What you'll receive
Three real examples from the last few months — these are the alerts that go out the moment they're triggered.
SARS Schedule 1 amendment: cotton fabric duty raised to 22%
Effective immediately. Affects HS codes 5208.xx – 5211.xx. If you have stock in transit, your CIF cost just changed. Full breakdown →
Durban container terminal — Pier 1 dwell time now 8.5 days
Up from 6.5 days last week. Demurrage exposure window narrowed. Consider rerouting urgent loads via Coega. Port status →
Government Gazette 51,847 — new B-BBEE codes published
Three-month transition window for procurement scorecard changes. Impacts B-BBEE-graded suppliers. Read more →
How it works
No configuration. No false positives. We do the watching; you do the importing.
We monitor the sources
SARS Schedule 1, Government Gazette, Transnet port statements, SARB rate notes, regional border-post bulletins — every weekday.
You opt in
Tick the categories that matter to your business — regulatory, ports, general trade news, new tools — on this page or later in your account settings.
We send it
High-impact events email you the same day, in your chosen categories only. Everything else lands in the weekly digest. Pro adds instant browser notifications and WhatsApp.
Channels
Where the alerts land. Free covers email; WhatsApp is included with Pro.
Start with free email alerts
The weekly digest plus same-day notes on high-impact events in the categories you pick. No spam, no credit card. Unsubscribe in one click.
Want WhatsApp?
R199 / month
All alerts on WhatsApp, the moment we publish. Plus unlimited PDFs and Realview Starter included.
See Pro planGet alerts on this device
High-impact events land on your phone or desktop the second we publish — included with Pro (R199/mo), alongside WhatsApp. The free email alerts above cover everyone.
Why two instant channels?
Notifications reach you at a desk and cost nothing, so they carry every category. WhatsApp reaches you away from a screen. Both are Pro; both are fed by the same trigger, so neither can tell you something the other doesn't.
Add WhatsApp to your alerts
WhatsApp alerts land the moment we publish — included with Pro (R199/mo). The free email digest above covers everyone; WhatsApp is the paid, real-time channel.
Where the alerts come from
Data sources: SARS Tariff Book amendments (daily scrape), Government Gazette RSS, Transnet port-status feed, plus stories we publish in News. Twilio WhatsApp delivers to opted-in numbers.
Common questions
How often will I get emails?
Email alerts are deliberately rare. You get the weekly digest, plus a same-day note only when something high-impact lands in a category you picked — a SARS Schedule 1 amendment, a gazetted duty change, a major port disruption. Most weeks that is the digest and nothing else. Pro adds instant browser notifications and WhatsApp, on the same categories.
Can I choose which categories I receive?
Yes — tick them on the form above, or toggle them any time in your account settings: regulatory & SARS, port events, general trade news, and new-tool announcements, each independently. Pro members pick categories separately for browser notifications. The weekly digest always covers everything in one email.
What if I want to stop?
Every email and WhatsApp message includes a one-click unsubscribe. We honour it immediately. POPIA s23 also gives you the right to request deletion of every record we hold — email [email protected] and we'll do it within 10 business days.