The South African Copyright Act of 1978[1] states: "You may not make a copy of a sound recording without the permission of the author."

[6] Digital sales are also accepted from August 2006, with 30 mastertone or ringback tone or 10 full track downloads equalling one album.

[10] Other certification include multi-box audio sets (3 or more units per box) which are certified at 12,500 for gold and 25,000 for platinum, music videos at 5,000/10,000 and DVDs at 10,000/20,000.

[7] A weekly top 20 album chart is aired every Saturday by Radio Sonder Grense, based on CD sales figures compiled by RiSA.

[12] On 2 September 2021, RISA announced the launch of The Official South African Charts (TOSAC), which includes a top 100 streaming chart for tracks by South African artists or that have at least one South African artist featured on them, as well as a combined top 100 streaming chart that includes all international and local songs.