(1) Whether the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) intends to sanction the bulk of nearly 1 million close corporations (CCs) that were deregistered after failing to file their annual returns to CIPC; if not, why not; if so, what is the impact of the deregistrations (a) on his department and (b) on the entities who are unaware of having been deregistered but are still conducting business in their old registered names; (2) (a) what is CIPC’s capacity to handle the consequences of this change in the Companies Act, Act 71 of 2008, and (b) what steps is his department taking to inform the affected entities proactively?