OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during March 2026 onwards)

OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during March 2026 onwards)

• 28 February 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 March 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 groundwater resource management regulations (1 March 2026)
• draft amendments to military veterans healthcare benefits regulations (1 March 2026)
• draft General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering & Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill (2 March 2026)
• Eskom tariff adjustment discussion document (2 March 2026)
• fiscal framework and revenue proposals tabled with the Budget (2 March 2026)
• chrome ore export control proposals (3 March 2026)
• social relief of distress grant continuation proposals (4 March 2026)
• sugar dollar-based reference price investigation (5 March 2026)
• draft regulations under the Cannabis for Private Purposes Act (5 March 2026)
• draft regulations on health risk waste management (5 March 2026)
• draft waste management strategy (6 March 2026)
• draft amendments to gambling regulations (6 March 2026)
• draft hunting trophy quotas (8 March 2026)
• draft regulations on recreational activities at government waterworks (9 March 2026)
• South African National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency SOC Ltd Amendment Bill (9 March 2026)
• draft amendments to merger thresholds and fiing fees (10 March 2026)
• draft code of conduct for environmental management inspectors (15 March 2026)
• draft norms and standards for biodiversity conservation in unprotected areas (15 March 2026)
• Legal Practice Council rule on JSC nominations process (16 March 2026)
• SARB discussion document on prime lending rate replacement (20 March 2026)
• proposed ban on mining exploration and prospecting activities, Sutherland astronomy advantage area (24 March 2026)
• draft amendments to ethics code for parliamentary and provincial executive members (25 March 2026)
• draft amendments to national road rest and service facility policy (25 March 2026) 
• draft Labour Law Amendment Bill (28 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)
• draft amendments to law courts rule on reviews (31 March 2026)
• South African Law Reform Commission discussion papers on criminal law (31 March 2026)
• draft amendments to Banks Act regulations (10 April 2026)
• draft regulations on water use during hydraulic fracturing (28 April 2026)

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