Deputy President Paul Mashatile has assured that by the end of the current administration’s term, all priority legislation will have gone through parliamentary processes and passed constitutional master to become laws, after the President has approved the Bills.

Mashatile, in his capacity as Leader of Government Business in Parliament, said he welcomed the significant progress government is making in the enactment of key legislation.

“The significance of the legislative programme is that it is a linear and revolving responsibility to both enact legislation and fine-tune existing laws,” he explained.

The Public Administration Management Amendment Bill, the Public Service Amendment Bill, the Statistics Amendment Bill, the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill and the Electoral Matters Amendment Bill have been finalised.

The public service Bills have been referred to the National Council of Provinces for consideration, while the other Bills have been referred to specific parliamentary portfolio committees for processing.

By the end of February, a total of 16 Bills had been sent to the President for assent.

“This represents significant progress which we welcome. It takes us another step closer in the fulfilment of the mandate of the sixth democratic administration,” he said.