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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...

TWO-POT RETIREMENT SYSTEM National Treasury published proposed amendments to three pieces of legislation governing public sector pension funds: draft amendments to the Government Employees Pension Law, 1996 draft amendments to the Post &...

BASIC CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT The Department of Employment and Labour gazetted a notice adjusting the earnings threshold above which, from 1 April 2024, certain provisions in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997, will no longer apply.  ...

The major point of interest will be Tuesday’s Question Time session with the Deputy President in the NCOP. This will be the leader of government business’ penultimate engagement with NCOP delegates before the Sixth Parliament rises In line with the...

BUSINESS LICENSING The Department of Small Business Development gazetted a draft business licensing policy for public comment. It seeks to: promote ‘licensing justice, efficiency and suitability, and good administration’ guarantee the right of every...

The endgame of the current Parliament is fast approaching. As a result, loose ends are gradually being knitted together, negotiations are ramping up and decisions are being made on what business to finalise or forego. In terms of Parliament’s Rules,...