{"id":23811,"date":"2026-04-20T13:34:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/?p=23811"},"modified":"2026-04-20T13:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:35:11","slug":"temporary-delays-in-responding-to-disclosure-and-finance-enquiries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/?p=23811","title":{"rendered":"Temporary delays in responding to disclosure and finance enquiries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e7e7e8&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e7e7e8&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e7e7e8&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||53px|||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) remains committed to delivering efficient, reliable, and customer-focused service. The Commission would like to inform its valued customers that we are currently experiencing temporary delays in responding to requests and enquiries, particularly within the Disclosures and Finance areas.<\/p>\n<p>We acknowledge the increased turnaround times and assure you that we are actively addressing the backlog. Our teams are working diligently to resolve outstanding matters as quickly and effectively as possible.<br \/>To improve response times and restore service levels, several additional measures are being implemented, including:<br \/>\u2022Deployment of extra resources to assist with clearing existing backlogs.<br \/>\u2022Streamlining internal processes to accelerate query resolution.<br \/>\u2022Enhanced monitoring to ensure enquiries are prioritised and tracked more effectively.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Notice-Disclosure-Finance-Delays-17-April-2026-f.pdf\">Notice 21 of 2026<\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) remains committed to delivering efficient, reliable, and customer-focused service. The Commission would like to inform its valued customers that we are currently experiencing temporary delays in responding to requests and enquiries, particularly within the Disclosures and Finance areas. We acknowledge the increased turnaround times and assure you that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23811"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23815,"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23811\/revisions\/23815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cipc.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}