That week in Parliament

It’s a week of farewells and loose ends… The constituency and leave period beckons, with MPs due to depart this week and return to Parliament next year. But a fair amount of work will be done before they go. The final week is ending on a dramatic...

There is a bit of frenzy in Parliament as legislation and important business that can be completed are rushed to the finishing line while other less urgent parliamentary business is dropped for lack of time. There is a minor parliamentary rarity...

LAND TENURE RIGHTS The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development called for public comments on draft regulations under the Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act, 1991. Once in force, they will: set out the procedures to be followed...

Parliament has scheduled a broad and busy programme in the main chambers. In the National Assembly, Tuesday’s vote on the EFF’s motion to close the Israeli Embassy in South Africa and suspend all diplomatic relations with Israel is a main point of...

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY A parliamentary news report quoted Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi as having confirmed that a revised set of draft regulations is being prepared to give effect to the Employment Equity Amendment Act, 2022. The revised...

The Constitution empowers the Executive to prepare and initiate legislation while Parliament has both an initiating power and the ultimate power, as representatives of the people, to consider, pass, amend or reject any legislation. Before proposed...

CHILDREN’S AMENDMENT ACT Most sections of the Children’s Amendment Act, 2022, came into force on 8 November 2023 by presidential proclamation in the Government Gazette. This is noting that the Act’s purpose is to give effect to a 2017 Gauteng High...

An eclectic week of parliamentary action beckons in the main chambers and Committee Corridor. A combination of Question Time sessions, debates, mini-plenaries, budget-related work, legislative business, and a few high-profile Committee meetings should...

There are five weeks left until Parliament rises for the year. In the remaining days, lawmakers are scheduled to vote on several Bills, approve government spending, hold debates, scrutinise government performance, conduct oversight visits, consider...

All eyes will be on the Minister of Finance when he presents the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on Wednesday. The MTBPS outlines the economic context against which the 2024 budget is being formulated and sets out the spending framework...