Ms Thoko Didiza

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Thoko Didiza

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • Ad Hoc Committee to Amend Section 25 of the Constitution Legal Services on process to amend the Constitution
    21 Feb 2019

    Section 25 Process

    The Ad Hoc Committee received a presentation from the Parliamentary Legal Services on the legislative process to amend Chapter 2 of the Constitution to allow for the expropriation of land in the public interest without compensation.

    The committee heard that in developing a policy in terms of ...

  • Ad Hoc Committee to Amend Section 25 of the Constitution Election of Chairperson
    12 Feb 2019

    The Committee met to elect its Chairperson. Ms Thokozile Didiza (ANC) was elected to chair the ad hoc Committee. It was also agreed that Committee programme would be discussed on 22 February 2019.

    The Committee also agreed to instruct the chief whips forum to engage on the matter of other ...

  • Rules of the National Assembly Deputy Speaker rulings: 23 May 2018; House Chairperson ruling: 7 November 2018: consideration of principles
    27 Nov 2018

    The National Assembly rules committee sat to consider the rulings of the Deputy Speaker on remarks made by a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly. One was considered to be a reflection on the character of another Member, while the other comment was related to the occupation of land, ...

  • Joint Rules High Level Panel recommendations impact on Parliament’s Public Participation Model
    27 Nov 2018

    The Joint Rules Committee met to discuss the High Level Panel’s (HLP’s) report on Parliament’s public participation model.

    The report pointed out some of the challenges faced by the current model, indicating that the country’s electoral system needed to be reviewed. It proposed a change from a proportional representation model ...

  • Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Minister on Gender Machinery status report; discussion on cooperatives, with Minister
    8 Nov 2018

    The Caucus met to be briefed by the Minister of Women on the status report of the National Gender Machinery (NGM) and to have a discussion on cooperatives in SA. Members were briefed by Ms R Bhengu (ANC), Member of Parliament and Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Small Business ...

  • Rules of the National Assembly Section 89: Removal of President – finalisation of revised rules
    28 Aug 2018

    The National Assembly Rules committee met to consider the following; the draft agenda for the meeting, two outstanding minutes, the legal opinion on the proposals for the removal of the president from office in terms of section 89 of the Constitution as well as the proposal on draft rules to ...

  • Rules of the National Assembly Discussion on report of Sub-committee on Review of Assembly Rules: Section 89 of Constitution
    1 Feb 2018

    The Committee met to discuss the report of the sub-committee on the review of the National Assembly rules, focusing on issues emanating from section 89 of the Constitution dealing with the removal of the President. The Chairperson for the meeting was the Speaker of Parliament.

    The Chairperson of the sub-committee ...

  • Joint Rules Bills before Parliament and Legislation in 2017; Parliamentary Programme Framework for 2018
    16 Nov 2017

    JOINT PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

    Chairpersons:                                                                         Committee Secretaries:

    Ms B Mbete: Speaker of the NA                                                          Andrew Mbanga (2623

    Ms T R Modise: Chairperson of the NCOP                                           Jeremy Michaels (3245

     

    DRAFT MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS ...

  • Joint Rules Proposed Amendments to Joint Rules; Public Participation Model; Proposals by Leader of Government Business
    15 Nov 2017

    The Committee met to consider a report from the Parliamentary Group on International Relations (PGIR) on proposed amendments to the Joint Rules of Parliament, following a review by a joint sub-committee.

    The proposals covered a wide range of issues. These included the meanings of “point of order” and “point of ...

  • Joint Rules Public Participation Model; Joint Sitting rulings; Review of Joint Rules progress report; Speaker's conduct 22 November 2016
    23 Nov 2016

    The Committee met to engage on the proposed Public Participation Model, joint sitting rulings, to receive a progress report on the review of the Joint Rules of Parliament, and to discuss the conduct of the Speaker of the National Assembly.

    The draft Public Participation Model was circulated but Members complained ...