Every year (excluding an election year), Parliament’s Joint Constitutional Review Committee must review the Constitution and report to the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces.
To enable the Committee to conduct its work, Parliament’s Joint Rule 102 empowers the Committee to do the following:
Identify specific constitutional matters ...
On one level, this looks like a pretty normal week. There is no main chamber business and there is a decent amount of action in the committee corridor.
However, Parliament is officially in recess from today until 4 May 2021.
While most MPs will only be focused on constituency work ...
South Africa’s poor economic conditions coupled with a steep rise in unemployment provides an opportune moment for the government to rethink its social welfare programmes, as more people become vulnerable to poverty.
Several calls have been made for a Basic Income Grant, with some proposing a universal basic income grant. ...
The constituency period beckons, with MPs due to sign off at the end of the week and resume on 4 May 2021.
Not everyone will be on a break though. A few committees, with urgent business, have arranged meetings during this period.
There is no opportunity to go through the ...
Today, 8 March 2021, marks International Women’s Day – a day to commemorate and celebrate the vital role women play the world over. In the global Parliamentary space, only 24% of women occupy parliamentary seats across the world.
The Legislature has two dedicated committees for women, namely the > Portfolio ...
It’s the penultimate week of the first term but there’s plenty to do in the remaining days and the legislature has scheduled a busy programme in the main chambers and committee corridor.
The practice of oral questions is an established part of the parliamentary day and gives MPs an opportunity ...
The Week Ahead: Mini-plenaries & Budget scrutiny commences
There's a full and mixed flavour to the coming week's parliamentary business.
The major points of interest will come from the Question Time session with the Executive, legislative business and mini-plenaries. There are also several high-profile meetings in the Committee corridor including ...
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's budget speech on Wednesday will dominate headlines this week.
The Minister has a tough job to do as he seeks to address significant social challenges, satisfy public pressure and reassure investors and ratings agencies.
The Budget is an annual plan for what government wants to achieve ...
It’s taken a few weeks but Parliament is finally firing on all cylinders with plenty of action beckoning in both the main chambers and the Committee corridor.
The main event will be the joint debate on the State of the Nation Address on Tuesday and Wednesday. The President will ...
The previous year has presented Parliament with a myriad of challenges, one sticking point being Covid-19 and its impact on how Parliament functioned, and how oversight was conducted.
It seems the first quarter of Parliament will continue to function as a hybrid, due to Covid-19, and the usual activities for ...
