Parliament, Wednesday, 03 July 2024 – The Rules Committee of the National Assembly (NA) will today hold its second committee meeting to consider the configuration of committees and clusters system of government portfolios for oral questions.

Rule 193 of the Assembly enjoins the Rules Committee to make several determinations necessary for the House to function at the start of every parliamentary term. In terms of Rule 193 (1)(a), the Rules Committee may develop and formulate policy proposals concerning the exclusive business of the Assembly in respect of the proceedings, procedures, rules, orders, and practices. 

As a pre-eminent committee of the Assembly, the Rules Committee is responsible for developing the procedures and policies according to which the House operates.

DETAILS OF THE RULES COMMITTEE MEETING ARE AS FOLLOWS:

DATE: Wednesday, 3 July 2024
TIME: 16:15 – 18:00
VENUE: The Verve, 1st floor, Century City Convention Centre (Physical meeting)

Members of the media who wish to cover the Rules Committee Meeting must send their details (names, ID numbers and name of the media house they represent) to Malentsoe Magwagwa at mmagwagwa@parliament.gov.za or via WhatsApp on 081 716 5824 or Manelisi Ntsodo at mntsodo@parliament.gov.za or via WhatsApp on 081 716 2021. Members of the media who are in possession of the Parliamentary access cards will be allowed to access the venue with their cards. Daily accreditation tags will be processed for all other media.

Journalists who are not part of the WhatsApp Group may forward their cellphone numbers to Mlindi Mpindi on email mmpindi@parliament.gov.za for inclusion in the group, where login details for the Media Briefing will be shared. Journalists are urged to forward the requests using their official email addresses (no private emails). Parliament’s programmes will also be live on Parliament TV (DSTV Channel 408), streamed live on the Parliament YouTube channel and Twitter page on the links below. You may subscribe to the Parliament YouTube channel to receive instant notification of live feeds. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ParliamentofRSA Facebook: https://facebook.com/ParliamentofRSA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ParliamentofRSA

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