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National Assembly 9 and 10 June 2022 incidents: report
25 Mar 2024
NA: Unrevised hansard – 9 June 2022
NA: Unrevised hansard – 10 June 2022
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliaments and Provincial Legislatures Act 4 of 2004
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Amendment Act 9 of 2019
The Powers and Privileges Committee adopted its draft ...
Basic Education
Implications and Impact of 2024 SONA; Updated Status Report on ECD Migration
27 Feb 2024
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2024 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
The Committee met online to be briefed by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) on an analysis of the 2024 SONA and its impact on the basic education sector and for an update on the migration of Early Childhood ...
Basic Education
Petition to Eradicate Pit Latrines; Committee Reports
20 Feb 2024
The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education held a virtual meeting to address Committee matters.
The Committee adopted its Report on the Pit Latrine Petition and the Annual Report on its 2023 activities.
The Content Advisor presented the Committee Strategic Plan for 2019-2024. Members provided input on issues like dropout ...
Basic Education
2023 NSC Examination: DBE & Umalusi briefing; with Minister
6 Feb 2024
In its first meeting for 2024, the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education met on a virtual platform with the Minister, a delegation from Umalusi, and the Department of Basic Education to discuss the 2023 National Senior Certificate (NSC) Matric results. The Chairperson voiced her satisfaction with the outcome of ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
2023 SONA Incident: Committee Report
1 Dec 2023
The Committee met virtually to consider its report on the allegations of conduct constituting contempt of Parliament by six Members of the National Assembly during the State of the Nation Address on 9 February 2023.
In its report, the Committee recommended that the National Assembly impose penalties including an ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
2023 SONA Incident hearing: Day 3
22 Nov 2023
NA: Unrevised hansard – 9 February 2023
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliaments and Provincial Legislatures Act 4 of 2004
Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Amendment Act 9 of 2019
The Powers and Privileges Committee had a hybrid meeting to conclude its hearing on the ...
Basic Education
Nguvu Collective Petition to Eradicate Pit Latrines; with Deputy Minister
7 Nov 2023
The Portfolio Committee met on a virtual platform to consider a petition calling for the eradication of pit latrines in schools in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo. The petition had over 5 000 signatures demanding urgent action to replace the pit latrines because of the safety and health ...
Basic Education
National School Nutrition Programme Update; with Deputy Minister
31 Oct 2023
2023 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
The Committee held a virtual meeting to discuss the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) in the Eastern Cape (EC) and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). These provinces had faced difficulties in providing food to learners during the first quarter, so the Committee wanted an update.
The meeting ...
Basic Education
DBE 2023/24 Q1 Performance; with Deputy Minister
24 Oct 2023
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) presented its Quarter 1 performance for 2023/24 which indicated achievement of 100% of targets. This is an improvement from Q1 2022/23 where they achieved 81% of targets.
In the discussion the Committee enquired about the low placement of Funza Lushaka ...
Powers and Privileges of Parliament
Consideration of Request to subpoena NA Speaker as a witness
20 Oct 2023
The Committee met virtually to consider and deliberate on whether the Speaker of the National Assembly should be summoned or subpoenaed to appear before the Committee for the hearing regarding the incident that occurred on 30 August 2022. Briefing the Committee, Parliamentary Legal Services said the EFF legal counsel, ...