South Africa - November 2024

On 1 November, South Africa’s parliament announced that its National Assembly is preparing to establish a parliamentary committee to oversee the Presidency, filling an oversight gap highlighted by a recent judicial inquiry into state capture. Unlike government departments, the Presidency currently receives a budget from parliament without being scrutinised by a parliamentary committee, the legislature’s primary oversight mechanism. The decision to begin the process of establishing the committee was taken by the National Assembly’s Rules Committee, but before it is implemented it will need to be formally adopted by a full sitting of the house.

Sources: Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, Parliamentary Monitoring Group (1), Parliamentary Monitoring Group (2)