ONE-STOP BORDER POST BILL: FINAL OPPORTUNITY FOR SUBMISSIONS

ONE-STOP BORDER POST BILL: FINAL OPPORTUNITY FOR SUBMISSIONS

• 13 April 2026
• Home Affairs
• SA Legal Academy

Please note: On 11 May 2026, it became apparent that the notice calling for input had been changed – the deadline for submissions having been ‘incorrectly stated’ as 7 May 2026. Stakeholders now have until 26 May 2026 to submit their input on the Bill.

In anticipation of a final round of parliamentary hearings on the One-Stop Border Post Bill, the NCOP’s Security & Justice Committee has issued a notice calling for written submissions by 7 May 2026 on the Bill’s ‘B’ version.

Tabled in September 2024, once operationalised the proposed new piece of legislation:

• will enable the establishment of common control zones with neighbouring countries, facilitating co-ordinated, streamlined cross-border operations, and
• is expected to speed up turnaround times at ports of entry.

As SA Legal Academy has already reported, the National Assembly’s Home Affiars Committee amended the Bill to provide for the transfer of equipment within a common control zone should that be necessary for officials in either country to function efficiently. This would be subject to proper declarations being made and appropriate inventories kept.

• Bill’s ‘B’ version
• committee notice

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