Parliament, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 – President Cyril Ramaphosa will appear in the National Council of Provinces’ (NCOP) hybrid plenary sitting tomorrow at 2 pm to provide oral replies to questions from Members of the House.
Oral question and answer sessions with the President, Deputy President, and the Cabinet Ministers are scheduled at least once a quarter during session time within Parliament’s annual programme. These sessions are one of the mechanisms Parliament uses to hold the Executive to account - as stipulated in Section 92(2) of the Constitution that Cabinet Members are accountable collectively and individually to Parliament for the exercise of powers and performance of their functions.
For the complete list of questions to the President, please click: https://www.parliament.gov.za/storage/app/media/Docs/quest_pap/f8ddc8c8-07a8-45da-8c6d-d0d5b79ed757.pdf
DETAILS OF THE NCOP HYBRID PLENARY SESSION:
Date: Thursday, 01 December 2022
Time: 2 pm
Venue: NCOP Chamber and Virtual platforms
Meanwhile, at 8.30 am, the National Assembly (NA) will hold its last Programming Committee meeting of the fourth term parliamentary programme. Among other matters, the committee meeting will consider the draft programme of Parliament, committee reports, and Bills before the House.
Immediately after the virtual programming committee meeting, the NA will hold a hybrid plenary sitting starting at 10 am to consider committee reports that include:
- Report of the Standing Committee on Appropriations on Special Appropriation Bill [B24 - 2022] (no debate).
- First Reading debate: Special Appropriation Bill [B24 – 2022].
- Second Reading: Special Appropriation Bill [B24 – 2022] (no debate).
- Report of the Standing Committee on Appropriations on 2022 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement.
- Report of the Standing Committee on Appropriations on Adjustments Appropriation Bill [B23 – 2022].
- Debate on 2022 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement & First Reading debate: Adjustments Appropriation Bill [B23 – 2022].
- Consideration of Votes and Schedule: Adjustments Appropriation Bill [B23 – 2022].
- Second Reading: Adjustments Appropriation Bill [B23– 2022] (no debate).
- Debate on World AIDS Day: “Global solidarity, shared responsibility.”
DETAILS OF THE NA HYBRID PLENARY SESSION:
Date: Thursday, 01 December 2022
Time: 10 am
Venue: Good Hope Chamber and Virtual Platforms
Important to note:
Members of the media who wish to physically attend the NCOP and NA hybrid plenary sittings should send their details (Full name, name of the media house, and ID or passport number) to Manelisi Ntsodo on email: mntsodo@parlaiment.gov.za.
Parliamentary meetings are open to the media and the public. Journalists who are interested in covering these meetings (including receiving links to virtual meetings) are requested to forward their cellphone numbers to Mlindi Mpindi on email mmpindi@parliament.gov.za for inclusion in the Parliamentary Communications Services WhatsApp Group, where such information is shared. Journalists are urged to forward these requests using their official email addresses (no private emails).
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