KWAZULU-NATAL LEGISLATURE HOLDS ITS FIRST SITTING OF THE 7TH TERM TO ELECT SPEAKER, DEPUTY SPEAKER, AND PREMIER

12 June 2024
Media Advisory

KWAZULU-NATAL LEGISLATURE HOLDS ITS FIRST SITTING OF THE 7TH TERM TO ELECT SPEAKER, DEPUTY SPEAKER, AND PREMIER

The Judge President of the KwaZulu-Natal High Court, Thoba Poyo-Dlwati, will preside over a Legislature House Sitting wherein there will be swearing-in of Members of the 7th Term of KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, who will either be taking an oath or making an affirmation of their loyalty to the Constitution before they become Members of the Legislature.

The House Sitting is scheduled as follows:

Date: 14 June 2024
Time: 10h00
Venue: Legislature Chamber, Pietermaritzburg

This sitting will be followed by a nomination and election of the Speaker; Deputy Speaker; Premier, and Chief Whip of the House. They will then be sworn in as required by Section 107 read with Section 111(1), Section 128(2) and Section 129 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.

The new Speaker will then take the chair and preside over the remaining period of the Sitting.

The House Sitting will also nominate the Permanent Delegates to the National Council of Provinces who will be representing KwaZulu-Natal Province in the NCOP in Cape Town.

Members of the media will be given an opportunity to take photographs inside the House once the Speaker has taken the Chair. After the Sitting, the media will also have an opportunity to interact with the newly elected Speaker, Premier and MPLs including leaders of political parties represented in the Legislature.

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Issued by the KZN Legislature Communications Unit

For more information contact:
Sina Nxumalo at 0829060449, Nomusa Phungula at 0718510085 or Wonder Hlongwa at 0829083532