National council of provinces
NCOP formally backs placing Tshwane Municipality under administration
The concurrence came after three months of instability in the Tshwane council.
Deputy President David Mabuza blamed years of failure to carry out the necessary maintenance on Eskom’s aging fleet of power stations.
He is answer questions relating to the rural and township economy and Eskom, among others.
Kenny Motsamai is a former military commander of the Azanian People’s Liberation Army and spent 27 years in jail for killing a white traffic officer.
Botshabelo Ntsube matriculated in 2018 and is studying towards a degree in education in Bloemfontein.
A total of 400 candidates have been put forward for the National Assembly while 430 will serve in the National Council of Provinces.
Both houses of Parliament must be established within 14 days of the IEC declaring the election results, according to the Constitution.
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng will preside over the first sittings of both the National Assembly and the NCOP, which has been set down for the following day, Thursday, 23 May.
The legislation includes the Carbon Tax Bill as well as the Public Investment Corporation Bill.
It is understood that African National Congress MPs in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) are being lobbied not to vote for it.
Parliament is only set to officially start business for the new year later this month, so today’s National Council of Provinces’ plenary has been convened as a special sitting.
The concurrence means the matter is now a duly adopted resolution of Parliament.
The debate comes as Parliament winds down its business for the year as it heads to its Christmas break at the end of the week.
President Ramaphosa opened the National Council of Provinces sitting on Thursday morning by addressing the prevalence of protests which turn violent across the country.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says everyone, including himself, will undergo lifestyle audits with the possibility of rolling the system out across all spheres of government in the future.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is on Tuesday answering questions in the National Council of Provinces.
The department says the National Minimum Wage Bill should be implemented as it meets all constitutional requirements.
The Public Audit Amendment Bill will come before the NCOP in a plenary on Thursday morning.
The NCOP last week considered the matter following hearings and has now completed its report.