The main highlight is the joint debate on the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Tuesday and Wednesday as well as the President’s response to the debate on Thursday.
This occasion is a highlight on the parliamentary calendar as all party leaders and heavyweight MPs take part.
The ...
President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver his eigth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday at 19:00.
It’s one of the most important speeches that the President delivers in any year. With a prime time tv audience, it is a tremendous PR opportunity for the President to give a report ...
It’s a week of farewells and loose ends…
The constituency and leave period beckons, with MPs due to depart this week and return to Parliament next year. But a fair amount of work will be done before they go.
The final week is ending on a dramatic note, and this ...
There is a bit of frenzy in Parliament as legislation and important business that can be completed are rushed to the finishing line while other less urgent parliamentary business is dropped for lack of time.
There is a minor parliamentary rarity on Tuesday: the main chamber in the National Assembly ...
Parliament has scheduled a broad and busy programme in the main chambers.
In the National Assembly, Tuesday’s vote on the EFF’s motion to close the Israeli Embassy in South Africa and the suspend all diplomatic relations with Israel is a main point of interest. The draft resolution was debated in ...
An eclectic week of parliamentary action beckons in the main chambers and Committee Corridor.
A combination of Question Time sessions, debates, mini-plenaries, budget-related work, legislative business, and a few high-profile Committee meetings should mean plenty of fizz.
The NCOP has arranged two sitting days. On Wednesday, delegates will consider the ...
There are five weeks left until Parliament rises for the year.
In the remaining days, lawmakers are scheduled to vote on several Bills, approve government spending, hold debates, scrutinise government performance, conduct oversight visits, consider statutory appointments and instruments and finalise assorted Committee Reports.
Question time is the main business ...
All eyes will be on the Minister of Finance when he presents the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on Wednesday. The MTBPS outlines the economic context against which the 2024 budget is being formulated and sets out the spending framework for the next three years.
In addition, the mini-budget gives ...
There's a broad and busy flavour to this week's parliamentary business.
In the National Assembly chamber, the week opens with a focus on legislation and a ministerial statement during Tuesday’s sitting. Lawmakers are set to consider the Railway Safety Bill and the Climate Change Bill.
Government Ministers may make oral ...
It's another big week in the Committee corridor where lawmakers will be dealing with Annual Reports and finalising Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports (BRRRs) which must be completed before the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement on 1 November.
Committees hear directly from the office of the Auditor-General (AGSA) ...