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.

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National Assembly

	Committee	Meetings	Attendance	Since 2020
#1	Trade and Industry	12	88%	+6% +5%
#2	Public Accounts (SCOPA)	17	87%	+10% +10%
#3	Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development	11	87%	+6% +6%
#4	Sports, Arts and Culture	7	86%	+9% +8%
#5	Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation	7	80%	+7% +6%
#6	Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs	31	80%	+4% +3%
#7	Mineral Resources and Energy	10	80%	+4% +3%
#8	Environment, Forestry and Fisheries	7	80%	+7% +6%
#9	Social Development	8	80%	+1% +1%
#10	Tourism	5	80%	+3% +3%
#11	Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities	13	80%	+7% +6%
#12	Public Works and Infrastructure	9	79%	+1% +0%
#13	Health	17	79%	+1% +0%
#14	Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation	12	79%	-7% -6%
#15	Higher Education, Science and Technology	16	79%	+2% +2%
#16	Finance Standing Committee	11	77%	+6% +5%
#17	Police	8	74%	-3% -2%
#18	Basic Education	9	74%	-3% -3%
#19	Small Business Development	5	74%	-2% -1%
#20	Home Affairs	8	74%	-9% -8%
#21	Justice and Correctional Services	23	72%	+1% +1%
#22	Employment and Labour	13	69%	0% 0%
#23	International Relations	8	68%	-6% -6%
#24	Public Enterprises	6	68%	+6% +6%
#25	Standing Committee on Appropriations	8	65%	-3% -2%
#26	Defence and Military Veterans	7	65%	-3% -3%
#27	Communications	8	62%	-11% -10%
#28	Transport	24	61%	-7% -6%
#29	Standing Committee on Auditor General	3	58%	-11% -11%
#30	Rules of the National Assembly	3	53%	-47% -47%

National Council of Provinces

	Committee	Meetings	Attendance	Since 2020
#1	NCOP Finance	5	89%	+8% +8%
#2	NCOP Appropriations	4	86%	-7% -6%
#3	NCOP Health and Social Services	1	80%	-6% -6%
#4	NCOP Security and Justice	5	80%	+3% +3%
#5	NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements	1	77%	-5% -5%
#6	NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy	6	72%	+1% +0%
#7	NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour	7	66%	-3% -2%
#8	NCOP Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure	6	61%	-10% -9%
#9	NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture	1	60%	-28% -28%
#10	NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication	4	55%	+1% +1%
#11	NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings	2	44%	-29% -29%