KZN LEGISLATURE TAKES ITS CIVIC VOTER EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO UGU DISTRICT

Today, 18 October 2023, Members of the KZN Legislature have embarked on a voter education drive in Ugu District to encourage the public to register for upcoming elections and to create awareness around the importance of the 2024 National General Elections.

The Legislature is holding the voter education campaign in Umdoni and Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipalities both under Ugu District Municipality. Each of the two local municipalities that are being visited have dedicated delegations of Members coming from all political parties represented in the Legislature.

They are being accompanied by Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and Department of Home Affairs, who are doing voter education, voter registration and allowing the public to check and update their details on the Voters’ Roll, while Home Affairs focuses mainly on first time ID applicants and renewals of damaged or lost IDs.

The public has shown a huge enthusiasm in the campaign as they have come out in numbers to join the Legislature in its drive to enhance democracy in South Africa.   

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KZN Legislature successfully held it annual senior citizen Parliament on the 29th of September 2023 at Mtubatuba, Mkhanyakude District.

Wherein elderly people from all corners of our province gather to discuss issues affecting them and how best those issues can be resolve through government interventions. This also creates a platform for the cabinet to come and account on their commitment to making lives better for senior citizens of this province and their departmental initiatives aiming at assisting elderly people with access to basic needs, proper health care and ensuring that they live a healthy lifestyle through various sport codes.

ATTENTION: HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF THE KWAZULU-NATAL LEGISLATURE

Dear Honourable Members
SUBJECT: PASSING AWAY OF MR IMPORTANT MKHIZE WHO SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE BETWEEN 2014 AND 2019

It is with greatest sorrow that the Office of the Speaker hereby advises the KwaZuluNatal legislature community of the passing away of Mr Important S Mkhize who served as a Member of the legislature during the Fifth Term.

Mr Mkhize served in various legislature committees, and he was the Chairperson of the Human Settlements Portfolio Committee. He will be remembered profoundly as one of the stalwarts that played a key role in the attainment of freedoms that we enjoy in South Africa today.

Our heartfelt condolences go to the Mkhize family, friends and his political organisation, the African National Congress at this sad time. May we remember them in our thoughts and prayers. Honourable Members will be informed of any further update in this regard as and when they become available.

Yours Faithfully
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HON. N.N. BOYCE
SPEAKER: KWAZULU-NATAL LEGISLATURE

The KwaZulu-Natal Legislature hosts the 2023 Civic Voter Education Campaign on 30 August 2023 at Dr JL Dube Stadium in Inanda and Bridge City Taxi Rank in KwaMashu.

The focus of the programme is to address the reported lower voter turnout over the past elections as well as to encourage voter registration and to create awareness around the 2024 National General Elections and to encourage and facilitate the applications for new Identity documents and collection of the still uncollected IDs.

The programme is being delivered in partnership with strategic partners i.e. the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and Department of Home Affairs (DHA).

(i)   The IEC will support both teams and will be focusing mainly on voter education, voter registration and checking as well as updating of details on the voter’s roll

(ii)  The Department of Home Affairs whose main role is the identity document drive (application for new IDs and issuing of uncollected IDs to applicants) will have 3 mobile units per venue each to process the ID applications for new applicants and those that have had their IDs damaged.

(iii) There will also be SAPS to ensure that those that need to do affidavits are supported at each site.

10 August 2023

Media Advisory

KwaZulu-Natal Legislature’s Public Works Portfolio Committee will be conducting Public Hearings at Sibusisiwe Hall in Mandeni tomorrow, 11th August 2023. Public Hearings will commence at 10am and end at 13:00pm

The purpose of the Expropriation Bill [B23B-2020] is to clearly outline how expropriation can be done and on what basis.

The Presidential Advisory Panel Report determined that the 1975 Expropriation Act was inconsistent with the Constitution, and that it “undermines the constitutionally enshrined principles of lawful, procedurally fair and reasonable administrative justice”.

The Bill was rejected in 2021 and reprised in 2022, starting with Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure. That committee’s task was to consider all public inputs on the amendments of the Act for the National Assembly to pass the Bill.

The National Assembly passed the bill in September 2022. From there, the bill was passed on to the National Council of Provinces, which has reopened the proposed laws for public comment.

It is this process which is taking place in KwaZulu-Natal and will end this coming Saturday on the 12th of August.

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Issued by KZN Legislature Communications Unit
For more information please contact Wonder Hlongwa at 0829083532

Tuesday, 8 August 2023

KwaMashu Sports Centre

eThekwini Municipality

Theme: “Accelerating Socio-Economic Opportunities for Women’s Empowerment”
 
Programme Director:

Hon. P Mbatha-Cele MPL;

Chairperson: Standing Committee on Quality of Life

09h55 – 10h00

Announcement of the official start of the program and calling people into order before singing of the National Anthem
 
Hon. P Mbatha-Cele

12h10 – 13h00

Question and Answer Session

All
 
Women Parliament Dialogue

13h00 – 14h30

Women Dialogue

ACDP : 3mins

ATM : 3mins

MF : 3mins

NFP : 3 mins

EFF : 9 mins

DAWN : 12 mins

IFPWB : 15 mins

ANCWL : 42 mins

14h30 – 14h40

Presentation of 2023 Women Parliament Resolutions

14h40 – 14h50

Vote of Thanks

Hon. H Mavimbela

Chairperson of Chairpersons of Committees

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