OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during June 2026 onwards)

OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during June 2026 onwards)

• 31 May 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 June 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 regulations on the rapid deployment of electronic communications infrastructure (1 June 2026)
• input for Competition Commission regulatory review (5 June 2026)
• draft regulations on digital identify (6 June 2026)
• Appropriation Bill 2026/27 (National Assembly committee) (1 June 2026
• draft amendments to Competition Commission rules (6 June 2026)) 
• Appropriation Bill 2026/27 (NCOP committee) (8 June 2026)
• Special Pensions Amendment Bill (8 June 2026)
• draft policy on artificial intelligence (10 June 2026) (on 26 April 2027, government media mouthpiece SAnews reported that the draft policy has been withdrawn)
• draft amendments to environmental management regulations on non-compliance fines (14 June 2026)
• draft Prevention of Illegal Eviction from & Unlawful Occupation of Land Amendment Bill (15 June 2026)
• Public Procurement Act draft general regulations (15 June 2026)
• draft directive exempting certain activities from constitutiing the ‘business of a bank’ (15 June 2026)
• draft public sector accounting standards (17 June 2026)
• draft Nuclear Energy Amendment Bill (21 June 2026)
• capital markets: market infrastructures conduct proposals (26 June 2026)
• NERSA electricity wholesale price methodology consultation paper (26 June 2026)
• draft greenhouse gas emissions inventory report (28 June 2026)
• draft satellite services regulations (29 June 2026)
• draft regulations on cross-border capital flows (30 June 2026)
• draft replacement list of environmentally detrimental activities (11 July 2026)
• draft public sector accounting standards (14 August 2026)
• draft national rail master plan (no deadline provided) 

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