That week in Parliament

WOMEN IN SPORT The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has gazetted a draft policy on women in sport but has not set a deadline for public comment. According to its executive summary, once operationalised the proposed new policy is expected to go...

Parliament is taking full advantage of the public holiday. It is largely a low-key week with NA MPs on leave, no house sittings, and only a handful of meetings scheduled. A major highlight is the Rules Committee meeting that will focus on the State...

Parliament resumes this week after a constituency period. According to the latest timetable, the NA programme will run for 8 weeks and the NCOP for 10 weeks. Some of the highlights include committee, oversight, and legislative work; oral questions to...

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Most sections of the Domestic Violence Amendment Act, 2021, came into effect on 14 April 2023, according to a presidential proclamation gazetted with: a notice prescribing ‘tariffs of compensation’ payable to electronic...

The first term was an action-packed and eventful period. The major highlights during the ten weeks of parliamentary activity include SONA and the subsequent debates; delivery of the Budget Speech and its processing; oversight, legislative and...

RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING The Department of Higher Education & Training has called for public comments on a recommendation that the 2016 Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Co-ordination Policy should be repealed and replaced with an RPL...