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, Industry and Competition	40	88%	+6% +5%
#2	Committee on Section 194 Enquiry	2	83%	+83% +82%
#3	Public Accounts (SCOPA)	44	81%	+5% +4%
#4	Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation	24	80%	+6% +6%
#5	Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities	42	80%	+7% +7%
#6	Sports, Arts and Culture	32	80%	+3% +2%
#7	Higher Education, Science and Technology	39	79%	+2% +2%
#8	Public Works and Infrastructure	17	79%	0% +0%
#9	Social Development	26	77%	-2% -1%
#10	Mineral Resources and Energy	34	76%	0% 0%
#11	Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs	65	76%	0% 0%
#12	Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development	30	75%	-6% -5%
#13	Police	30	75%	-3% -2%
#14	Health	61	74%	-4% -3%
#15	Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation	28	74%	-12% -12%
#16	Small Business Development	20	72%	-4% -3%
#17	Basic Education	24	71%	-6% -6%
#18	Water and Sanitation	5	71%	+71% +71%
#19	Tourism	19	71%	-5% -5%
#20	Home Affairs	26	71%	-12% -11%
#21	Justice and Correctional Services	69	71%	0% 0%
#22	Environment, Forestry and Fisheries	32	70%	-3% -3%
#23	Finance Standing Committee	39	69%	-3% -2%
#24	International Relations	22	67%	-7% -7%
#25	Human Settlements	6	66%	+66% +66%
#26	Public Enterprises	18	66%	+5% +4%
#27	Communications	38	63%	-10% -10%
#28	Defence and Military Veterans	22	63%	-5% -5%
#29	Employment and Labour	38	62%	-7% -6%
#30	Standing Committee on Auditor General	8	61%	-8% -7%
#31	Transport	48	60%	-8% -8%
#32	Standing Committee on Appropriations	38	59%	-9% -8%
#33	Rules of the National Assembly	7	48%	-52% -52%

National Council of Provinces

	Committee	Meetings	Attendance	Since 2020
#1	NCOP Health and Social Services	11	81%	-5% -5%
#2	NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture	10	80%	-8% -8%
#3	NCOP Finance	20	80%	-1% 0%
#4	NCOP Appropriations	20	79%	-14% -14%
#5	NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements	21	71%	-11% -11%
#6	NCOP Security and Justice	23	69%	-7% -7%
#7	NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour	22	68%	-1% -1%
#8	NCOP Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure	22	67%	-4% -3%
#9	NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings	8	60%	-13% -12%
#10	NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication	13	60%	+6% +5%
#11	NCOP Rules of the National Council of Provinces	2	59%	+59% +59%
#12	NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy	19	59%	-13% -12%