Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile will on Thursday, 29 May 2025, respond to Questions for Oral Reply from Members of Parliament in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) in Cape Town.
As Leader of Government Business in Parliament, the Deputy President is tasked with, among other things, coordinating the Legislative Programme of the Executive in Parliament - ensuring Executive Accountability by Members of the National Executive; ensuring that Cabinet Ministers attend to their Parliamentary responsibilities, including answering Parliamentary Questions, as well as representing the Executive in the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces, ensuring smooth legislative operations.
In terms of the Constitution and Parliamentary Programme, the Deputy President appears periodically in the NCOP to answer questions posed by Delegates to the NCOP, particularly on matters related to his Delegated Responsibilities by the President as well as to account for the work of the Executive, especially in areas that affect the Provinces, and also facilitate cooperative governance by engaging with Provincial Representatives in Parliament on issues that require national-provincial coordination and intervention.
In this regard, Deputy President Mashatile will answer questions on issues related to the South Africa’s Social Cohesion Index (SASCI) research report and the envisioned National Dialogue; Government’s comprehensive strategy and plans to reduce poverty and create jobs; implementation of rapid response interventions on service delivery to address service delivery failures in water & sanitation in rural and peri-urban areas; the District Development Model’s whole of government approach in resolving service delivery challenges; inter-governmental interventions to assist the City of Cape Town residents and other communities in building and upgrading of infrastructure aimed at benefiting under-serviced areas.
Details of the Question and Answer session are as follows:
Date: Thursday, 29 May 2025
Time: 14h00
Venue: Old Assembly NCOP Chambers, Parliament, Cape Town.
Livestreaming on DSTV Parliamentary Channel 408 and YouTube Parliamentary channel.
Media Enquiries:
Mr Keith Khoza, Acting Spokesperson to the Deputy President
Cell: 066 195 8840
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