That week in Parliament

COMPENSATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND DISEASES The Department of Employment and Labour has gazetted a notice announcing its intention to embark on ‘employer engagements, site visits and audits’ with the aim of ‘establishing effective registration...

COVID-19 SOCIAL RELIEF OF DISTRESS GRANT Input is sought on proposals for amending the April 2022 regulations to: increase the monthly ‘income threshold for insufficient means’ from R350 to R624, and empower the Minister to adjust the threshold ‘from...

It has been a year since the country experienced unprecedented levels of unrest and destruction of public and private property in July 2021. These acts of violence started in KwaZulu–Natal and spread to parts of Gauteng. More than 300 people died. The...

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE According to Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola, the following Acts and their enabling regulations will be operationalised ‘from 31 July 2022’, the: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters)...

World Parliament Day is celebrated every year on 30 June. World Parliament Day was established in 2018 through a United Nations General Assembly Resolution. The theme this year is focused on public engagement following the recent launch of the Global...

The second term of Parliament officially ended on 24 June, with NA MPs on recess until 15 August 2022 and NCOP delegates returning on 1 August. The main highlights of the term included: processing of the 2022/23 budget; processing of various pieces of...

COVID-19 The Department of Health has issued a Government Gazette notice repealing ‘in their entirety’ amendments made in February to regulations on the surveillance and control of notifiable medical conditions. The February 2022 code of practice for...

STATE SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE Draft amendments to the regulations on minimum norms and standards have been gazetted for public comment. Focusing on planning for creating an enabling learning environment by ensuring compliance with the November 2013...

The second term concludes for NCOP delegates. From next week, they will join their NA counterparts who have been in recess since 13 June. A big chunk of the year has been spent considering the 2022/23 national budget. After the Minister of Finance...

HIGHER EDUCATION, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION A review report has been gazetted for public comment. It includes analyses of: ‘the capacity of existing institutions to support post-school education and training and to undertake strategic...