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Oversight committee for the Presidency stalled as Parliament waits on submissions

National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza says there was an agreement by the Rules Committee on the formation of the committee to play oversight on the president, but parties were requested to give the modalities of that committee. Image: Armand Hough / Independent Newspapers Eight months after Parliament decided to establish a committee that will play oversight on the president, progress on this initiative seems to have stalled as some parties are yet to make a submission on the format the committee should take. This emerged when the long overdue committee was raised in the meeting of the National Assembly Programme Committee on Thursday. ActionSA MP Lerato Ngobeni enquired about the update on the proposed committee when MPs met to discuss the programme for Parliament. 'I think at some point, and I don't know where it lies in terms of being updated around the Vote 1 committee. We did vote that there must be oversight over Vote 1 in the Presidency. Maybe, if we can get an update as to when that committee will be established,' Ngobeni said. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Next Stay Close ✕ Secretary to Parliament Masibulele Xaso said the matter was currently before the Sub-Committee on the Review of Rules. 'Political parties were asked to make submissions. The initial deadline, I think, was the 30th of May, then extended to the 6th or 7th of June,' Xaso said. He also said only three parties have made submissions. 'So the matter is currently serving before that sub-committee. Once the sub-committee has concluded its processes on the issue, it will report to the Rules Committee, then the Rules Committee to the National Assembly,' Xaso added. National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza urged the parties to finalise their submissions. 'If they still are otherwise, the sub-committee will have to deal with only those presentations that they had received on the modalities,' she said. According to Didiza, there was an agreement by the Rules Committee on the formation of the committee, but parties were requested to actually give what the modalities of that committee should be. This was because some elements in the budget for the Presidency are dealt with by separate portfolio committees. 'So the essence was what then would this committee deal with. It was those issues that parties were asked to make representations on,' added Didiza. The formation of the committee to play oversight on the president dates back to the sixth Parliament when parties such as the DA, the EFF and IFP had written separately to former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula asking that the portfolio on the Presidency be established. In his report on state capture, Chief Justice Raymond Zondo recommended the establishment of a committee to oversee the president and the Presidency, among other things. After President Cyril Ramaphosa in response to the recommendations of the Zondo commission, Parliament said the proposal to establish a portfolio committee to oversee the Office of the President should be referred to the Rules Committee. In 2023, Parliament undertook a study tour to some countries to see how oversight of the Presidency was done.