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President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Tuesday at 2 pm address a Joint Sitting of the National Assembly (NA) and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on the trail of destruction left by the tragic flooding which ravaged parts of the KwaZulu-Natal, resulting in the loss of human life and damage to infrastructure.
 
The catastrophic floods claimed more than 400 lives, left approximately 40 000 people destitute and caused extensive damage to basic infrastructure such as roads, bridges and water, electricity, rail and telecommunication as well as houses and businesses.
 
The President called the Joint Sitting in terms of Section 84 (2) (d) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.
 
The National Assembly and the NCOP will on Tuesday convene separate plenaries for the establishment of an Ad Hoc Committee on flood disaster relief and receovery. The NA sitting is scheduled to take place on Tuesday at 12 noon, whilst the NCOP will hold a sitting at 12:30.
 
There are 8 (eight) parliamentary committee meetings scheduled for Tuesday, Thursday and Friday this week, as follows:

TUESDAY, 26 APRIL 2022

Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs (National Assembly), will be briefed by the Department of Home Affairs, Electoral Commission and the Government Printing Works on the Annual Performance Plan and budget for 2022/23.
 
Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy, (National Assembly), will be briefed by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy on their Annual Performance Plan for 2022-23 FY and its Budget Vote No. 34; Briefing by the Mine Health and Safety Council (MHSC) on their Annual Performance Plan and budget for the 2022-23 FY; Consideration and adoption of minutes: 15 March 2022]

Select Committee on Health and Social Services, (National Council of Provinces), [Briefing by the Department of Social Development on the Annual Performance Plan and Budget Vote 2022/2023]
 
Select Committee on Finance, (National Council of Provinces) [Follow up with SASRIA on their quarterly reports, challenges in executing their mandate]
 
Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy, (National Assembly), Briefing by the Council for Geo-Science (CGS), the Mintek and the South African National Development Institute (SANEDI) on their respective Annual Performance Plans and budgets for the 2022-23
 

THURSDAY, 28 APRIL 2022
 
Select Committee on Security and Justice, (National Council of Provinces), Briefing on the South African Police Service Budget Vote 28
 
FRIDAY, 29 APRIL 2022

Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs (National Assembly), will hold its meeting on the comments by Parliament Legal Services on any constitutional or legal issue on the report on public participation of the Electoral Amendment Bill [B 1 – 2022]
 
Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy, (National Assembly), [Briefing by the SA Nuclear Energy Corporation Group (NECSA), National Nuclear Regulator (NNR), National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute (NRWDI), National Energy Regulator of SA (NERSA), Central Energy Fund Group (CEF), State Diamond Trade (SDT), on their respective Annual Performance Plans and budgets for the 2022-23 FY]

Issued by Parliament of South Africa