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Datasets·UM-306·Law and regulation·Early access

Government Gazette notice index, national

Every national Government Gazette the Government Printing Works lists online, from May 2016, with its number, date, publisher and link; and the notices of the Gazettes we hold, with number, title, kind and the closing date of drafts for comment. With Gazette search and Have your say.

What it coversNational Gazettes: they apply everywhere in South Africa.Worked out from release 2026-11-13.3. Boundaries: Municipal Demarcation Board, 2026 boundaries.
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What it holds

Records in the live release

8,129

Release 2026-11-13.3, 13 November 2026. Its fingerprint: 0511496bf59c9e8fd98e17c157d6d27312089e59877f4cbae0a597aaa9388f9f (what that is).

How far it reaches

Every national Government Gazette in GPW's online libraries, 2016-05-20 to 2026-11-13 (7,719 Gazettes), with number, date, publisher and GPW's link. Notices (number, title, kind, page, closing date for comment) are listed for the 439 Gazettes we hold as GPW's own copy; the rest are listed as issues whose notices are not read yet. Gazettes before May 2016 are not online at GPW.

How often it changes

Daily

Read GPW's national listing again (node scripts/datasets/gazette-index-fetch.mjs), read any newly held Gazettes (gazette-index-held.mjs --known, or a full scan after new downloads), build (gazette-index.mjs) and cut; downloads only within the shared 30 a day.

Where the figures come from

Government Printing Works (Government Gazette).

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Measured accuracy

Not measured yet. How we measure it.

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Get it

Through the API

/v1/datasets/gazette-index/records, as JSON, CSV or Excel, with filters and any past date. Fields and filters. It takes a key.

All of it at once (Parquet)

Being built. The list.

For data portals

Described in DCAT in /catalog.json and on this page.

AlsoBack to all datasetsFields and filtersIs it current?Every releaseAccuracy

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