On October 18, 2024, the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) and the South African Department of Human Resources jointly issued the "Mandatory Safety Management Regulations for Elevators and Escalators," which comprehensively upgrades the certification, safety control, and maintenance management of elevator products in the South African market. The core contents include: first, it clarifies that all elevator units and core safety components entering the South African market must obtain SABS mandatory certification, and unverified products are prohibited from import, sale, and use; second, it tightens inspection at import ports, requiring customs to conduct 100% verification of the SABS certificate, certificate of origin, and type test report for imported elevators, and products with non-compliant certificates will be directly returned; third, it strengthens the annual inspection requirements for elevators in use, mandating that all elevators in use must undergo a SABS standard compliance inspection once a year, and elevators failing to meet the standards must be immediately shut down for rectification; fourth, it clarifies that elevator maintenance units must obtain official South African qualification licenses, and passenger elevators must undergo routine maintenance once every 14 days, with maintenance personnel required to pass official South African assessments and hold relevant certificates; fifth, it upgrades emergency rescue requirements, specifying that elevator rescue for trapped passengers must be on-site within 30 minutes, and maintenance units must establish a 24-hour emergency rescue duty system; sixth, it standardizes elevator safety archive management, requiring that all elevator design, manufacturing, installation, maintenance, and inspection records must be fully archived for a period of not less than 10 years. The new regulations have a six-month transition period and will be officially implemented on April 18, 2025.