South Africa's Pre-Verification of Conformity (PVoC) programme, administered by the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) and enforced by the Border Management Authority (BMA) and SARS, is transitioning from a voluntary to a mandatory digital compliance framework. The transition phase runs from 20 March 2026. Full mandatory enforcement begins on 20 September 2026. After this date, shipments of PVoC-regulated products — including solar panels, electronics, furniture, toys, and consumer goods from China and other high-risk origin countries — must be accompanied by a verifiable digital compliance record. The BMA and SARS are moving away from unstructured PDFs and forwarded email copies because they are entirely prone to document fraud. The new standard requires a machine-readable data carrier (QR code or equivalent) that resolves to a verification system where the compliance data can be confirmed as authentic and unaltered. Trade Compliance Records issues a permanent QR code per record...