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Joint Rules
Petition Framework; Proposed Subcommittee Amendments to Joint Rules; Legacy Report
20 Mar 2024
The Committee considered and endorsed a new Petitions Framework. The objectives of the framework are to provide a common definition for a petition across Parliament, develop a standardised approach to petitions, and ensure that all players understand the processes and their roles.
The Joint Subcommittee on Rules’ proposed amendments ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Physical Removal of MPs from Chamber: Subcommittee Report
23 Jun 2022
NA (9 June 2022): Unrevised Hansard
NA (10 June 2022): Unrevised Hansard
The Subcommittee on the Physical Removal of ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Delayed Replies to Questions; Section 194 Inquiry; Electing Speaker; New Committee
13 Aug 2021
In a virtual meeting, the Committee discussed a mechanism to monitor delayed replies to parliamentary questions; the implications of a ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Composition of Section 194 Committee and proposal for a weighted voting system
5 May 2021
Video: Rules Committee (Virtual)
In a virtual meeting, the Committee considered the composition of a section 194 Committee (looking into removal of the head of a Chapter Nine Institution) at the request of the Speaker of the NA, who had asked for its input so that she could make her ...
Home Affairs
Joint Electoral Reform Workshop; with Minister & Deputy Minister
16 Mar 2021
Video: Electoral Reform Workshop, 16 March 2021
Legal Opinion on New Nation Court Judgment 22 June 2020
New Nation Movement NPC & Others v President of RSA & Others (CCT110/19) [2020] ZACC 11 (11 June 2020)
The Electoral Reform virtual workshop was held jointly by the Portfolio Committee on ...
Rules of the National Assembly
First Report of National Assembly Rules Committee
9 Mar 2021
ATC210311: First Report of National Assembly Rules Committee (NARC), 2021
The purpose of this virtual meeting was for the Rules Committee of the National Assembly to deliberate on Rule 6, as framed by the Speaker of the National Assembly (the Speaker), which relates to unforeseen eventualities. The Committee also considered ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Outcome of PSC Inquiry report on death of Mr L Garane; Office on Institutions Supporting Democracy on their mandate and functions
9 Oct 2019
Parliament Statement
PSC Report on death of Mr L Garane (This document has not been made available. It will be published as soon as it is made available)
The Committee heard from Parliament’s Executive Authority on the outcomes of the Public Service Commission’s inquiry into the tragic death of Mr ...
Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament
Summary Dismissal of Secretary to Parliament; PSC Inquiry report on death of Mr L Garane (closed)
11 Sep 2019
The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament began its meeting behind closed doors as it discussed the report on the suicide of a staff member working in Parliament. After an hour, the doors were opened for members of the public and the media.
The Chairperson informed the ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Institutions Supporting Democracy office-bearers: procedure for removal; Subcommittee Report on Physical removal of Members from Chamber; Sub Judice Rule review
10 Sep 2019
The Committee met to discuss a number of rule amendments but, primarily, to determine a procedure for the removal of office-bearers of Institutions Supporting Democracy.
The Committee determined that a process to remove an office-bearer should not be entered into lightly and it could not be because ...
Joint Rules
Composition of Joint Structures; Legacy Report
9 Jul 2019
The Secretary to the National Assembly presented a document on the Establishment of Joint Structures and their composition for the Sixth Parliament which formed the basis of discussion and decisions taken in the meeting.
The Committee agreed to establish the: Joint Constitutional Review Committee, Joint Committee on Ethics ...