That week in Parliament

There will be a brief lull in Parliament this week, with the National Assembly in recess from today until 5 October. During this period NA lawmakers will be performing constituency work. They have a duty to: be available to the public, help solve...

LOCKDOWN LEVEL 2 Post-school education and training   On 26 August, Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande confirmed that: ‘from 1 September’, ‘up to 66%’ students will be permitted to return to campus, with priority given...

The constituency period beckons for NA MPs. They are due to depart at the end of the week and return to Parliament on 6 October. Their NCOP counterparts started the term one week later and will remain in session until 30 September. Lasting three...

Lockdown level 2 Regulations were gazetted on 17 August following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement two days earlier. In addition to relaxing restrictions on certain economic and other activities during the extended State of Disaster, they: set...

An eclectic week of parliamentary action beckons in the main chambers and Committee Corridor. A combination of Question Time sessions, a sectoral parliament, a debate, legislative business and several high-profile Committee meetings, should mean...

Lockdown level 2 On 17 August, South Africa moved to a more relaxed lockdown level in which, according to President Cyril Ramaphosa: there will be no restrictions on inter-provincial travel, and subject to the ‘necessary and appropriate stringent...

National Assembly legislators return to Parliament this week for the third term. NCOP delegates will carry out constituency work for another week and return on 25 August. This session will be relatively short and packed with activities. Some of the...

COVID-19 State of Disaster and Lockdown Regulations: Update (11 August 2020) LOCKDOWN LEVEL 3 Health   A directive issued on 7 August by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize: links each alert/lockdown level to epidemiological trends and health system...

  The Second Term of Parliament ended on 31 July 2020. It lasted 16 weeks and was an unprecedented period, which saw Parliament conducting its business on virtual platforms owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.   In March, Parliament took a decision to...

LOCKDOWN LEVEL 3 Disaster management regulations   Amendments were gazetted on 31 July to: relax the night-time curfew by one hour (now from 22:00 to 04:00) clarify the conditions in terms of which professional sports matches may be held update...