The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education, Ms Bongiwe Mbinqo-Gigaba wishes to announce postponement of the last public hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill that were scheduled to take place today in Mpumalanga. This would have been the third of three public participation meetings on the Bill in the province. 

The decision to postpone the hearings  is as a result of miscommunication of venues which has led to stakeholders going to different venues. In order to preserve and maintain the credibility of the public hearings on the Bill, the committee has decided to postpone the hearing and to convene it on a date and in a venue to be communicated later. Furthermore, the committee is conscious of the need to hold three sessions in Mpumalanga as it had done in all other provinces, as such the it has resolved to determine a new date for a further hearing in Mpumalanga. 

The Chairperson of the committee, Ms By Bongiwe Mbhinqo-Gigaba, wishes to apologise profusely for the inconvenience this would have caused to all stakeholders concerned.

 

Issued by the Parliamentary Communication Services on behalf of the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education, Bongiwe Mbinqo-Gigaba