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	29	89%	+7% +6%
#2	Public Accounts (SCOPA)	34	85%	+9% +8%
#3	Committee on Section 194 Enquiry	2	83%	+83% +82%
#4	Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities	36	82%	+9% +9%
#5	Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation	19	80%	+7% +6%
#6	Higher Education, Science and Technology	31	79%	+3% +2%
#7	Sports, Arts and Culture	23	79%	+2% +1%
#8	Social Development	23	77%	-1% 0%
#9	Mineral Resources and Energy	27	77%	+1% +0%
#10	Public Works and Infrastructure	13	77%	-2% -1%
#11	Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs	60	75%	-1% -1%
#12	Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development	23	75%	-6% -5%
#13	Health	52	74%	-4% -4%
#14	Police	24	74%	-3% -3%
#15	Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation	28	74%	-12% -12%
#16	Tourism	13	73%	-3% -2%
#17	Small Business Development	15	73%	-3% -3%
#18	Environment, Forestry and Fisheries	20	73%	-1% 0%
#19	Basic Education	19	72%	-5% -5%
#20	Justice and Correctional Services	54	72%	+1% +1%
#21	Home Affairs	20	71%	-12% -11%
#22	Finance Standing Committee	27	69%	-2% -2%
#23	International Relations	18	67%	-7% -6%
#24	Defence and Military Veterans	17	65%	-3% -2%
#25	Public Enterprises	13	65%	+4% +3%
#26	Communications	30	63%	-10% -9%
#27	Employment and Labour	32	63%	-6% -6%
#28	Standing Committee on Appropriations	28	60%	-8% -7%
#29	Transport	41	59%	-10% -9%
#30	Standing Committee on Auditor General	5	58%	-11% -10%
#31	Water and Sanitation	1	56%	+56% +56%
#32	Rules of the National Assembly	7	48%	-52% -52%
#33	Human Settlements	1	44%	+44% +44%

National Council of Provinces

	Committee	Meetings	Attendance	Since 2020
#1	NCOP Health and Social Services	6	84%	-2% -2%
#2	NCOP Appropriations	15	81%	-12% -11%
#3	NCOP Finance	15	79%	-2% -1%
#4	NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture	6	78%	-10% -10%
#5	NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements	15	70%	-12% -11%
#6	NCOP Security and Justice	20	70%	-6% -6%
#7	NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour	17	66%	-2% -2%
#8	NCOP Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure	17	64%	-7% -7%
#9	NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings	6	63%	-10% -9%
#10	NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy	18	59%	-13% -12%
#11	NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication	8	57%	+3% +3%