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The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) kicks off its third term program this week with delegates to the House scheduled to hold Questions for Oral Reply with Ministers from the Governance Cluster 3a (Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and Public Service and Administration) on Tuesday and 3b (Minister in the Presidency: Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities and Minister in The Presidency (Governance)) on Wednesday.

Questions to the Executive is one of the tools that Parliament uses to hold the Executive to account on service delivery matters.

The National Assembly is scheduled to resume its program on 15 August, however one of its committees, Committee for Section 194 Enquiry, is at work probing Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office as the Public Protector of the Republic of South Africa.

There are at least 10 select committee meetings scheduled this week as follows:

MONDAY, 1 AUGUST 2022

Committee for Section 194 Enquiry, Hearings – identified witnesses to appear before the Committee (Hybrid Meeting)

TUESDAY, 2 AUGUST 2022

Committee for Section 194 Enquiry, Hearings – identified witnesses to appear before the Committee (Hybrid Meeting)

Select Committee on Trade and Industry, Economic Development, Small Business Development, Tourism, Employment and Labour, Presentation by Trade Law Centre (Tralac) to share insights in relation to the work of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The presentation is expected to take the audience from brief theory into practice in terms of trade policy and law within the context of the WTO and its implication to the African Continent. Further, the presentation would also cover current policy developments, and the future of the WTO. In addition, the briefing is expected to cover how Parliament through its committees could effectively play its oversight role in relation to trade and investment related issues over the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition.]

Select Committee on Finance, Briefing by National Treasury on the Financial Sector and Deposit Insurance Levies (Administration) and Deposit Insurance Premiums Bill [B 4B-2022] (National Assembly – sec 75) and Financial Sector and Deposit Insurance Levies Bill [B3B-2022] (National Assembly – sec 77)]

Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Water and Sanitation and Human Settlements, Consideration and Adoption of the Committee Reports

WEDNESDAY, 3 AUGUST 2022

Select Committee on Appropriations, Briefing by Financial and Fiscal Commission on Submission on the Division of Revenue Bill for 2023/24, tabled in terms of section 9(1) of the Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations Act, 1997

Committee for Section 194 Enquiry, Hearings – identified witnesses to appear before the Committee (Hybrid Meeting)

Select Committee on Education and Technology, Sport, Arts and Culture, Consideration and adoption of draft minutes and report; Briefing by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) on the following: The Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme; Promotion of indigenous African languages, including Khoi- San, Nama, etc.; Promotion of Music and other Art forms in schools; Functionality of community libraries; Installation of South African Flags in schools]

Select Committee on Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure, Briefing by the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) on its mandate and functions

Select Committee on Public Enterprises and Communication, Briefing by Transnet on measures to expand capacity to meet market demands for freight and ports. The presentation should also include an update on internal investigations and those by SIU on alleged misconduct by Transnet employees; Consideration and Adoption of Minutes

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