Parliament, Sunday, 18 October 2026 – The Minister of Finance, Mr Enoch Godongwana, will deliver the 2026 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) to the National Assembly (NA) during a hybrid plenary sitting scheduled for Wednesday, 21 October at 14:00 in the Good Hope Chamber.
The MTBPS provides an important opportunity for Parliament to assess how government intends to balance economic growth, service delivery and fiscal sustainability amid competing demands on the public purse. It also establishes government’s economic policy framework, updates economic forecasts, adjusts departmental budgets and authorises emergency spending.
The MTBPS also enables Parliament and the public to scrutinise government’s finances through committee oversight of government departments. Parliamentary committees review effective and efficient departmental spending through the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports (BRRRs), which must be tabled in the National Assembly before the MTBPS reports are adopted. During the same sitting, the Minister will also table the Adjustments Appropriation Bill.
The next two weeks will be a constituency period for Members of Parliament in the NA. The constituency period gives MPs time to engage meaningfully and directly with communities and constituencies through their respective constituency offices across the country. This forms part of the Seventh Parliament’s rotational approach to the parliamentary programme, where the work is organised into three components: committee oversight, constituency engagement and plenary sittings. This approach enables Members of Parliament to focus fully on each core function to maximise its impact.
There are 10 committee meetings scheduled from Monday to Friday this week. They include:
MONDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2026
Standing Committee on Finance, Standing Committee on Appropriations, Select Committee on Finance and Select Committee on Appropriations: Briefing by the Minister of Finance on the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS): Revised Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals. Virtual Meeting Platform, 09:00 – 12:00.
TUESDAY, 20 OCTOBER 2026
Select Committee on Education, Sciences and Creative Industries: Briefing by DBE on the Annual Report, budget expenditure and conditional grants expenditure in the provinces. Briefing by the Auditor-General on audit report findings of DBE, SACE and Umalusi for the 2025/26 financial year. Consideration and adoption of draft minutes. Virtual Meeting Platform, 10:00 – 13:00.
Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade: Tabling for ratification by Parliament of the Protocol on Digital Trade and its Annexes, which is a Protocol to the Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Tabling for ratification by Parliament of the Southern African Development Community Protocol on Industry. Virtual Meeting Platform, 10:00 – 13:00.
Select Committee on Finance: Public hearings on the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill [B15 – 2026]. Virtual Meeting Platform, 10:00 – 13:00.
Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade: Briefing by the South African National Accreditation System (SANAS), South African Bureau of Standards (SABS), National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA) and National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) on their 2026/27 Annual Performance Plans. Consideration and adoption of minutes. Virtual Meeting Platform, 14:00 – 17:00.
Select Committee on Public Petitions and Executive Undertakings: Reconvening of the SAMWU petitions and further engagement with the uThukela District Municipality to implement the recommendations of the forensic report commissioned by the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal regarding the challenges facing uThukela Water (Pty) Ltd. Virtual Meeting Platform, 10:00 – 13:00.
WEDNESDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2026
Standing Committee on Finance, Standing Committee on Appropriations, Select Committee on Finance and Select Committee on Appropriations: MTBPS lock-up session. M46, Ground Floor, Marks Building, 11:00 – 13:45.
Select Committee on Social Services: CLOSED MEETING. Discussion by the Sub-Committee on the CDA recruitment process about the guidelines for the interview process and proposed interview questions. Virtual Meeting Platform, 10:00 – 12:30.
Executive Undertakings and Petitions Committee: Consideration and adoption of draft minutes. Briefing on petition responses from stakeholders: Residents of Qhumanco and Ncora calling on the National Assembly to intervene in imminent changes to land ownership. Petition from 67 residents of Germiston Extension 8 calling on the National Assembly to investigate the provision of title deeds for their homes and related matters. Virtual Meeting Platform, 18:00.
FRIDAY, 23 OCTOBER 2026
Standing Committee on Finance, Standing Committee on Appropriations, Select Committee on Finance and Select Committee on Appropriations: Briefing by the Minister of Finance on the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS): Revised Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals. Virtual Meeting Platform, 09:00 – 12:00.
For the latest full schedule of committee meetings (updated regularly), please visit: https://www.parliament.gov.za/committee-schedules
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