That week in Parliament

President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver his eighth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday at 19:00. 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...

The composite National Government Gazette and National Regulation Gazette traditionally published on Fridays did not materialise until Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 January 2024 respectively. They were backdated to 26 January 2024.   BASIC INCOME GRANT...

Committees are an important venue for parliamentary activities. They are the site where most of Parliament’s business is organised.  Submit your input directly to a Committee here: https://www.pa.org.za/write-committees/recipients/ Committees have...

While the official opening of Parliament is next week, the parliamentary year has already commenced. MPs are attending summits, training and are busy with constituency and committee work. Alongside this, political parties are maintaining a keen focus...

HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande issued a media statement announcing the implementation of the first phase of a comprehensive student funding model intended to enable access by missing...

WATER AND SANITATION   The Department of Water and Sanitation has called for public comments on  draft regulations intended to: improve water and sanitation services improve the quality of water discharged into the water resource and water services...

NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE   During an address to participants in a policy dialogue on universal health coverage in South Africa, Health Minister Joe Phaahla said the NHI ‘administration and ... associated governance structures’ will be established ‘in...

It’s been another eventful parliamentary year. It’s impossible to summarise all the main highlights but we have tried to do so in this review: Cabinet reshuffle After months of speculation, President Ramaphosa announced his reconfigured Cabinet on 6...

ONE-STOP BORDER POST BILL The Department of Home Affairs gazetted an explanatory summary of the One-Stop Border Post Bill, a draft of which was released in April 2023 for public comment. Approved by Cabinet during a meeting on 29 November 2023,...

LAND REFORM Possibly with the intention of extending the deadline by another week, the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development re-gazetted its 17 November 2023 notice calling for public comments on draft regulations under the...