President Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to appear before the National Assembly (NA) on Tuesday at 14:00 for an oral question-and-answer session with Members of the House.

Among others, the President is expected to answer questions on government’s plans to maintain growth andcreate jobs in the agricultural sector through land reform. He is also set to provide an update on lifestyle audits for all public representatives and if there are any plans to intensify the Presidential Employment Stimulus that has created about 1.2 million job opportunities since its implementation.

Before the question-and-answer session, members will have a debate on Human Rights Day. The debate is scheduled to start at 09:00 in the NA.

Meanwhile, the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) will consider reports of the Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament, the National Council on Gender-based Violence Bill, and the Expropriation Bill during its sitting at 14:00. 

The National Council on Gender-based-Violence Bill seeks to, among others, establish the National Council on Gender-based Violence and Femicide. It further provides for the objects and functions of the council, theappointment of the board of the council and its membersand it determines the board’s term.

The Expropriation Bill seeks to repeal the existing Expropriation Act of 1975 to provide a common framework in line with the Constitution to guide the processes and procedures for the expropriation of property by organs of state. It further seeks to provide for certain instances where expropriation with no compensation may be appropriate in the public interest.

On Wednesday at 15:00, the economics cluster (4) ministers will appear before the NA for an oral question-and-answer session. This cluster comprises the Minister in The Presidency for Electricity, Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Minister of Employment and Labour, Minister of Finance, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, and Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy. 

There are 19 committees scheduled for this week:

TUESDAY, 19 MARCH 2024

Standing Committee on Finance: Response by National Treasury to submissions received on the Pension Funds Amendment Bill

Select Committee on Finance: Consideration of final negotiating mandates on the Public Procurement Bill [B18B-2023]

Select Committee on Trade and Industry, Economic Development, Small Business Development, Tourism, Employment and Labour: Finalisation of Companies Amendment Bill and adoption of report; Consideration of negotiating mandates on the National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill [B16B - 2023]

Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements: Departmental responses to the tabled negotiating mandates on the Municipal Demarcation Authority Bill [B14B-2022]; Briefing on procedural and legal opinion on the request tabled by Western Cape and Eastern Cape Provincial Legislatures on the processing of the Municipal Demarcation Authority Bill [B14B-2022]

WEDNESDAY, 20 MARCH 2024

Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure: Briefing by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) and Council for the Built Environment (CBE) on the 2024/25 Annual Performance Plans

Standing Committee on Finance: Response by Dr Dion George/ Research including response and / input by National Treasury to submissions received on the Responsible Spending Bill [B9 – 2023] (Private Members’ Bill]

Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies: Discussion and finalisation on the SABC SOC Ltd Bill [B32 – 2023] (s75)

FRIDAY, 22 MARCH 2024 

Standing Committee on Finance: Consideration and adoption of the Committee report and clause-by-clause deliberations on the Pension Funds Amendment Bill[B3-2024]

 

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