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04 February 2025

The Week Ahead: It's all about #SONA2025

President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver his ninth State of the Nation Address on Thursday at 19:00.       The speech is used to highlight achievements, flags challenges, and outlines interventions for the coming financial year. This address marks the...
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04 February 2025

#SONA 2025: 9 Facts About SONA

  1. What is the SONA? It is an annual address given by the President to a joint session of Parliament and marks the official opening of the legislature. SONA provides the President with an opportunity to speak to the nation on the general state of...
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03 February 2025

#SONA 2025: What goes into the speech?

  It’s one of the most important speeches that the President delivers in any year. With a prime-time TV audience, it is a tremendous PR opportunity for the President to lay out his agenda for the year and report on his administration’s progress....
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03 February 2025

From the Government Gazette and Media Statements (3 February 2025)

BILLS SIGNED INTO LAW Three more Bills were signed into law and the Acts concerned gazetted. They are not yet in force. According to a Presidency media statement, the Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Act is expected to: ensure the...
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28 January 2025

Budget Tips 2025: why you should participate and how your input is used

  National Treasury answered our questions about the Budget Tips initiative. PMG has added further information for added context and insight.   -In what year was the Budget Tips initiative launched? Response: It was launched in 1999 by then Minister...
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28 January 2025

Write to a Parliamentary Committee 2025

  Committees play a crucial role in parliamentary activities and are the site where most of Parliament’s business is organised. They have more time to study, interrogate and debate proposed legislation, policy proposals and budget plans, and to...
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27 January 2025

2025 Parliamentary Year

  It's still early days, and Parliament is slowly returning to life after the lengthy summer break. The first term will run for 12 weeks and will be action-packed and eventful. The major highlights include the State of the Nation Address (SONA) and...
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27 January 2025

From the Government Gazette and Media Statements (27 January 2025)

  LABOUR RELATIONS ACT The Department of Employment and Labour gazetted a draft code of good practice for dismissals, calling for public comments. Its purpose is to guide employers, employees and trade unions on the application of their legal...
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19 January 2025

From the Government Gazette and Media Statements (20 January 2025)

  ESSENTIAL SERVICES The Department of Employment and Labour gazetted a notice announcing the commencement of an Essential Services Committee investigation into the merits or otherwise of declaring pre-school and elementary education services...
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15 January 2025

From the Government Gazette and Media Statements (13 January 2025)

TAX The Global Minimum Tax Administration Act was gazetted and retrospectively commenced, having been inadvertently excluded from the list of tax and revenue Acts published on 24 December 2024. It has been in force since 1 January 2025, when the...