Parliament, Sunday, 01 March 2020 – Public Hearings of the Ad Hoc Committee to initiate and Introduce Legislation Amending Section 25 of the Constitution in order to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation, Plenary sittings of the National Council of Provinces and National Assembly, Oral Questions to the Deputy President, Mr David Mabuza and Committee meetings are matters before parliament this week.
A delegation of the Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation Amending Section 25 of the Constitution to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation kick-started its series of public hearings in two provinces, Mpumalanga and Free State on Friday. Today they conclude the first round of hearings. The Free state delegation will hold its hearings at Kagisanong Hall, Rocklands, Bloemfontein at 11:00 while the Mpumalanga delegation will be at Mayors Parlour, at Gert Sibande District, Emerlo at 11:00. The committee will then proceed with the second leg of public hearings in North West and KwaZulu Natal from Thursday 5 March to Sunday 8 March.
The National Council of Provinces will host a two-day Committee’s Strategic Planning Session on Tuesday, 3 March and Wednesday 4 March. Among key issues to be discussed at the session, is clarifying political priorities for the NCOP in the 6th Parliament and the year ahead. Clarity will also be given on the role of Committees in getting Parliament to achieve its mandate.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Blade Nzimande will on Tuesday deliver a statement on the state of readiness for the 2020 academic year to the National Assembly at 14:00. At the same sitting, the NA will have second reading debates on the Air Traffic and Navigation Services Amendment Bill and the Airports Company Amendment Bill. There will also be consideration of the Border Management Authority Bill.
The Air Traffic and Navigation Services Amendment Bill and the Airports Company Amendment Bill were considered by the Portfolio Committee on Transport in the 5th Parliament. The Bills were placed before the National Assembly for second reading debates but were not considered at the time because the term of the National Assembly ended. They were then revived and referred to the Portfolio Committee on Transport in the 6th Parliament.
Oral Questions to the Deputy President are scheduled in the National Council of Provinces on Tuesday, 3 March while Cluster One Peace and Security Ministers, comprising of Ministers of Defence and Military Veterans, Home Affairs, International Relations and Cooperation, Justice and Correctional Services, Police and State Security will answer questions in the National Assembly on Wednesday, 4 March.
A debate on the coronavirus and the readiness of South Africa to deal with the pandemic is scheduled in the National Assembly on Thursday, 5 March. This follows the outbreak of the virus in China which has affected about 80 000 people globally and killed about 2 700.
Among parliamentary committee meetings scheduled, is a briefing by Parliamentary Budget Office and the Financial and Fiscal Commission on the 2020 Budget to the joint meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance, Standing Committee on Appropriations, Select Committee on Finance and Select Committee on Appropriations on Tuesday, 3 March 2020.
There are 31 Committee meetings scheduled this week.
TUESDAY
Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development: Response by DALRRD on the comments/questions raised by the Committee on SONA, Presidential Stimulus Package and District-based approach/model presentation in the meeting held on 18 February 2020; Briefing by the Commission on Restitution of Land Rights on the old order claims and Project Kuyasa
Portfolio Committee on Basic Education: Consideration of outstanding draft minutes and draft reports; Briefing by the Department of Basic Education on a Status Update on Migration of Early Childhood Development (ECD) from the Department of Social Development to the Department of Basic Education; Briefing by Ilifa Labantwana (NGO) on tracking progress in ECD service delivery
Portfolio Committee on Environmental, Forestry and Fisheries: Briefing by the DEFF on the Third Quarterly Reports for 2019/20; Briefing by the SANParks and Isimangaliso Wetland Park Authority on their Third Quarterly Reports for 2019/20
WEDNESDAY
Portfolio Committee on Transport, Public Hearings on the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill
Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration: Briefing by the Public Service Commission on the Guide on Governance Practice for Executive Authorities and Heads of Department; The Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation to brief the Portfolio Committee on the legislative reform regarding the progress of finalising the Integrated Planning Framework Bill; Statistics South Africa to brief the Committee on the legislative reform regarding the amendments to Statistics Act of 1999; Consideration and adoption of the second and third term performance of 2019/20 financial year report (DPME)
Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: Deliberations on the Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill [B2- 2019]
Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services: Briefing by the National Prosecuting Authority on the second and third quarter performance against spending 2019/20; Focus areas: The recruitment plan and the Aspirant Prosecutors Programme; Progress in establishing the Investigative Directorate
THURSDAY
Joint Standing Committee on Defence: Briefing by National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) on 2018 & 2019 Annual Reports
FRIDAY
Joint Meeting: Standing Committee on Finance and Select Committee on Finance: Responses by National Treasury to the public submissions on the 2020 Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals
Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services (Subcommittee on Correctional Services: Briefing by the Department of Correctional Services on Remand Detention with specific focus on the following: Programmes for Remand Detainee Children; Remand detainees with Bail of less than R1000
Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs: Deliberations on the Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill [B2- 2019]
PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS WEEK:
Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation Amending Section 25 of the Constitution in order to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation will hold its second round of public hearings in North West and KwaZulu Natal from Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 March.
For a full list of the Committees, visit Parliament’s website www.parliament.gov.za
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