OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during January 2026 onwards)

OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during January 2026 onwards)

• 31 December 2025
• Opportunities for Public Comment
• SA Legal Academy

The list below features key national government proposals and new legislation still open for public comment during January 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:

• Merchant Shipping Act draft regulations (no deadline provided)
• 2026/27 Budget tips (no deadline provided)
• draft Use of Official Languages Amendment Bill (no deadline provided)
• draft regulations on state-run school learner admission, school capacity (5 January 2026)
• draft proposals for possible improvements to various GRAP standards (9 January 2026)
• draft rules on Competition Commission divestiture recommendations process (11 January 2026)
• national minimum wage report and recommendations (12 January 2026)
• revised draft fracking regulations (13 January 2026)
• Prince Edward Islands environmental management proposals (21 January 2026)
• draft amendments to planning and performance management regulations (21 January 2026)
• 2025/26 Tax and Rates Bills (21 January 2026)
• draft amendment to Magistrates’ Courts rules affecting land eviction appeals (23 January 2026)
• Intergovernmental, Monitoring, Support & Interventions Bill (23 January 2026)
• draft amendments to local government regulations on political party broadcasts, advertisements (23 January 2026)
• draft General Finance Laws (Official Benchmarks & Procurement) Amendment Bill (23 January 2026)
• Hate Crimes Act, draft regulations (28 January 2026)
• Defence and Military Discipline Supplementary Measures Amendment Bills (31 January 2026)
• real estate investment trusts company proposals (31 January 2026)
• draft revised OTC derivatives reporting requirements (3 February 2026)
• draft regulations on Stockholm Convention organic pollutants (4 February 2026)
• draft GRAP for principals and agents (13 February 2026)
• draft regulations for traditional courts (13 February 2026)
• draft directive on additional FICA accountable insitution registration information requirements (13 February 2026)
• draft General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering & Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill (13 February 2026)
• draft revised White Paper on immigration, citizenship and refugee protection (15 February 2026)
• draft Public Procurement Amendment Bill (15 February 2026)
• draft revised international mobile telecommunications roadmap (16 February 2026)
• ICASA inquiry into individual network service licensing (16 February 2026)
• essential services proposals (19 February 2026)
• proposed declaration of creative industry performers a employees (22 February 2026)
• draft Land Court rules (27 February 2026)
• draft amendments to Supreme, High and Magistrates’ Courts rules (27 February 2026)
• proposed ban on agricultural pesticide terbufos (27 February 2026)
• online gambling discussion document (27 February 2026)
• draft terrestrial broadcasting signal distribution regulations (27 February 2026) 
• draft groundwater resource management regulations (1 March 2026)
• draft amendments to military veterans healthcare benefits regulations (1 March 2026)
• sugar dollar-based reference price investigation (5 March 2026)
• draft waste management strategy (6 March 2026)
• draft regulations on recreational activities at government waterworks (9 March 2026)
• draft amendments to merger thresholds and fiing fees (10 March 2026)
• proposed ban on mining exploration and prospecting activities, Sutherland astronomy advantage area (24 March 2026)
• draft revised B-BBEE scorecard statements (30 March 2026)
• proposed new High Court rule on preparing and filing heads of argument (31 March 2026)
• draft regulatory framework for informal cross-border remittance providers (31 March 2026)

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