President Cyril Ramaphosa will appear before the permanent delegates of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) in a hybrid plenary sitting tomorrow to answer Questions for Oral Reply.
Holding regular question and answer sessions is one way in which Parliament, as provided by section 92(2) of the Constitution, holds the President and the Executive to account. The President’s Questions for Oral Reply are scheduled at least once a quarter during session time within Parliament’s annual programme.
Members of Parliament may ask up to six questions about matters of national or international importance during the three-hour session. The six questions scheduled for tomorrow’s sitting cover a range of matters including the following; the impact of load shedding on service delivery, steps taken by the government to remove South Africa from the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and progress made to address issues raised by FAFT as well as the social relief distress grant.
For the full list of questions, please click here:
https://www.parliament.gov.za/storage/app/media/Docs/quest_pap/27a56919-4e31-4433-9ab8-a8c4d895ecb0.pdf
DETAILS OF THE HYBRID PLENARY SITTING ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Date: Thursday, 30 March 2023
Time: 14:00
Venue: NCOP Chamber, Parliament and virtual platform
Important to note:
Members of the media who wish to physically attend the National Assembly Hybrid Sitting should send their details (Full name, name of the media house, and ID or passport number) to Masego Dlula on mdlula@parliament.gov.za later than TOMORROW, Thursday, 30 March at 9am.
Parliamentary meetings are open to the media and the public. Journalists who are interested in covering these meetings (including receiving links to virtual meetings) are requested to forward their cellphone numbers to Mlindi Mpindi on email mmpindi@parliament.gov.za for inclusion in the Parliamentary Communication Services WhatsApp Group, where such information is shared. Journalists are urged to forward these requests using their official email addresses (no private emails).
Members of the public may get involved and follow committee sittings live on Parliament TV (DSTV Channel 408), via live stream on Parliament YouTube channel and Twitter page on the links below. You may subscribe to the Parliament YouTube channel to receive instant notification of live feeds.
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ISSUED BY THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA