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From the Government Gazette and Media Statements (5 September 2022)
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... Amendment Bill, which will come into force on 1 September 2023. According to the statement: ...
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The Week Ahead: Third Term resumes
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... what to expect in the Committee Corridor. MONDAY, 1 AUGUST 2022 Committee for Section 194 Enquiry, (National ... Revenue Bill for 2023/24, tabled in terms of section 9(1) of the Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations Act, 1997 ...
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The living and working conditions of farmworkers, farm dwellers and farmers
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... programme of oversight visits across the country: 1. Access Committee Meetings 2. Access Oversight ...
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The Week Ahead: Africa Day & Budget Vote Debates
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... decision at the end of the debate. Mini-plenary 1: Subject for discussion (Mr M Nyhontso): Establishing ...
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The Joint Constitutional Review Committee
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... fall outside of the Committee’s mandate (Category 1); submissions which require parliamentary legal opinion ... 30-day deadline (3 were duplicate submissions and 1 was a legacy submission stemming from the Fifth Parliament ...
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The Week Ahead: Term 1 ends with motions of no confidence
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... (sponsored by the DA and in terms of section 102 (1) of the Constitution). The National Assembly Speaker ... Virtual Meeting Platform, 18:00-19:30 FRIDAY, 1 APRIL 2022 Portfolio Committee on Police, (National ...
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The Week Ahead: Human Rights Day Debates and more
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... expected to depart for their constituency break on 1 April 2022. There is a mixture of routine and important ... Deliberations on the Economic Regulation of Transport Bill [B 1-2020]: Consideration of Department of Transport responses ...
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SONA 2022: The Speech
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... Parliament, read together with the Constitution. Rule 7(1)(a) of the Joint Rules of Parliament states that the ...
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Review of Parliament 2021
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... be learned and what support is being provided. On 1 December, the Portfolio Committee on Police decided ... hand in his final report to President Ramaphosa on 1 January 2022. Parliament has a June 2022 deadline ...
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Tracking the Electoral Reform Legislation in Parliament (2022)
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... June and the new deadline was 10 December 2022. On 1 September 2022, the National Assembly granted the ... assented to by President Ramaphosa and became Act 1 of 2023. It came into effect two months later, on ...
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Representation and Participation of Women in Parliament
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... require strengthening and amendment. The report[1] considered the role of the electoral system in limiting ...
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Youth in Parliament 2021
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... 112 33 66-75 31 9 76-85 1 0.3 86-95 1 0.3 *While there are 400 NA MPs ... nearly 5 per cent fewer than in 2018. Approximately 1 per cent of single and lower chambers have no MPs ...
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Parliament’s Budget Vote Debate: Key Highlights
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... On Tuesday, 1 June, Parliament’s Budget Vote came up for debate in plenary sittings of the National Assembly ... for better separation of powers. They pointed out 1 out 3 ANC caucus members, were also members of the ...
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The Week Ahead: Question Time with the Deputy President & Mini debates
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... and passionate exchanges. Thursday Mini-plenary 1: Subject for discussion (Ms D Kohler-Barnard, DA): ...
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#BUDGET2021: All You Need To Know
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... expenditure for the year immediately ahead (year 1 of the MTEF cycle) is fixed while the two years after ...
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WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE 2019 ELECTIONS?
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... take up office within five days of being elected[1] Thereafter the Speaker will be elected by way of ... following the first sittings of the NA and NCOP [1] Cele. S’Thembile. 2019. “IEC ready for most contested ...
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COVID-19 State of Disaster & Other Developments: Update (21 September 2020)
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... LOCKDOWN LEVEL 1 Disaster management regulations Gazetted on 18 September, the new regulations: ...
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COVID-19 State of Disaster and Lockdown Regulations: Update 1 June 2020
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... readiness of schools to resume teaching and learning on 1 June. Neither does it include Basic Education Minister ... four learners were expected to return to class on 1 June, with grades seven and 12. The directive provides ...
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Review of Parliament 2017
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... constraints affecting plenary sittings. More than 1 400 Committee meetings were held this year. Committees ...
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COVID-19 State of Disaster & Lockdown Regulations: Update (6 July 2020)
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... a call for applications (scheduled to be made on 1 February 2021). Applications will be received until ...