Parliament, Sunday 20, June 2021 – The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) concludes its second term program with two plenary sittings and the Speaker of the National Assembly Ms Thandi Modise, will lead a multi-party Parliamentary delegation to the 49th virtual Plenary Assembly of the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) taking place 25 -27 June 2021. Committee meetings of both Houses including public hearings are also scheduled this week.
The NCOP will this week have two plenary sittings on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesdays sitting will feature an oral and answer session of Security Cluster 1B Ministers. This cluster comprises of Ministers of International Relations, State Security and Home Affairs. The sitting on Wednesday will debate the Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the section 100 Intervention in the North-West Province. Both sittings will start at 10:00.
Meanwhile, the Speaker of the National Assembly Ms Thandi Modise will lead a multi-party parliamentary delegation to the 49th virtual Plenary Assembly of the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF).
The SADC PF’s 49th Plenary Assembly Virtual Session will be held in collaboration with the Parliament of Botswana from the 25th to the 27th of June 2021. The 49th Plenary Assembly Virtual Session is themed: “Leveraging the AfCFTA for Post-Covid Economic Recovery in Southern Africa: The Role of SADC Parliamentary Forum and National Parliaments".
The Plenary Assembly meets bi-annually and is hosted by one of the member Parliaments on a rotational basis and representatives serve for five years. SADC PF is a regional inter-parliamentary body established in 1997 under Article 9 (2) of the SADC Treaty as an autonomous institution. It is composed of Fifteen (15) parliaments representing over 3500 parliamentarians in the SADC region. These member parliaments are Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), eSwatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Seychelles, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The Forum seeks to bring regional experiences to bear at the national level and promote best practices in the role of parliaments in regional cooperation and integration as outlined in the SADC Treaty and the Forum Constitution. Mainly, it seeks to provide a platform for parliaments and parliamentarians to promote and improve regional integration in the SADC region through parliamentary involvement and parliamentary diplomacy.
The programme of committees includes public hearings and committee meetings. The Portfolio of Health will hold virtual Public Hearings on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill. There are sixteen (16) Committee meetings of both Houses.
MONDAY, 21 JUNE 2021
Ad Hoc Committee on the section 100 Intervention in the North-West Province, Consideration and adoption of oversight report. Virtual Meeting Platform
TUESDAY, 22 JUNE 2021
Portfolio Committee on Sport, Arts and Culture - Consideration and adoption of draft committee minutes; Briefing by the National Department of Sport, Arts and Culture; Gauteng Department of Sport; City of Tshwane management and community leaders on the state and plans for the ODI and HM Pitje Stadiums;
Portfolio Committee on Health - Public Hearings on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Virtual Meeting Platform;
Joint Meeting: Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Standing Committee on the Auditor-General - Briefing by Auditor General on the 2019/20 Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) audit outcomes and the Covid 19 municipal expenditure;
Sub-Committee of the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities and Select Committee on Health and Social Services on the Filling of Vacancies in the National Youth Development Agency - Interviews for the filling of vacancies in the National Youth Development Agency;
Select Committee on Trade and Industry, Economic Development, Small Business Development, Tourism, Employment and Labour - Briefing by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition on the Automotive Master Plan and on the Briefing by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition on the Poultry Master Plan;
Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements - Briefing by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs KZN on procedural, constitutional and substantive matters related to invocation of interventions in terms of section 139 (1) (b) of the constitution in Nquthu local municipality and Mkhanyakude district municipality;
Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs - Petition from the residence of the Emalahleni Local Municipality, calling on the Assembly to investigate the persistent shortage of water in their area in the last ten years.
WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2021
Sub-Committee of the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities and Select Committee on Health and Social Services on the Filling of Vacancies in the National Youth Development Agency - Continuation of interviews;
Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour - Deliberations on Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Amendment Bill;
Portfolio Committee on Health, Public Hearings on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill;
Select Committee on Security and Justice - Briefing by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development on the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act Amendment Bill [B 16B 2020; Criminal and Related Matters Amendment Bill; and Domestic Violence Amendment Bill.
THURSDAY, 24 JUNE 2021
Sub-Committee of the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities and Select Committee on Health and Social Services on the Filling of Vacancies in the National Youth Development Agency - Continuation of interviews;
Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour, Deliberations on Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Amendment Bill;
Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs - Petition from the farmers and the community of Tzaneen, Limpopo, represented by AGRI Letaba, calling on the Assembly to investigate severe electricity outages, power dips, low voltage and poor to no maintenance since 2016 as a result of the failure of the Greater Tzaneen Municipality.
FRIDAY, 25 JUNE 2021
Sub-Committee of the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities and Select Committee on Health and Social Services on the Filling of Vacancies in the National Youth Development Agency - Continuation of interviews.
For the latest full schedule of committee meetings (updated regularly) please click:
https://www.parliament.gov.za/storage/app/media/Docs/zlist/20679d84-1f76-4e17-8a47-cbc67f3e28cb.pdf
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