That week in Parliament

2022 was another eventful parliamentary year. With the year done and dusted, we review some of the legislature’s activities and highlights from this period. The year got off to an ominous start with a devastating fire that gutted large parts of the...

CAPTIVE LION INDUSTRY The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has gazetted a notice: announcing the names of appointees to a ministerial task team established to identify and recommend voluntary exit options and pathways for the...

  See our latest research paper: A PMG Review of Constituency Work in South Africa Constituency engagement is one of the primary mechanisms through which community issues are brought to the attention of the legislature. Direct communication with...

ELECTORAL AMENDMENT BILL The National Assembly’s Home Affairs Committee has agreed to recommend to the House that: the Constitutional Court is approached as soon as possible for an extension to the deadline by which Parliament is required to pass the...

The constituency and leave period beckons for NA MPs, with Tuesday scheduled as the last sitting day.  NCOP delegates will conclude their business a week later on 13 December. The House’s programme was extended so that it can finalise two key...