OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during August 2026 onwards)

OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during August 2026 onwards)

• 31 July 2026
• Opportunities for Public Comment
• SA Legal Academy

The list below features key national government proposals and new legislation still open for public comment during August 2026 and beyond.

Please note:

• the documents are listed according to the date by which input should be received, beginning with deadlines scheduled to expire first
• input deadlines are indicated in parenthesis next to each document
• each link provided takes readers to a summary with the source document/s
• where the original deadline has been extended, the date is highlighted in yellow
• where the original deadline has been brought forward, the date is emboldened in red
• the list is updated throughout the month, with new opportunities highlighted in blue
• expired opportunities for comment are only removed at the month-end

Full list:

• draft indigenous knowledge regulations (3 August 2026)
• draft draft Prevention of Illegal Eviction from & Unlawful Occupation of Land Amendment Bill (5 August 2026)
• franchise market inquiry, draft terms of reference (7 August 2026)
• Defence Amendment Bill (7 August 2026)
• Military Discipline Supplementary Measures Amendment Bill (7 August 2026)
• draft strategic petroleum stock policy (9 August 2026)
• General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering & Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill (10 August 2026)
• draft public sector accounting standards (14 August 2026)
• Traditional & Khoi-San Leadership Bill (14 August 2026)
• Mine Health & Safety Amendment Bill (22 August 2026)
• draft 2026 tax Bills (28 August 2026)
• draft railway safety regulations (30 August 2026)
• draft amendments to Magistrates’ Courts rules (31 August 2026)
• draft oaths and affirmations regulations (31 August 2026)
• draft Parliamentary Villages Bill (31 August 2026)
• proposed exclusive geographic areas for radio frequency spectrum assignment plans (4 September 2026)
• radio frequency spectrum assignment feasibility studies (4 September 2026)
• draft revised national biodiversity strategy and action plan (4 September 2026)
• national minimum wage review (4 September 2026)
• three sets of draft regulations under the South African Schools Act (governing bodies, teacher development, remuneration for extra work) (5 September 2026)
• DA and ActionSA proposals for amending the Public Procurement Act (6 September 2026)
• draft revised auditors’ competencies framework (7 September 2026)
• draft regulations on national education information system (10 September 2026)
• draft radio frequency spectrum assignment plans (11 September 2026)
• draft Legal Practice Amendment Bill (11 September 2026)
• draft Regulation of Trusts Bill (11 September 2026)
• draft General (Mining) Laws Amendment Bill (11 September 2026)
• national inquiry into criminal justice system’s response to gender-based violence and femicide (11 September 2026)
• draft amendments to small merger notification guidelines (13 September 2026)
• draft amendments to local government election regulations (16 September 2026)
• draft amendments to driving licence regulations (17 September 2026)
• draft revised Judicial Service Commission procedures (17 September 2026)
• discussion paper on framework for centralising unclaimed financial assets management (19 September 2026)
• energy sector market transformation position paper (20 September 2026)
• Electronic Communications Amendment Bill (21 September 2026)
• Competition Commission draft guidelines for technical goods aftermarkets (21 September 2026)
• draft employment equity planning code of good practice (22 September 2026)
• draft directive to banks and mutual banks (23 September 2026)
• draft joint standard for financial institutions and their beneficial owners (25 September 2026)
• draft amendments to Magistrates Courts rules (30 September 2026)
• draft manual on managing cross-border crypto asset transactions (30 September 2026)
• consultation paper on modernising VAT (16 October 2026)

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