold Law) Law 9 1888
Gold Law 8 1889
Amendment of Law 8, 1889 (Gold Law) Law 8 1890
Gold Law (with chapters on silver and base metals) Law 10 1891
Gold Law (with chapters on silver and base metals) Law 18 1892
Mining Regulations Law 3 1893
Gold Law 14 1894
Examination of Mine Surveyors Law 5 1895
Base Metals (including silver and quicksilver) Law 17 1895
Gold Law 19 1895
Amendment of Law 5, 1895 (examination of mine surveyors) Law 9 1896
Mining Regulations Law 12 1896
Truck Law (trading on mining areas) Law 18 1896
Gold Law 21 1896
Explosives Law 27 1896
Native Labour Regulations on Goldfields Law 31 1896
Mining Regulations Law 11 1897
Base Metals and Minerals Law 14 1897
Mining Regulations Law 12 1898
Gold Law 15 1898
Precious Stones Law 22 1898
Establisment of School of Mines Law 1 1899
Tariff for Mine Suveyors Law 13 1899
Examination of Mine Surveyors Law 14 1899
Tax on the gross yield of gold in the South African Republic Law 22 1899
Registration of Mining Rights Amendment Ordinance 6 1902
Pegging of claims in certain mining districts Ordinance 21 1902
Amendment of Tr. Pr. 35 1902 (registration of mining rights) Ordinance 6 1903
Amendment of Law 14, 1897 (base metals and minerals) Ordinance 42 1903
Mining Certificates Ordinace 50 1903
Mines, Works and Machinery Ordinance 54 1903
Diamond trade Ordinance 63 1903
Precious stones Ordinance 66 1903
Premier (Transvaal) Diamond Mining Company Water Ordinance 25 1905
Mines, Works, and Machinery Regulation Amendment Ordinance 31 1905
Mining Certificates Amendment Ordinance 11 1906
Mines, Works, and Machinery Further Amendment Ordinance 23 1906
Trading on Mining Ground Amendment Act 35 1907
Mining Titles Registration Act 29 1908
Precious Stones Amendment Act 31 1908
Precious and Base Metals Act 35 1908
Mines, Works, Machinery and Certificates Act 32 1909
South African School of Mines and Technical Incorporation Act 4 1910
Mines, Works, Machinery and Certificates Amendment Act 8 1910
Trading on Mining Ground Regulation Act 13 1910
British Silver a Legal Tender Ordinance 2 1825
Act to cancel and make void a certain proclamation imposing an increased rate of postage upon letters carried from this Colony to England by Steamers belonging to the Diamond Line Act 6 1865
Act for fixing the terms upon which Mineral Lands in Namaqualand, the property of the Crown, may be leased and worked Act 12 1865
Act to authorize the Cape Copper Mining Company (Limited) to construct a tramway or railway between Port Nolloth and Momans and to build a Jetty at Port Nolloth Act 4 1869
Act to authorize the Cape Copper Mining Company (Limited) to extend the line of tramway or railway authorized by Act No. 4 of 1869, "The Nolloth Tramway or Railway and Jetty Act" Act 3 1871
Act to authorize the Cape Cpper Mining Company (Limited) to extend the line of tramway or railway authorized by Act No. 4 of 1869; "The Port Nolloth Tramway or Railway and Jetty Act" 3 1871
Act to regulate the disposal of certain Diamonds and other property Act 14 1873
Act to authorise the Cape Copper Mining Company (Limited) to construct and work a tramway or railway from Kookfontein to O'okiep Act 24 1873
Act to authorise the leasing of Crown lands supposed to contain minerals Act 9 1877
Act to authorise the construction of a railway from Imvani on the East London and Queen's town railway to the Indwe Coal Mines, by a Company or an indivicual Act 3 1882
Act to amend and consolidate the laws for the regulation of the trade in diamonds, and to provide for the trial and punishment of certain offences Act 48 1882
Act to amend the "Mineral Lands Leasing Act, 1877" Act 15 1883
Act for establisment, working and management of Alluvial digging and mines of precious stones and minerals Act 19 1883
Act to provide for the inspection of private mines and alluvial digging and the regulation of certain works therein Act 18 1894
Precious stones and minerals Act 19 1883
Precious stones and minerals Act 22 1885
Precious stones and minerals Act 18 1886
Precious stones and mierals Act 44 4887
Gold Mining Act 10 1888
The precious minerals amendment Act 45 1905
Mineral Law amendment Act 16 1907
Income tax continuance and mining profits tax Act 26 1907
The precious stones act amendment A 27 1907
Compulsory working claims in the mine at Koffiefontein Act 1 1892
Coal Tax Ordinace 25 1903
Mining of Precious Metals Ordinance 3 1904
Mining of preceious stones Ordinance 4 1904
Mining of base metals Ordinance 8 1904
Mining of precious stones amendment Ordinance 16 1906
Here you can search for a government gazette from 1910 - 1993 using keywords to find gazette's published by the Government of South Africa.
Mining Taxation Act 6 1910
Mines and Works Act 12 1911
Miners' phthisis allowances Act 34 1911
Miners' phthisis Act 19 1912
Transvaal precious and base metals act amendment Act 18 1913
Miners' phthisis act amendment Act 29 1914
Mining taxation amendment Act 24 1915
Special war tax (gold mines) Act 34 1916
Diamond export duty Act 36 1916
Miners' phthisis Act 44 1916
Diamond export duty Act 27 1917
Miners' phthisis acts amendment Act 44 1917
Miners' phthisis acts further amendment Act 24 1918
Transvaal mining leases and mineral law amendment Act 30 1918
Rand mines power supply company and water supply (private) Act 14 1919
Precious Stones (Alluvial) Amendment Act 15 1919
Diamond cutting Act 38 1919
Miners phthisis Act 10 1919
Coal Act 27 1922
Trading on mining ground regulation act (Transvaal) amendment Act 10 1924
Miners phthisis Act Amendment Act 35 1924
Miners' phthisis acts consolidation act 35 1925
Co-operative societies Act 1922 amendment Act 38 1925
Diamonds control Act 39 1925
Mines and Works Act 1911 amendment Act 25 1926
Transvaal precious and base metals act 1908 Amendment Act 52 1926
Reserved minerals development Act 55 1926
Diamond cutting act 1919 (amendment) Act 2 1926/1927
Restricted Minerals Export Act 35 1926/1927
Precious stones Act 44 1927
Diamond trade regulation (Natal) Act 1 1928
Rand Mines Power supply company additional water supply (private) Act 18 1929
Fuel Research Institute and Coal Act 36 1930
Miners Phthisis further amendmment Act 38 1930
Mines and Works (amendment) Act 22 1931
Mining rights (South West Africa) Act 26 1932
Fuel research institute and coal amendment Act 2 1933
Goldmines excess profits duty Act 33 1933
Mines and Works (amendment) Act 5 1934
Diamond export duty (amendment) Act 10 1934
Mineral Law amendment Act 36 1934
Gold mines excess profits duty (amendment) Act 43 1934
Miners' phthisis Act 60 1934
Gold Mines excess profits duty (amendment) Act 51 1935
Orange Free State metals mining Act 13 1936
Gold law and mine trading amendment Act 19 1936
Miners' phthisis amendment Act 23 1936
Precious stones amendment Act 38 1937
Namaqualand copper mines income tax relief Act 40 1937
Miners' phthisis amendment Act 1938
Miners pthisis amendment Act 24 1941
Mine trading amendment Act 20 1941
Precious stones amendment Act 40 1941
Base Minerals amendment Act 39 1942
Mineral Law amendment Act 15 1942
Precious Stones amendment Act 28 1945
Deep level mining research institute Act 27 1946
Natal mines amendment Act 22 1947
Natural resources development Act 51 1947
Precious and base metals amendment Act 55 1947
Precious stones amendment Act 21 1947
Reserved minerals development amendment Act 50 1947
Gold Loan Act 1948 United Kingdom Act 2 1948
Fuel research institute and coal amendment Act 32 1949
Base mineral investigation Act 31 1951
Precious and base metals amendment Act 41 1952
Precious stones amendment Act 19 1952
Fuel research institute and coal amendment Act 27 1953
Base metals amendment Act 22 1955
Diamond cutting Act 33 1955
Mine trading amendment Act 18 1955
Natal mines amendment Act 20 1955
Orange Frees Stat metals mining amendment Act 19 1955
Reserved minerals development amendment Act 21 1955
Diamond export duty amendment Act48 1956
Mines and works Act 27 1956
Precious stones amendment Act 5 1956
Diamond export duty Act 16 19573
Gold Law amendment Act 39 1957
Natal mines amendment Act 40 1957
Mines and Works amendment Act 51 1959
Mines and Works Act 12 1911
Precious and base metals Act 18 1913
Sale of agricultural produce on certain mines Act 19 1917
Diamond export duty Act 27 1917
Transvaal mining leases and mineral law amendment Act 30 1918
Rand mines power supply company water supply (private) Act 14 1919
Precious stones (Alluvial) amendment Act 15 1919
Diamond cutting Act 38 1919
Trading on mining ground regulation act (Transvaal) amendment Act 10 1924
Miners' phthisis acts consolidation Act 35 1925
Diamond control Act 39 1925
Transvaal precious and base metals act 1908 amendment Act 52 1926
Reserved minerals development Act 55 1926
Diamond cutting act 1919 (amendment) Act 2 1927
Restricted minerals export Act 35 1927
Precious stones Act 44 1927
Diamond trade regulation (Natal) Act 1 1928
Rand mines power supply company additional water supply (private) Act 18 1929
Diamonds Amendment Act 10 1991
Mining Rights Amendment Act 12 1991
Mines and Works Amendment Act 13 1991
Mining Titles Registration Amendment Act 14 1991
Minerals Act 50 1991
Coal Act Repeal Act 124 1991
Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Amendment Act 137 1991
Gazankulu Mineral Trust Act 16 1988
Gazankulu Mines and Works Amendment Act 10 1990
Diamond Cutting Act 9 1985
Kwa Ndebele Mines and Works Amendment Act 19 1988
Kwa Ndebele Minerals Amendment Act 8 1992
Diamond Control Act 11 1981
Lebowa Mines and Works Amendment Act 6 1989
Precious stones amendment Act 12 1960
Diamond export duty amendment Act 47 1961
Fuel Research Institute and coal amendment Act 78 1962
Fuel Research and coal amendment Act 35 1963
Precious stones amendment Act 42 1963
Fuel Research institute and coal amendment Act 16 1964
Mines and workds and explosives amendment Act 46 1964
Precious Stones Act 73 1964
Strategic mineral resources development Act 88 1964
Fuel Research Institute and Coal amendment Act 4 1965
Mines and works amendment Act 91 1965
Base minerals amdment Act 63 1966
Mining rights Act 20 1967
Mining titles registration Act 16 1967
Mines and works amendment Act 42 1968
Gold mines assistance Act 82 1968
Precious stones amendment Act 48 1969
Expropriation of mineral rights (townships) Act 96 1969
Fuel research institute and coal amendment Act 10 1970
Uranium enrichment Act 33 1970
Mines and works amendment Act 39 1971
Mines, works and minerals in South West Africa amendment Act 47 1972
Fuel Research Institute and Coal amendment Act 27 1973
Occupational diseases in mines and works act 78 1973
Strategic mineral resources development amendment Act 14 1974
Occupational diseases in mines and works amendment Act 27 1974
Uranium enrichment amendment Act 37 1974
Occupational diseases in mines and works amendment Act 67 1974
South West Africa Diamond industry protection amendment Act 3 1975
Mineral laws supplementary Act 10 1975
Uranium enrichment amendment Act 11 1975
Precious stones amendment Act 16 1975
Gold mines assistance amendment Act 29 1975
Occupational diseases in mines and works amendment Act 45 1975
Mining Rights amendment Act 47 1976
Fuel Research Institute and coal amendment Act 71 1976
Gold mines assistance amendment Act 81 1976
Uranium enrichment amendment Act 82 1976
Fuel research institute and coal amendment Act 37 1977
Mines and Works amendment Act 83 1977
Occupational diseases in mines and works amendment Act 117 1977
Occupational diseases in mines and works amendment Act 30 1978
Mining rights amendment Act 44 1978
Uranium enrichment amendment Act 47 1979
Tiger's - Eye control amendment Act 48 1979
Occupational diseases in mines and works amendment Act 83 1979
Diamond cutting Act 89 1979
Fuel research institute and coal amendment Act 116 1979
Mining titles registration amendment Act 60 1980
Precious stones amendment Act 61 1980
Occupational diseases in mines and works amendment Act 83 1980
Tiger's-Eye control amendment Act 8 1981
Mineral laws supplementary act amendment Act 23 1981
Precious stones amendment Act 41 1981
Mineral technology Act 84 1981
Occupation diseases in mines and works amendment Act 85
Mining rights amendment Act 86 1981
Precious stones amendment Act 15 1982
Coal Act 32 1983
Mining rights amendment Act 50 1983
Occupational diseases in mines and works amendment Act 106 1983
Coal amendment Act 14 1985
Diamonds Act 75 1986
Precious stones amendment Act 62 1986
Coal amendment Act 70 1987
Gold mines assistance act repeal Act 71 1987
Mines and works amendment Act 38 1987
Diamonds amendment Act 28 1988
Mineral laws supplementary act amendment Act 77 1988
Mineral technology amendment Act 24 1988
Mining rights amendment Act 73 1988
Diamonds amendment Act 22 1989
Mineral technology Act 93 1989