Ministers during the 2024 national budget speech at the Cape Town City Hall on 21 February 2024 in Cape Town. (Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)
While President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Opening of Parliament Address has been confirmed for 18 July at 19:00 at the Cape Town City Hall, the delayed announcement of his Cabinet is throwing a spanner in the works for the National Assembly to get fully going.
The seventh Parliament’s first National Assembly Programming Committee meeting took place on Friday morning, chaired by new Speaker Thoko Didiza.
Secretary to the National Assembly Masibulele Xaso reminded the senior MPs that the Appropriation Bill – the budget – has to be passed by the end of July, as it is required by law to be passed four months after the start of the financial year.
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