That week in Parliament

There's a lull in Parliament as the legislature makes the most of the mid-week public holiday. The National Council of Provinces has only scheduled six committee meetings and no plenary sittings. Meanwhile, NA lawmakers are still occupied with...

ROAD ACCIDENT FUND   Legislative amendments to the Road Accident Fund Act, 1996, are ‘at an advanced stage’, according to a belated media statement on Cabinet’s ‘special’ 10 April 2024 meeting. To be ‘considered by the seventh administration of...

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...