BILL WATCH 8/2019
[10th February 2019]
Both Houses of Parliament Have Adjourned to Tuesday 12th February
Both Houses of Parliament sat again last week. Both enjoyed a relatively easy week. Only one sitting lasted until after 5 pm; the others ended well before that, most of them just before or just after 4 pm. After Thursday afternoon’s sittings both Houses adjourned until next Tuesday, 12th February.
BILL WATCH 7/2019
[3rd February 2019]
Both Houses of Parliament Have Adjourned to Tuesday 5th February
Polarisation in Parliament over the Current Economic and Security Situation
BILL WATCH 6/2019
[28th January 2019]
Both Houses of Parliament Will Resume Sitting on Tuesday 29th January
Coming Up in the Senate
BILL WATCH 5/2019
[25th January 2019]
Update on Statutory Instruments January to August 2018: Part 3
BILL WATCH 4/2019
[24th January 2019]
Update on Statutory Instruments January to August 2018: Part 2
This bulletin follows on from Bill Watch 37/2018 of 9th November [link], which was Part 1 of a series aimed at providing basic information, not previously provided in our bulletins, about the approximately 170 statutory instruments [SIs] gazetted during the period January to end of August 2018.
BILL WATCH 3/2019
[21st January 2019]
Finance Bill : When Does it Come into Force? Can the Senate amend it?
Introduction
BILL WATCH 2/2019
[20th January 2019]
Fixing of Fuel Prices
BILL WATCH 1/2019
[14th January 2019]
Both Houses of Parliament are in Recess until Tuesday 29th January
Last Parliamentary Sittings of 2018
Both Houses of Parliament reassembled on Tuesday 18th December and completed three sittings before adjourning until Tuesday 29th January.
The National Assembly approved:
BILL WATCH 44/2018
[13th December 2018]
Both Houses Will Resume Next Week, on Tuesday 18th December
The Week Ending Friday 7th December in the National Assembly
BILL WATCH 43/2018
[4th December 2018]
The National Assembly will Resume on Tuesday 4th December
to Debate the 2019 National Budget.
The Senate will not Meet again until 18th December
Last Week’s Preparations for the Budget Debate
BILL WATCH 42/2018
[30th November 2018]
After the Budget Speech on 22nd November both Houses Adjourned:
National Assembly until 4th December, Senate until 18th December
BILL WATCH 41/2018
[25th November 2018]
2019 National Budget
Professor Mthuli Ncube, Minister of Finance and Economic Development, presented the 2019 National Budget Statement and the 2019 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure [the “Blue Book”] to the National Assembly on the afternoon of Thursday 22nd November 2018.
BILL WATCH 40/2018
[19th November 2018]
Both Houses of Parliament are Sitting This Week
2019 National Budget on Thursday 22nd November
BILL WATCH 39/2018
[14th November 2018]
The Two Percent Electronic Transfer Tax
BILL WATCH 38/2018
[13th November 2018]
Pre-Parliamentary Stages of Government Bills:
Need for More Transparency and Public Involvement
BILL WATCH 37/2018
[9th November 2018]
Update on Statutory Instruments January to August 2018: Part 1
This bulletin is Part I of a series aimed at providing basic information about the approximately 170 statutory instruments [SIs] gazetted during the period January to end of August 2018. The statutory instruments dealt with in this bulletin are grouped by subject-matter under the following headings:
BILL WATCH 36/2018
[6th November 2018]
Both Houses of Parliament Have Adjourned until Tuesday 13th November
Both Houses of Parliament sat on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday last week. They then adjourned until Tuesday 13th November.
BILL WATCH 35/2018
[29th October 2018]
Both Houses of Parliament will Resume Sitting on Tuesday 30th October
The Senate and the National Assembly will sit on Tuesday 30th October for the first time since they last met on 11th October. This bulletin summarises what happened during the sittings from 9th to 11th October and outlines what is on the Order Paper for this week’s sittings [see end of bulletin].
BILL WATCH 34/2018
[26th October 2018]
Both Houses of Parliament are in Recess until Tuesday 30th October
Government Gazette Extraordinary 12th October 2018
SI 205/2018 – Finance (Rate and Incidence of Intermediated Money Transfer Tax) Regulations [link]
BILL WATCH 33/2018
[23rd October 2018]
How Far has this Parliament’s Legislative Agenda Progressed?
Speaker’s 30-day Ultimatum to Ministers to Present Bills
