OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during September 2025 onwards)

OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during September 2025 onwards)

• 31 August 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 September 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:

• Competition Act: draft export-related block exemption from certain sections (1 September 2025)
• steel industry: draft protection measures (3 September 2025)
• draft regulations on state-run school learner admission, school capacity (5 September 2025)
• draft amendments to Legal Practice Council rules (5 September 2025)
• Revenue Laws Amendment Bill (5 September 2025)
• draft amendments to JSE rules (5 September 2025)
• draft regulations on communal propery associations (7 September 2025)
• draft regulations banning plastic microbeads (7 September 2025)
• draft amendments to Liquor Act regulations (7 September 2025)
• draft amendments National Credit Act regulations (12 September 2025)
• draft 2025/26 tax Bills and regulations (12 September 2025)
• Public Service Commission Bill (NCOP) (12 September 2025)
• draft Higher Education & Training Further Amendment Bill (15 September 2025)
• draft withdrawal of pension contribution payment timeframe exclusion under Basic Conditions of Employment Act (17 September 2025)
• national minimum wage: input sought for annual review (18 September 2025)
• draft White Paper on audio and audiovisual media services (26 September 2025)
• draft amendments to atmospheric emissions listed activities regulations (28 September 2025)
• e-voting discussion document (30 September 2025)
• draft carbon budgeting and emissions planning regulations (30 September 2025)
• draft Parliamentary & Provincial Medical Aid Scheme Amendment Bill (1 October 2025)
• draft small vessel safety regulations (5 October 2025)
• draft adjustments to financial sector levies (9 October 2025)
• draft amendments to law courts rules (10 October 2025)
• draft conduct standard on securities financing transactions (17 October 2025)
• draft guidelines on water resource rehabilitation management (29 October 2025)
• draft accounting standard on social benefits liability verification (14 November 2025)
• draft replacement regulations on general machinery (20 November 2025)

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