Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill (B18-2021)

Section 74: Constitutional amendments

Bill versions:
B18-2021
Revised draft Bill
Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill

Under consideration by the National Assembly.

Bill history

Joint (NA + NCOP)

Constitutional Review Committee
- 20 March 2018
  
  Section 25 review: proposed programme for public hearings
- 10 May 2018
  
  Section 25 review: adoption of programme for public hearings
- 08 June 2018
  
  Constitution Section 25: Colloquium
- 21 June 2018
  
  Status Report on logistics for public hearings in provinces
- 17 July 2018
  
  Public Hearings on Review of Section 25 of Constitution (26 July - 4 August 2018) public participation
- 22 August 2018
  
  Section 25 review: progress update & selection of oral submission participants
- 04 September 2018
  
  Section 25 review of Constitution: public hearings day 1 public participation
- 05 September 2018
  
  Section 25 review of Constitution: public hearings day 2 public participation
- 06 September 2018
  
  Section 25 review of Constitution: public hearings day 3
- 07 September 2018
  
  Section 25 review of Constitution: public hearings day 4
- 13 September 2018
  
  Process: Reports on Public Submissions and Provincial & Parliament Hearings
- 20 September 2018
  
  Reports on Public Submissions and Provincial & Parliament Hearings
- 11 October 2018
  
  Election of Co-Chairperson (NA); Committee Programme
- 25 October 2018
  
  Section 25 review of Constitution: oral submissions
- 26 October 2018
  
  Section 25 review of Constitution: oral submissions
- 01 November 2018
  
  Review of Section 25 of Constitution: draft Committee Report
- 08 November 2018
  
  Section 25 review of Constitution: minutes and way forward
- 13 November 2018
  
  Section 25 review of Constitution: party submissions
- 14 November 2018
  
  Review of Section 25 of Constitution: Summary of Party Recommendations
- 15 November 2018
  
  Committee Report on Review of Section 25 of Constitution: adoption

National Assembly

Ad Hoc Committee to Amend Section 25 of the Constitution
- 12 February 2019
  
  Election of Chairperson
- 21 February 2019
  
  Legal Services on process to amend the Constitution
- 01 March 2019
  
  Afriforum application to review public participation process; Constitutional Review Committee Report overview; Section 25 amendment: expert opinion
- 08 March 2019
  
  Section 25 amendment: expert opinion
- 13 March 2019
  
  Committee Report on Amending Section 25 of the Constitution
National Assembly
- 24 July 2019
  
  Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation Amending Section 25 of the Constitution established on this date
Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution
- 04 September 2019
  
  Election of Chairperson - postponed
- 05 September 2019
  
  Election of Chairperson
- 11 September 2019
  
  Committee discussion on process and programme
- 18 October 2019
  
  Discussion of Programme & process
- 25 October 2019
  
  Finalisation of Programme
- 06 November 2019
  
  Land Dialogue workshop
- 13 November 2019
  
  Themes Emerging from Land Dialogue workshop
- 27 November 2019
  
  Impact of land expropriation without compensation on international law and treaties to which South Africa is a signatory: DTI briefing
- 03 December 2019
  
  Draft bill amending section 25 of the Constitution: briefing
- 05 December 2019
  
  Draft bill amending section 25 of the Constitution: discussion & publishing for comment
National Assembly
- 09 December 2019
  
  The Secretary to Parliament has, in accordance with section 18(1) of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act, 2003 (Act No. 41 of 2003), referred the Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill (Draft 1) to the National House of Traditional Leaders, which must make any comments it wishes to make by not later than 29 January 2020
Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution
- 30 January 2020
  
  Extending deadline for public submissions & public hearings programme
- 04 February 2020
  
  Committee Programme on provincial public hearings
- 22 May 2020
  
  Extension of mandate of Committee as per the House resolution
National Assembly
- 29 June 2020
  
  Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation Amending Section 25 of the Constitution re-established
Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution
- 08 October 2020
  
  Committee Programme
- 16 October 2020
  
  Public Hearings Programme: finalisation
- 02 November 2020
  
  Discussion on cancelled public hearing in Polokwane
- 10 February 2021
  
  Committee Programme
- 12 February 2021
  
  Consolidated Report on Public Hearings to Amend Section 25
- 19 February 2021
  
  Public Participation Report: discussion
- 26 February 2021
  
  Revised Committee Programme; Public Participation Report: deliberations
- 04 March 2021
  
  DA complaint about exclusion of oral submissions; Public Participation Report; Parliamentary Legal Services on legal & drafting matters raised in submissions
- 05 March 2021
  
  Inclusion of oral submissions as part of public participation process & committee extension
- 12 March 2021
  
  Committee Programme & Extension
- 23 March 2021
  
  Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill: public hearings public participation
- 24 March 2021
  
  Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill: public hearings day 2 public participation
- 25 March 2021
  
  Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill: public hearings & inputs from departments public participation
- 31 March 2021
  
  Constitution 18th Amendment Bill: Parliament Legal Services & DALRRD input, with Minister
- 09 April 2021
  
  Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment: DPWI, DMRE & DoJCD input; with Ministers public participation
- 16 April 2021
  
  Public Participation Report: finalisation
- 07 May 2021
  
  Response to input by Departments: OCLS briefing; DA Correspondence
- 14 May 2021
  
  Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment: deliberations
- 21 May 2021
  
  Holistic review of Section 25
- 28 May 2021
  
  Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment: Legal Opinion & Party Proposals
- 31 May 2021
  
  Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment: Committee extension request
- 11 June 2021
  
  Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment: deliberations
- 18 June 2021
  
  Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment: deliberations
- 02 July 2021
  
  Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment: deliberations
- 09 July 2021
  
  Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill: proposed amendments
- 16 July 2021
  
  Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill: deliberations
National Assembly
- 21 July 2021
  
  The Joint Tagging Mechanism found that the Revised Draft Bill should be dealt with as a section 74(2) Bill and as a Draft Bill falling within the ambit of section 39(1) of the Traditional and KhoiSan Leadership Act, 2019 (Act No. 3 of 2019).
- 26 August 2021
  
  Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation Amending Section 25 of the Constitution's lifespan extended to 10 September 2021. The Committee was expected to conclude its work and report back to the National Assembly on 30 August.
Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution
- 26 August 2021
  
  Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill: Committee Extension; Report on public submissions
- 27 August 2021
  
  Constitution 18th Amendment Bill: proposed amendments; Public submissions report
- 01 September 2021
  
  Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill: deliberations
- 03 September 2021
  
  Draft Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill: finalisation
- 08 September 2021
  
  Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill: Committee report
Ad Hoc Committee on the amendment of section 25 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
- 09 September 2021
  
  Bill introduced

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