That week in Parliament

Parliament is taking full advantage of the public holiday. It is largely a low-key week with NA MPs on leave, no house sittings, and only a handful of meetings scheduled. A major highlight is the Rules Committee meeting that will focus on the State...

Parliament resumes this week after a constituency period. According to the latest timetable, the NA programme will run for 8 weeks and the NCOP for 10 weeks. Some of the highlights include committee, oversight, and legislative work; oral questions to...

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Most sections of the Domestic Violence Amendment Act, 2021, came into effect on 14 April 2023, according to a presidential proclamation gazetted with: a notice prescribing ‘tariffs of compensation’ payable to electronic...

The first term was an action-packed and eventful period. The major highlights during the ten weeks of parliamentary activity include SONA and the subsequent debates; delivery of the Budget Speech and its processing; oversight, legislative and...

RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING The Department of Higher Education & Training has called for public comments on a recommendation that the 2016 Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Co-ordination Policy should be repealed and replaced with an RPL...

RETIREMENT REFORM According to a speech made by Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola at the International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association conference in Cape Town, the ‘two pot’ retirement system will come into...

The constituency period beckons, with MPs due to sign off at the end of the week and return on 18 April 2023. There is no opportunity to go through the motions as a fair amount of heavy-duty business will be done before they go. The main point of...

WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT The Department of Water and Sanitation has gazetted a notice calling for public comments on a draft policy for integrated water quality management. Among other things, the proposed new policy seeks to: facilitate a partnership...

Even with a public holiday to compress the parliamentary week, there is a fair bit of action packed into the available three days In the NA chamber, the main event – scheduled for Wednesday - is the proposed resolution to remove the Speaker from...

ENERGY CRISIS: COMPETITION ACT BLOCK EXEMPTION PROPOSALS The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has called for public comments on proposals for exempting certain energy suppliers and users from provisions in sections 4 and 5 of the...