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	Trade, Industry and Competition	11	91%	+3% +3%
#2	Justice and Correctional Services	9	80%	+1% +0%
#3	Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment	6	79%	+8% +8%
#4	Health	1	79%	+8% +8%
#5	Public Service and Administration	7	77%	+6% +5%
#6	Basic Education	5	77%	0% +0%
#7	Sport, Arts and Culture	18	76%	-4% -4%
#8	Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities	9	76%	+5% +5%
#9	Home Affairs	11	74%	-7% -6%
#10	Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development	8	73%	+9% +8%
#11	Social Development	9	72%	-4% -4%
#12	Water and Sanitation	5	72%	-9% -9%
#13	Defence and Military Veterans	8	71%	+6% +6%
#14	Standing Committee on Appropriations	9	70%	-7% -6%
#15	Transport	6	70%	+11% +11%
#16	Human Settlements	7	69%	0% +0%
#17	Public Works and Infrastructure	12	68%	-8% -7%
#18	Employment and Labour	7	68%	+7% +6%
#19	Public Enterprises	8	67%	+2% +1%
#20	Higher Education, Science and Innovation	11	67%	+2% +2%
#21	Police	7	65%	-16% -15%
#22	Public Accounts (SCOPA)	9	64%	-11% -10%
#23	Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation	3	64%	-6% -6%
#24	Small Business Development	5	64%	-9% -9%
#25	Finance Standing Committee	15	63%	+2% +1%
#26	Communications and Digital Technologies	8	62%	-5% -5%
#27	Powers and Privileges of Parliament	8	61%	+7% +7%
#28	Mineral Resources and Energy	17	61%	-11% -11%
#29	Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs	6	59%	-14% -13%
#30	International Relations	7	54%	+5% +5%
#31	Tourism	6	53%	-13% -12%
#32	Standing Committee on Auditor General	3	51%	-9% -8%
#33	Rules of the National Assembly	2	46%	+9% +9%

National Council of Provinces

	Committee	Meetings	Attendance	Since 2023
#1	NCOP Health and Social Services	6	86%	+8% +8%
#2	NCOP Education and Technology, Sports, Arts and Culture	10	84%	+9% +9%
#3	NCOP Land Reform, Environment, Mineral Resources and Energy	9	83%	+10% +10%
#4	NCOP Appropriations	4	78%	+7% +7%
#5	NCOP Petitions and Executive Undertakings	1	77%	+21% +21%
#6	NCOP Security and Justice	12	74%	-2% -1%
#7	NCOP Finance	15	72%	+1% +0%
#8	NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour	11	69%	-6% -5%
#9	NCOP Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements	8	66%	+4% +3%
#10	NCOP Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure	9	65%	-6% -6%
#11	NCOP Public Enterprises and Communication	6	59%	+5% +5%