Committee meeting attendance trends for 2021

This page shows the attendance rates of the committees in the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces in 2021. 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 2020
#1	Trade and Industry	20	88%	+6% +6%
#2	Public Accounts (SCOPA)	28	87%	+10% +10%
#3	Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities	29	84%	+11% +10%
#4	Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation	16	80%	+7% +6%
#5	Mineral Resources and Energy	19	80%	+3% +3%
#6	Sports, Arts and Culture	20	79%	+2% +2%
#7	Higher Education, Science and Technology	25	79%	+2% +1%
#8	Social Development	18	78%	0% 0%
#9	Public Works and Infrastructure	12	76%	-2% -2%
#10	Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development	18	76%	-4% -3%
#11	Tourism	9	76%	0% +0%
#12	Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs	52	76%	-1% 0%
#13	Small Business Development	11	74%	-2% -2%
#14	Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation	28	74%	-12% -12%
#15	Health	45	74%	-5% -4%
#16	Justice and Correctional Services	42	73%	+3% +2%
#17	Environment, Forestry and Fisheries	14	73%	0% 0%
#18	Home Affairs	15	72%	-10% -9%
#19	Finance Standing Committee	20	72%	+1% +0%
#20	Police	19	72%	-5% -5%
#21	Basic Education	14	71%	-6% -6%
#22	International Relations	13	67%	-8% -7%
#23	Defence and Military Veterans	14	66%	-2% -2%
#24	Communications	17	64%	-9% -8%
#25	Employment and Labour	29	63%	-6% -5%
#26	Public Enterprises	10	63%	+2% +1%
#27	Standing Committee on Auditor General	5	58%	-11% -10%
#28	Standing Committee on Appropriations	19	58%	-10% -9%
#29	Transport	34	58%	-11% -10%
#30	Rules of the National Assembly	5	51%	-49% -49%

National Council of Provinces

	Committee	Meetings	Attendance	Since 2020
#1	NCOP Appropriations	9	85%	-8% -7%
#2	NCOP Finance	11	84%	+3% +3%
#3	NCOP Health and Social Services	3	81%	-6% -5%
#4	NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture	4	77%	-11% -10%
#5	NCOP Security and Justice	14	75%	-2% -1%
#6	NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements	11	71%	-11% -10%
#7	NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour	14	67%	-2% -2%
#8	NCOP Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure	13	64%	-7% -6%
#9	NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy	13	63%	-8% -8%
#10	NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication	7	60%	+6% +5%
#11	NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings	4	59%	-14% -14%