Hon House Chair, hon Deputy President in his absentia, hon Ministers, hon Deputy Minister, hon members, fellow South Africans, hon Chief Whip and Deputy Chief Whip, in line with the provision of section 193(5) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996, the National Assembly on 11 September 2018 established an ad hoc committee to identify and recommend suitable candidates to fill eight vacancies of commissioners for Commission for Gender Equality.
The committee, as constituted, comprised of multiparty representation from ANC, EFF, DA, IFP and NFP. I now hereby table the report pertaining to the mandate of the ad hoc committee on Commission for Gender Equality for consideration and adoption by the House.
This is a majority report supported by the majority of parties represented in the ad hoc committee except the DA which reserved its position. The Commission for Gender