That week in Parliament

COVID-19 A directive has been gazetted on measures specific to the social development sector. Apparently published after Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu provided more details on the reintroduced social relief of distress grant, the backdated...

Parliament resumes this week for the third term after a lengthy winter 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 National Assembly Programme Committee (NAPC), at its sitting yesterday morning, provisionally scheduled Thursday, 19 August for election of a new Speaker. The provisional date is subject to confirmation by the Office of the Chief Justice. The...

Following the August 5 cabinet reshuffle by President Ramaphosa, which saw National Assembly (NA) Speaker Thandi Modise being appointed Defence Minister, the House is set to elect a new Speaker today.   On August 10, the ANC caucus in Parliament...

COVID-19   The details of criteria to be met when applying each month until the end of March 2022 for a R350 social relief of distress grant were announced on 4 August. Prospective beneficiaries should be: South African citizens or permanent...

UNREST An announcement on 28 July from Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi refers to: a ‘special directive’ being drafted to: provide benefits under the 2001 Unemployment Insurance Act for people: who lost their jobs, or whose working hours...

UNREST According to Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola, ‘in collaboration with the South African Police Service emerging cases will be divided into four categories’: ‘actual looters and persons participating in stealing from...

UNREST A code of conduct for South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members deployed to hotspot areas was gazetted on 14 July.   The additional deployment of 25000 SANDF members was confirmed on 16 July by notice in the Government Gazette.   On...

  COVID-19 President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that South Africa will remain under adjusted lockdown level four until 25 July. The regulations for lockdown level four, as amended, have since been amended again to reflect eased restrictions on:...

COVID-19 The adjusted disaster management regulations for lockdown level four were amended on 29 June to allow: hotels, lodges, timeshare facilities, resorts, guest houses and bed-and-breakfasts to operate at full capacity in terms of rooms available...