Election of Chairperson

Meeting report

Election of the Chairperson
The meeting was opened by the Committee Secretary, Mr Thembinkosi Ngoma. He explained that this was the first meeting of the Committee in the Fifth Parliament and the procedure required that the Chairperson of the Committee had to be appointed. He explained that he was going to call for nominations from Members and if only one Member was nominated, it meant that the nominated Member was going to be declared Chairperson. If there were several nominations, there was going to be a vote and the Chairperson was going to be the Member with the majority vote. Thereafter, Mr Ngoma requested nominations from Committee Members.

Mr M Kalako (ANC) nominated Ms J Moloi-Moropa (ANC).
Mr Ngoma registered the nomination and asked the Members if there was any seconder.
Ms F Loliwe (ANC) seconded the nomination of Ms Moloi-Moropa.
Mr Ngoma asked Ms Moloi-Moropa if she accepted the nomination.
Ms Moloi-Moropa accepted the nomination.
Mr Ngoma informed the Committee that Ms Moloi-Moropa had been elected as the Chairperson of the Committee as there were no further nominations and so a vote did not have to be taken. He congratulated Ms Moloi-Moropa on the nomination.

Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
The Chairperson thanked the Committee for her nomination. She looked forward to a good working relationship in order for the Committee to execute its mandate of oversight. 

After introductions from Members, committee support staff and members of the public in attendance, the Chairperson informed Members that they would receive messages of notification for when the Committee next intended to meet. The Fifth Parliament would have to hit the ground running because Committees would be engaging in the budget votes soon. The Committee’s programme would be done in due course and Members would be informed as soon as full-time and alternate Members were established but this communication would flow. The Chairperson also informed Members that a management committee would be constituted to look at planning jointly but this too would be communicated in due course.
The meeting was adjourned.