OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during November 2025 onwards)

OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during November 2025 onwards)

• 31 October 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 November 2025 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 corruption-related risk management and prevention framework (7 November 2025)
• General Laws (Family) Amendment Bill (10 November 2025)
• draft accounting standard on social benefits liability verification (14 November 2025)
• draft revised scrap metal preferential price guidelines (14 November 2025)
• draft Public Procurement Amendment Bill (16 November 2025)
• draft communal property association regulations (16 November 2025)
• draft Children’s Amendment Bill (16 November 2025)
• draft minimum FLAC denomination for banks (17 November 2025)
• draft replacement regulations on general machinery (20 November 2025)
• FSCA fee/levy adjustment proposals (20 November 2025)
• draft climate change impact assessment guidelines (23 November 2024)
• draft Electoral Amendment Bill (23 November 2024)
• draft guidance note on pre-merger filing consultation process (24 November 2025)
• 2025/26 tax Bills (27 November 2025)
• submissions to National Assembly Appropriations Committee (Division of Revenue Amendment Bill, Adjustments Appropriation Bill and Special Appropriation Bill) (27 November 2025)
• draft guidance note for online intermediation platforms (28 November 2025)
• draft NEDLAC Bill (28 November 2025)
• draft Business Licensing Bill (28 November 2025)
• 2026/27 Budget review, technical proposals (28 November 2025)
• submissions to NCOP Appropriations Committee (Division of Revenue Amendment Bill and Adjustments Appropriation Bill) (28 November 2025)
• draft public sector accounting standards regulatory amendments (30 November 2025)
• carbon credti market development proposals (1 December 2025)
• draft regulations on state-run school learner admission, school capacity (5 December 2025)
• draft policy framework for small business incubation (5 December 2025)
• revised draft fracking regulations (7 December 2025)
• revised draft national radio frequency plan (11 December 2025)
• Prudential Authority draft directive under Banks Act, interest rate risk (15 December 2025)
• Merchant Shipping Act draft regulatory proposals (15 December 2025)
• draft Bill domesticating UN Apartheid Convention (15 December 2025)
• draft amendments to Liquor Products Act regulations(20 December 2025)
• draft amendments to Legal Practice Council rules (21 December 2025) 
• draft IPID Act regulations (24 December 2025)
• draft proposals for possible improvements to various GRAP standards (9 January 2026)
• draft amendments to local government regulations on political party broadcasts, advertisements (9 January 2026)
• Hate Crimes Act, draft regulations (28 January 2026)
• ICASA inquiry into individual network seervice licensing (30 January 2026)
• online gambling discussion document (30 January 2026)
• draft GRAP for principals and agents (13 February 2026)

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