That week in Parliament

COVID-19 STATE OF DISASTER   School contact sports were suspended on 19 May in a Department of Basic Education media statement to be confirmed by notice in the Government Gazette.   FISHING RIGHTS   The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the...

Domestic Violence Amendment Bill Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill Criminal and Related Matters Amendment Bill   Select Committee on Security and Justice 11 August 2021: GBV Bills: deliberations 6 August...

  There are a few weeks left until Parliament’s mid-year break. In the remaining days, the legislative body is scheduled to consider and vote on several Bills, conduct important debates, appropriate funding, scrutinise government performance, oversee...

COVID-19 STATE OF DISASTER The State of Disaster has been extended to 15 June. The Department of Social Development has updated stakeholders on progress with an early childhood development practitioner relief programme introduced as part of the...

  Parliament will largely be consumed by Budget Vote debates this week. The debates allow for Parliament, and the public, to be updated about what departments are doing, how they are performing and exactly how public money is being used in a forum...

From the Government Gazette and Media Statements  COVID-19 STATE OF DISASTER The Department of Basic Education has confirmed that its presidential youth employment initiative, focusing on supporting learning and teaching in schools during the Covid-19...

It’s the second week of budget-related meetings as Committees continue to interrogate departments and entities on their budgets, targets and priorities for the year ahead and finalise their ensuing reports to the House. There is a common trend during...

COVID-19 STATE OF DISASTER A ministerial directive gazetted on 23 April has confirmed that, subject to adherence to all related protocols: school contact sport activities are now permitted ‘inter-school, district, provincial and national school sports...

Parliament resumes this week after a constituency period. The virtual/hybrid Parliament will continue for another term, with some MPs working from the precinct and others remotely. According to the latest timetable, the NA programme will run for 5...

COVID-19 STATE OF DISASTER The disaster management regulations have been amended to provide for a vaccine injury no-fault compensation scheme. On 20 April, a ministerial directive was issued: on the requirements to be met when proving that an employee...