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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS: INPUT SOUGHT...
- 18 August 2026
- Electoral Law
Draft amendments to the local government elections regulations have been gazetted for public comment...
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TRANSPORT: DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO DRIVERS’...
- 18 August 2026
- Transport
Input is sought on draft amendments to drivers’ licence regulations affecting the validity period of...
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TRANSPORT APPEAL TRIBUNAL: 2024 AMENDMEN...
- 18 August 2026
- New Legislation
The 2024 Transport Appeal Tribunal Amendment Act is now in force – among other things empowering the...
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BENEFICIAL OWNERS: DRAFT JOINT STANDARD...
- 17 August 2026
- Financial Sector
The Prudential and Financial Sector Conduct Authorities have called for input on a draft joint stand...
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FINANCIAL SECTOR REGULATION & PUBLIC PRO...
- 15 August 2026
- Parliament
A General Finance Laws Amendment Bill is now ready for tabling in Parliament. It has significant imp...
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COMPETITION LAW: INPUT SOUGHT ON DRAFT A...
- 15 August 2026
- Trade, Industry & Competition
Input is sought on proposed amendments to the 2022 guidelines on small merger notification. The inte...
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GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE & FEMICIDE: CALL F...
- 14 August 2026
- Justice & Constitutional Development
Written submissions are sought in the context of a national inquiry now under way into a range of is...
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LEGISLATION: MUNICIPAL DEMARCATION, ONE-...
- 12 August 2026
- Parliament
Parliament has passed the Independent Municipal Demarcation Authority Bill and One-Stop Border Post...
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JUSTICE BILLS: KEY INSIGHTS FROM MINISTE...
- 11 August 2026
- Justice & Constitutional Development
Statements recently issued by the Minister and Deputy Minister of Justice & Constitutional Developme...
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT: COALITION BILL HEADS T...
- 07 August 2026
- Local & Provincial Government
According to a Cabinet media statement, the recently gazetted pre-tabling explanatory summary of a L...
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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ACT: DA and ACTIONSA...
- 07 August 2026
- National Treasury
The Democratic Alliance and ActionSA have called separately for input on party-specific proposals fo...
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AUDITORS: INPUT SOUGHT ON DRAFT REVISED...
- 07 August 2026
- Auditors & Accountants
Among other things, a draft revised competency framework for auditors recently released for public c...
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JUSTICE: INPUT SOUGHT ON DRAFT TRUST and...
- 07 August 2026
- Justice & Constitutional Development
A draft Regulation of Trusts Bill and a draft General (Mining) Laws Amendment Bill now open for publ...
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LEGAL PRACTICE ACT: DRAFT AMENDMENT BILL...
- 07 August 2026
- Justice & Constitutional Development
Input is sought on a draft Legal Practice Amendment Bill among other things seeking to ‘streamline t...
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OPERATION VULINDLELA PHASE 2: FIRST 2026...
- 06 August 2026
- General Interest
Operation Vulindlela’s Phase 2 first 2026/27 quarterly report acknowledges that ‘progress in some ar...
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NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE: NEXT ANNUAL REVIE...
- 05 August 2026
- Labour Law
Input is sought for the next annual review of the national minimum wage.
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BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION: INPUT SOUGHT...
- 05 August 2026
- Environmental Law
A draft revised ten-year National Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan has been gazetted for public c...
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JUDICIAL EDUCATION INSTITUTE AMENDMENT B...
- 04 August 2026
- Justice & Constitutional Development
Justice & Constitutional Development Deputy Minister Andries Nel has drawn attention to the ‘broader...
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM INQUIRY: LATEST...
- 04 August 2026
- Justice & Constitutional Development
The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference & Corruption in the Crim...
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CRYPTO ASSET CROSS-BORDER ACTIVITIES: IN...
- 03 August 2026
- Financial Sector
In the context of cross-border capital flow management regulatory proposals released in April 2026 f...
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OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS: DRAFT REGULATION...
- 03 August 2026
- Justice & Constitutional Development
Input is sought on draft regulations intended to replace prevailing secondary legislation on adminis...
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: PARLIAMENT’s IMPEACHME...
- 31 July 2026
- In the Spotlight
SA Legal Academy provides a summary of events leading to the formation of the National Assembly’s Im...
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BILLS BEING PROCESSED IN PARLIAMENT (31...
- 31 July 2026
- Parliament
SA Legal Academy brings you a list of Bills before Parliament on 31 July 2026. A link to each Bill i...
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open d...
- 31 July 2026
- Opportunities for Public Comment
SA Legal Academy brings you a list of key national government proposals and new legislation still op...
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