Notice 19 & 20: Annual Return Deregistration Process of Companies and Close Corporations

31 March 2023

CIPC will be commencing  the final deregistration of all companies and close corporations which have been in the Annual Return Deregistration process for more than three (3) years and for which the notification process as per Companies Regulation 40 has been completed. So far, CIPC deregistered six hundred and forty-seven thousand, eight hundred and fifty-three (647 853) of all companies and close corporations.

The systematic final deregistration will occur on 30 March 2023 although e-mail notification of such final deregistration will only commence during the first week of April 2023 due to the CIPC annual financial year shutdown.

E-mail notifications of such final deregistration will commence during the first week of April 2023, due to the CIPC annual financial year shutdown. Companies and Close corporations which has been finally deregistered may apply for reinstatement. For more information on how to apply for reinstatement kindly refer to the CIPC website, www.cipc.co.za / Enterprise Maintenance / Select the Type of enterprise / Changes to Management, Admin & Governance / Re-instating a company.

For any further enquiries, kindly log a ticket via www.cipc.co.za/ enquiries–select the Department as “Companies and Close Corporations” and Category as “Annual Returns”.

Customer query contacts:

Call Centre: 086 100 2472

QRS: https://enquiries.cipc.co.za

You can read CIPC Notice 19 here.

You can read CIPC Notice 20 here.