Committee meeting attendance trends for 2024

This page shows the attendance rates of the committees in the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces in 2024. 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 2023
#1	Science, Technology and Innovation	3	89%	+89% +88%
#2	Health	4	87%	+17% +16%
#3	Correctional Services	2	87%	+87% +87%
#4	Trade, Industry and Competition	16	84%	-4% -3%
#5	Land Reform and Rural Development	3	84%	+84% +83%
#6	Rules of the National Assembly	8	83%	+47% +46%
#7	Electricity and Energy	3	83%	+83% +82%
#8	Justice and Constitutional Development	11	82%	+3% +3%
#9	Basic Education	10	81%	+4% +4%
#10	Water and Sanitation	8	80%	-1% 0%
#11	Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities	11	80%	+9% +8%
#12	Public Service and Administration	10	79%	+8% +8%
#13	Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment	10	79%	+9% +8%
#14	Agriculture	11	78%	+13% +13%
#15	Sport, Arts and Culture	21	75%	-5% -4%
#16	Home Affairs	14	75%	-5% -5%
#17	Standing Committee on Appropriations	14	75%	-1% -1%
#18	Social Development	12	74%	-2% -2%
#19	Transport	9	74%	+16% +15%
#20	Defence and Military Veterans	11	73%	+8% +8%
#21	Human Settlements	9	72%	+3% +2%
#22	Public Works and Infrastructure	14	71%	-5% -4%
#23	Higher Education	14	71%	+6% +6%
#24	Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation	7	70%	0% +0%
#25	Employment and Labour	9	70%	+9% +9%
#26	Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs	10	70%	-4% -3%
#27	Public Accounts (SCOPA)	10	68%	-7% -6%
#28	Public Enterprises	8	67%	+2% +1%
#29	Police	9	67%	-13% -12%
#30	Communications and Digital Technologies	10	67%	-1% 0%
#31	Finance Standing Committee	20	67%	+5% +5%
#32	Tourism	10	64%	-2% -2%
#33	Small Business Development	5	64%	-9% -9%
#34	International Relations	10	63%	+15% +14%
#35	Mineral and Petroleum Resources	19	63%	-9% -9%
#36	Powers and Privileges of Parliament	8	61%	+7% +7%
#37	Standing Committee on Auditor General	4	57%	-3% -2%

National Council of Provinces

	Committee	Meetings	Attendance	Since 2023
#1	NCOP Rules of the National Council of Provinces	1	100%	+100% +100%
#2	NCOP Appropriations	11	87%	+15% +15%
#3	NCOP Education, Sciences and Creative Industries	16	84%	+9% +8%
#4	NCOP Public Petitions and Executive Undertakings	2	83%	+27% +27%
#5	NCOP Social Services	9	81%	+4% +3%
#6	NCOP Finance	21	78%	+6% +6%
#7	NCOP Agriculture, Land Reform and Mineral Resources	17	77%	+4% +3%
#8	NCOP Security and Justice	18	76%	0% +0%
#9	NCOP Economic Development & Trade	13	71%	-5% -4%
#10	NCOP Public Infrastructure & Minister in the Presidency	17	70%	-1% 0%
#11	NCOP Cooperative Governance & Public Administration	13	68%	+6% +5%
#12	NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication	6	59%	+5% +5%