Committee meeting attendance trends for 2023

This page shows the attendance rates of the committees in the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces in 2023. The attendance rate is automatically updated as committees meet and attendance is recorded.

You can click on a committee name to get more information; historical attendance rates as well as membership details can be found in the right sidebar of every committee page. It's also possible to download the raw data to do your own calculations and analysis.

For MP and Minister attendance rates we'd like to refer you to People's Assembly.

For more information about this attendance data please see our Attendance Methodology.

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National Assembly

	Committee	Meetings	Attendance	Since 2022
#1	Trade, Industry and Competition	8	87%	-4% -4%
#2	Home Affairs	9	85%	+7% +7%
#3	Water and Sanitation	6	85%	+6% +5%
#4	Sports, Arts and Culture	7	84%	+6% +5%
#5	Basic Education	8	81%	+9% +9%
#6	Police	6	81%	-4% -3%
#7	Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities	3	80%	+4% +3%
#8	Standing Committee on Appropriations	8	80%	+11% +10%
#9	Small Business Development	5	78%	+6% +5%
#10	Social Development	6	77%	-5% -5%
#11	Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development	6	77%	+9% +8%
#12	Standing Committee on Auditor General	1	75%	+11% +10%
#13	Mineral Resources and Energy	5	73%	+2% +2%
#14	Justice and Correctional Services	16	73%	-1% 0%
#15	Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment	9	73%	+3% +3%
#16	Communications and Digital Technologies	6	72%	+6% +6%
#17	Human Settlements	7	72%	0% 0%
#18	Tourism	2	70%	+8% +8%
#19	Public Accounts (SCOPA)	9	70%	-6% -6%
#20	Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation	5	70%	-2% -1%
#21	Public Works and Infrastructure	5	70%	-11% -11%
#22	Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs	9	69%	-8% -7%
#23	Health	4	68%	-11% -10%
#24	Public Enterprises	6	66%	+1% +1%
#25	Defence and Military Veterans	6	61%	0% 0%
#26	Transport	4	59%	-6% -5%
#27	Finance Standing Committee	12	59%	-6% -6%
#28	Committee on Section 194 Enquiry	21	58%	-9% -9%
#29	Higher Education, Science and Innovation	13	56%	-7% -7%
#30	Employment and Labour	7	55%	-7% -6%
#31	International Relations	6	55%	-8% -7%

National Council of Provinces

	Committee	Meetings	Attendance	Since 2022
#1	NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture	2	90%	+16% +16%
#2	NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy	1	81%	+26% +25%
#3	NCOP Health and Social Services	1	73%	-6% -6%
#4	NCOP Appropriations	4	72%	-5% -5%
#5	NCOP Security and Justice	2	68%	-9% -8%
#6	NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour	3	67%	-4% -3%
#7	NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication	1	62%	+2% +2%
#8	NCOP Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure	3	59%	+2% +2%
#9	NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements	2	56%	-12% -11%