In the past two years, Parliament embarked on a nationwide provincial 1994 Women's Charter Review session that took stock of the progress made in implementing the 1994 Women's Charter for Effective Equality, and assessed its impact since the country's advent of freedom and democracy.

In Chapter 1 of the Bill, ‘‘Expropriation’’ is defined as the compulsory gaining of property by an expropriating authority or an organ of the state upon request to an expropriating authority.

The objective of the NHI Bill is to provide universal access to quality health care for all South Africans as enshrined in the Constitution.

These include the Joint Rules, Rules of the National Assembly and Rules of the National Council of Provinces.

A submission is the presentation of views or opinions on a matter or piece of legislation under consideration by a committee of Parliament.

A petition is a formal request to Parliament for intervention in a matter.