That week in Parliament

CITIZENSHIP, IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE PROTECTION The Department of Home Affairs gazetted a White Paper as the next step in a ‘complete overhaul’ of South Africa’s ‘migration system’. Its purpose is to provide a policy framework for addressing...

The NCOP will get an opportunity to dent the legislative load on Thursday as the main chamber is provisionally scheduled to consider eight bills: Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill; Climate Change Bill; Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill;...

IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS The Department of Home Affairs gazetted a notice withdrawing amendments to the immigration regulations published on 28 March 2024. According to the notice, a revised version will be gazetted ‘in due course’.   COMMUNICATIONS...

The NCOP resumes after the two-week Easter constituency break. The term will run until early mid-May. The main focus will be finalising as much outstanding priority legislation as possible. There are 27 bills before the NCOP: 3 on the NCOP Order for...

LAND TENURE RIGHTS   The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development gazetted regulations under the Upgrading of Land Tenure Rights Act, 1991. In force since 1 April 2024, they: prescribe the procedures to be followed when applying...

SOCIAL RELIEF OF DISTRESS The Department of Social Development issued a media statement explaining the contents of a notice in the Government Gazette: increasing the monthly social relief of distress grant from R350 to R370, with effect from 1 April...

The constituency period beckons for both Houses, with MPs due to sign off on Thursday. It’s also the last rites for the National Assembly, with lawmakers returning on 21 May. Meanwhile, NCOP delegates will return on 15 April. Many will immediately go...

You have two days to inspect the lists of candidates (party and independents) nominated to contest the 29 May elections and raise objections. The provisional lists of candidates will be published for inspection on 26 and 27 March at the IEC’s...

FILMS AND PUBLICATIONS ACT The Films and Publications Board gazetted revised schedules to the 1996 Act, informed by amendments published in 2019 and in force since 1 March 2022. The new schedules: prohibit ‘propaganda for war; incitement of imminent...

Even with a public holiday to compress the parliamentary week, a fair bit of action is packed into the programme. The main event in the NA chamber—scheduled for Tuesday—is the President’s Question Time session. This is his final engagement with NA...