Electronic Compliance Object · South Africa
What an agent must know before it acts on a security listed in South Africa: who regulates, where the filings are stored, what is due when, and which state the issuer is in.
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Regulator | Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) - responsible for investigating potential market abuse and enforcement; the JSE is a licensed exchange under the Financial Markets Act (FMA) and makes and enforces the Listings Requirements www.fsca.co.za | www.jse.co.za/regulation/market-regulation www.jse.co.za/regulation/companies-issuer-regulation |
| Exchange(s) and listings page | JSE Limited (Johannesburg Stock Exchange) - Main Board and AltX segments under the JSE Listings Requirements — clientportal.jse.co.za/listed-companies | clientportal.jse.co.za/listed-companies |
| Regulated-information store | SENS - Stock Exchange News Service. JLR 6.1: 'The JSE has established the SENS platform ... to disseminate relevant company information to the market on a real time basis'; announcements are made on SENS per the SENS Procedural Requirements (JSE Procedures Portal) clientportal.jse.co.za/communication/sens-announcements | www.jse.co.za/sites/default/files/media/documents/jse-listing-requirements-service-issue/JSE%20Listing%20Listings%20Requirements%20Service%20Issue%201%20%5B3rd%20edition%5D%20June%202026.pdf clientportal.jse.co.za/communication/sens-announcements |
| Periodic disclosure obligations and deadlines | Annual results announcement (condensed or annual/summary financial statements), JLR 6.43 — deadline: within three months after the end of each financial year end Annual report, JLR 6.44 — deadline: within four months after the end of each financial year and at least fifteen business days before the date of the annual general meeting: release the annual report through a results announcement Interim results, JLR 6.45 — deadline: within three months ... after the end of the first six-month period of a financial year Quarterly results, JLR 6.46 — deadline: Reporting on a quarterly basis is voluntary; if elected, released 'as soon as possible after each quarter' | www.jse.co.za/sites/default/files/media/documents/jse-listing-requirements-service-issue/JSE%20Listing%20Listings%20Requirements%20Service%20Issue%201%20%5B3rd%20edition%5D%20June%202026.pdf |
| Ad hoc / inside-information regime | JLR 6.19 General obligation of disclosure: 'an issuer must, without delay, unless the information is kept confidential for a limited period of time, release an announcement providing details relating, directly or indirectly, to such issuer that constitutes price sensitive information' (apply Practice Note 2/2015); 6.20-6.22 confidentiality | www.jse.co.za/sites/default/files/media/documents/jse-listing-requirements-service-issue/JSE%20Listing%20Listings%20Requirements%20Service%20Issue%201%20%5B3rd%20edition%5D%20June%202026.pdf |
| Filing format | Announcements released on SENS and published as PDF per announcement (pattern https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/SENS_YYYYMMDD_S<number>.pdf); JLR 6.2 announcements must comply with Appendix 1 to Section 6. No XBRL requirement in the JLR text read | clientportal.jse.co.za/communication/sens-announcements/Index/0/7days/2026-10-24/2026-10-24/1 |
| ISIN prefix | ZA - numbering agency JSE Ltd (ANNA member list); JSE equity ISINs observed as ZAE... (e.g. Harmony Gold ZAE000015228 on JSE issuer profile) anna-web.org/anna-members | anna-web.org/anna-members clientportal.jse.co.za/issuer-profile?issuerMasterId=1174®ulatoryYear=0 |
| LEI | Local LEI issuing organisation: Strate (Pty) Ltd (LOU LEI 378900F4A0A690EA6735, https://www.lei-strate.co.za/); 3,498 LEI records with legal address ZA (GLEIF API, 2026-10-24) www.lei-strate.co.za | api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-issuers api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records?filter[entity.legalAddress.country]=ZA |
| Market calendar | JSE Markets Calendar 2026 (JSE Market Notice 380/2025, 3 November 2025, all markets); 2027 calendar also posted (file titled JSE Market Notice 37326, 9 Oct 2026); equity market trading hours PDF on the same page. Holidays are shown colour-coded in the PDF, not as text clientportal.jse.co.za/reports/trading-calendars | clientportal.jse.co.za/reports/trading-calendars |
| Filing language(s) | JLR 6.2: 'Announcements must be in English'; JLR 10.11(a) PLS and circulars 'must be prepared in English'; MOI must be in English (Schedule 2) | www.jse.co.za/sites/default/files/media/documents/jse-listing-requirements-service-issue/JSE%20Listing%20Listings%20Requirements%20Service%20Issue%201%20%5B3rd%20edition%5D%20June%202026.pdf |
| Trading halts page | No dedicated halts page found. JSE Listed Companies directory shows each issuer's status ('JSE . Current' / 'JSE . Suspended', e.g. African Dawn Capital Limited suspended). Rule basis: JLR 1.3 suspension of securities, 1.11 obligations while suspended (quarterly announcement), 1.12 suspension process under FMA s12(2) clientportal.jse.co.za/listed-companies | clientportal.jse.co.za/listed-companies www.jse.co.za/sites/default/files/media/documents/jse-listing-requirements-service-issue/JSE%20Listing%20Listings%20Requirements%20Service%20Issue%201%20%5B3rd%20edition%5D%20June%202026.pdf |
| Store lookup | SENS announcements search: Issuer (search by company name), From/To dates, quick filters Today / Last 7 days / Last 30 days; URL pattern /communication/sens-announcements/Index/<issuerMasterId>/<filter>/<from>/<to>/<page>/; per-issuer SENS list also on /issuer-profile?issuerMasterId=<id> clientportal.jse.co.za/communication/sens-announcements | clientportal.jse.co.za/communication/sens-announcements |
| Node status and door | NODE OPENING · store: SENS - Stock Exchange News Service. JLR 6.1: 'The JSE has established the SENS platform ... to disseminate relevant company information to the market on a real time basis'; announcements are made on SENS per the SENS Procedural Requirements (JSE Procedures Portal) | the node opens on order; until then the store is the record |
| Signal | Reading | When |
|---|---|---|
| ACM-200 | Cleared | The specified read has cleared the applicable registered checks in the stated context. Printed only when the resolver answered it. |
| ACM-403 | Restricted or halted | Evidence establishes a restriction or an applicable halt. The halt is read from the market's halts page named in the fields. clientportal.jse.co.za/listed-companies |
| ACM-404 | Not on the register | The named lookup target is absent from this market's register. It establishes neither global absence nor prohibition. |
| ACM-451 | Read the filing | The binding requires the identified filing to be read before a conclusion. The answer names it. |