Recent content by dearsina

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    CIPC api

    From what I've been told, the API used to work reasonably well. The trouble, like with so many things in SA is that some bureaucrat got greedy and now they even charge for front end searches (you have 100 free a day, then you'll have to start paying). And the only way to run any sort of API is...
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    Decoding a SA Company Registration Number

    As per this circular, the format is YYYY/NNNNNN/NN, so a simple regex could be: /\d{4}\/\d{6}\/\d{2}/ You could make it fancier by incorporating some check for valid years (I'm assuming they started after 1900 and will continue in perpetuity), like so: /(19|2[0-9])\d{2}\/\d{6}\/\d{2}/ You...
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    CIPC api

    To the best of my knowledge, that API does not work any more. Since they moved to BizPortal, everything has gone pearshaped.
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    Decoding a SA Company Registration Number

    Are you referring to the very first number? Which given the time of your post, should be "2"? In which case, that refers to the millennium of incorporation, as per the first post in this thread, or the (now archived) CIPC post...
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