That week in Parliament

On 1 November, South Africans will go out in numbers to cast their votes to elect public representatives to sit in the 257 municipal councils across the country, comprising eight metropolitan, 44 district and 205 local municipalities. The Constitution...

COVID-19 Relaxed Covid-19 State of Disaster management measures announced on 30 September by President Cyril Ramaphosa have been confirmed in regulations for adjusted lockdown level one, which now applies nationwide. As the President stated: each day,...

FISHERIES   The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has called for public comment on several more policy proposals affecting: commercial fishing rights transfer, and the allocation and management of commercial fishing rights in nine...

September 10 marked the final day of the four-weeklong third term. Parliament cut the term short following the Constitutional Court decision not to postpone local government elections. The apex court reaffirmed that the polls should be held between 27...

  ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has announced its intention to conduct an inquiry into signal distribution services.   INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT The deadline for public comment on the Department of...

COVID-19 The disaster management regulations for adjusted lockdown level two have confirmed eased restrictions announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Among other things, they: reduce curfew hours to between 23:00 and 04:00 the following morning raise...

See our latest research paper on: Assessing Effectiveness of Questions for Executive Reply Questions for Written Reply is an oversight tool that allows MPs to submit written questions to Members of the Executive, seeking information that is usually...

  COVID-19   The recently announced grace period for renewing expired drivers’ and learners’ licences, temporary driving licences and professional driving permits was  formalised on 31 August by notice in the Government Gazette.   On 31 August, a...

Parliament has been an interested observer in the IEC’s request to the Constitutional Court to postpone the local government elections. One of the reasons is that the decision would have an impact on its programme. Traditionally, the legislature...

  COVID-19 AND LOST SCHOOL DAYS   According to Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga, the Council of Education Ministers has: agreed not to ‘interfere’ with the October vacation, and recommended that ‘lost’ school days should be ‘recovered at...