CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PREMIER OF THE PROVINCE OF KWAZULU-NATAL, HONOURABLE MR A.T. NTULI

On behalf of the KwaZulu Natal Legislature, let me take this opportunity to congratulate you on your inauguration as Premier of KwaZulu-Natal. As the Speaker of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature I salute you on this historic day.

I was humbled to have witnessed your inauguration this morning and subsequently; the appointment of Members of the Executive Council set out below: –
a) Economic development – Musa Zondi (IFP)
b) Cogta – Thulasizwe Buthelezi (IFP)
c) Health – Nomagugu Simelane (ANC)
d) Social Development – Mbali Shinga (NFP)
e) Public Works – Lucas Meyer (DA)
f) Finance – Francois Rogers (DA)
g) Agriculture – Thembeni Madlopha Mthethwa (IFP)
h) Transport and human settlements – Siboniso Duma (ANC)
i) Education – Sipho Hlomuka (ANC)
j) Sports, Arts and Culture – Mntomuhle Khawula (IFP).

I send my heartfelt congratulations to each individual MEC, particularly Honourable MEC for Public Works Lucas Meyer, a renowned activist for the LGBTQIA+ community. I regard this appointment as a practical demonstration of your commitment to hitherto vulnerable groups in our society. This indeed signals a new beginning of unity and inclusivity for the people of our Province. It can only bode well for accountable government, peace, prosperity and accelerated service delivery.

I am further mindful that your inauguration coincides with 30 years of democratic dispensation, and it is equally apt that you have been tasked with a crucial responsibility of leading our government of Provincial Unity.

I am humbled that all the arms of State are properly constituted in our province following the swearing in of all Members of the Legislature on Friday, 14th June, and your inauguration on 18th June supported by our independent judiciary under the leadership of the Judge President of the KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court Judge Thoba Portia Poyo-Dlwati, who has carried her constitutional duties leading to and up to your inauguration with due diligence.
ISISHAYAMTHETHO SAKWAZULU-NATAL
KWAZULU-NATAL LEGISLATURE
KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINSIALE WETGEWER

As the KZN Legislature, we stand ready to work with you, Premier and the entire executive council in promoting peace and stability in our province whilst upholding our constitutional mandate of robust oversight, effective law-making and participatory democracy.
I am confident that under your leadership, our provincial government is destined to reach even greater heights.
With warmest personal regards.
Hon N.N Boyce
KwaZulu-Natal Legislature Speaker

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

On Tuesday, 11 June 2024 the Returning Officer and three Assistant Returning Officers were sworn in by Judge President Thoba Portia Poyo-Dlwati of the High Court of KwaZulu-Natal, in her Chambers. The Swearing in of the Returning Officer and Assistants precedes the commencement of the First Sitting of the Seventh Democratic KwaZulu-Natal Legislature scheduled to take place on Friday, 14 June 2024 at 10H00 in the Main Chamber of the Legislature precincts in Pietermaritzburg.

At this first Sitting, all Members will be Sworn-In which will be followed by the Election of the Speaker, presided over by Judge President Thoba Portia Poyo-Dlwati. The duly elected Speaker then presides over the election of the Deputy Speaker, which is followed by the Election of the Premier, presided over by the Judge President.

The swearing in of Members, the election of the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker and the KZN Premier is followed by other procedural matters like the “Adoption of the Standing Rules”, the “Appointment of Permanent Delegates to the National Council of Provinces” and a Conferral of mandate on NCOP Delegation to nominate and/or vote for the Chairperson and Deputy Chairpersons of the National Council of Provinces before the Sitting is adjourned.

KWAZULU-NATAL LEGISLATURE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRANSHOPE TO HOST INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA, BIPHOBIA,TRANSPHOBIA AND ALL PHOBIAS

The KwaZulu-Natal Legislature in partnership with Trans Hope under the Speaker’s Social Responsibility will host the International Day Against Homophobia Biphobia Transphobia and all Phobias awareness campaign.
The awareness campaign is to be held as follows:
Date: Friday, 17 May 20234
Time: 09h00
Venue: Umlazi Q Hall, eThekwini Metro

The International Day Against Homophobia Biphobia Transphobia and all Phobias awareness campaign will be convened under the theme: “Right to Identity”.
IDAHOBIT is an awareness campaign on secondary victimization of Trans and gender diverse individuals within the government institutions. Providing a lived experiences and impact on Trans bodies after being faced with discrimination. This shall insure engagement and provide resolutions on how to ensure government staff are trained on Sexual Orientation Gender Identity Expression and Sexual Characteristics SOGIECS.
Members of the media are invited to attend and report on the event

For more information contact:
Nomusa Phungula
Office of the Speaker Spokesperson / Media Liaison
071 851 0085

Thabiso Marillier
Programmers Manage for Trans Hope 069 350 9298

ADDRESS BY ZULU KING MISUZULU KA ZWELITHINI TO THE KZN LEGISLATURE STATE OF THE PROVINCE ADDRESS BY PREMIER HON NOMUSA DUBE-NCUBE

Zulu King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini will address the KZN Legislature on Tuesday the 27^th of February at the Oval Cricket stadium in Pietermaritzburg. The King’s address is in terms of the Legislature Rules (Standing Rule 10 (1) (a).

The King’s address will be followed by the State of the Province Address (SOPA) which will be delivered by provincial Premier Honourable Nomusa Dube-Ncube on Wednesday the 28^th of February. The Premier’s address is per Standing Rule 10 (1) (b) of the legislature rules.

Both events will start at 11am, however MPLs, guests and members of the media are expected to be seated by 10am. 

All vehicles entering the Oval Cricket Ground will need to be searched by the SAPS Explosives Unit. This process is as per the Explosives Act, No. 15 of 2003 and has to take place at least 100m away from the venue.

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For more information please contact Mr Sina Nxumalo at 082 906 0449 

TAKING LEGISLATURE TO THE PEOPLE PROGRAMME UNDERWAY AT UGU SPORTS AND LEISURE CENTRE IN RAY NKONYENI MUNICIPALITY UNDER UGU DISTRICT

KZN Legislature is holding a two day-sitting from 02 to 03 November at Ugu Sports and Leisure Centre in Ray Nkonyeni Municipality as part of its annual public participation programme of Taking Legislature to the People. The programme which is being attended by Members of the Legislature (MPLs), Members of the Executive Council (MECs), Provincial Government Departments, Councilors, Amakhosi and community members.

The Multiparty Delegation Visits in Ugu District Report was tabled on the first day of the TLTP and members of the public were given an opportunity to engage with MECs on service delivery issues raised in the report and were provided with responses on the departmental plans to address them.

On the second day of the TLTP, the Legislature is holding a sitting to debate the Multiparty report which will be adopted for implementation by the provincial government to accelerate service delivery to communities of Ugu District.

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DATE: 01 NOVEMBER 2023

KZN LEGISLATURE TO HOLD A TWO DAY SITTING IN UGU DISTRICT AS PART OF ITS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME OF TAKING LEGISLATURE TO THE PEOPLE

KwaZulu-Natal Legislature will, on the 2nd and 3rd November 2023, hold a two-day sitting at Ugu Sports and Leisure Centre near Gamalakhe in Ray Nkonyeni Municipality under Ugu District, as part of its annual public participation programme of Taking Legislature to the People.

In the year 2023, Ugu District was identified as the recipient district for the Multiparty Oversight Visits and the Taking Legislature to the People programme. In June, multiparty delegations of Members of the Legislature, held community engagement meetings in all local municipalities under Ugu District Municipality, focusing on the levels and state of service delivery and related issues, and conducted oversight visits to identified projects and fact-finding mission to service delivery institutions that were identified for verifications in all 4 local municipalities.

During the community meetings, community members were provided with an opportunity to raise various issues of service delivery affecting their communities which needed urgent government intervention. The programme aims to resolve issues raised by communities by referring them to the provincial government for immediate response and action. In this respect, a comprehensive report on the Multiparty Oversight Visits in Ugu District has been compiled and will be presented to communities on the first day of the Taking Legislature to the People Programme at Ugu Sports and Leisure Centre on 02 November 2023. The Legislature will debate the report in its sitting on the following day.

The 2023 Multiparty and Taking Legislature to the People (TLTP) in Ugu District, focuses primarily on “tracking the progress on the implementation of the National Development Plan (NDP) and KZN development strategy known as the Provincial Growth and Development Plan (PGDP) in Ugu District.

The programme will also provide the Legislature will an opportunity to give feedback on the state of service delivery projects previously visited in 2019 and issues raised by communities when the Legislature conducted the same programme in the district.

The media is invited to the Taking Legislature to the People in Ugu District.

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Issued by

Communications Unit
Sina Nxumalo
Communications Manager
082 9060449
Nomusa Phungula
Media Liaison Officer
071 851 0085

KWAZULU-NATAL LEGISLATURE MOURNS THE PASSING OF FORMER MPL MS INA CRONJE

KwaZulu-Natal Legislature has learned with shock and sadness of the passing on of its former Member who was also an MEC for Education and later Finance, Ms Catharina Magdalena “Ina” Cronje.

Paying tribute, Speaker of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, Nontembeko Boyce said the Legislature mourns the passing of Cronje and that her untimely passing was a great loss.

“We are saddened by the news of the passing on of Ms Catharina Magdalena “Ina” Cronje. We extend our deepest and heartfelt condolences to her family, friends and political home; the African National Congress. We pray that God gives them strength during this time of grief,” said Boyce.

Cronje, a lawyer by training and former teacher represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the Provincial Legislature from 1994 until she retired from politics in 2014.

She was principled, hard-working and always worked to provide solutions to challenges faced by communities throughout the province.

“On behalf of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature, we appreciate and are thankful for the life-time of service given by Ms Catharina Magdalena “Ina” Cronje, a dedicated and humble servant of the Province of KwaZulu-Natal” said Boyce

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ISSUED BY KZN LEGISLATURE

The office of the Auditor General has praised the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature for the manner it handles the public purse which has seen the institution accomplishing three consecutive clean audits.

Briefing Members of the legislature on audit outcomes today, the Auditor General (AG) Ms Tsakane Maluleke described the legislature’s three consecutive clean audits as a sterling work and urged the institution to sustain the good work. The AG’s office also presented the legislature with a prestigious trophy to the Speaker Hon Nontembeko Boyce as recognition of excellence.

Commenting on the audit outcomes, Boyce said the clean audit had been achieved because the institution’s officials had heeded the call for the legislature to lead by example. The institution’s Standing Committee on Oversight (Stacov) had also excelled by constantly maintaining oversight of the financial management of the legislature, Boyce added.

As an institution that is responsible for keeping a watchful eye on how government departments handled public finances, it was fundamentally important for the legislature to also  lead by example, she said.

“When we began the sixth administration four years ago, we sat with our management and emphasized that it was fundamentally important for them to exercise vigilance to ensure good governance standards were adhered to. The political leadership did not only make a clarion for management to ensure that it handled the public purse with care and implements legislature programmes effectively, but it also ensured that it worked closely with management to ensure that our vision was implemented to the teeth,” added Boyce.

She thanked the Office of the Auditor General for its continued support and guidance which made it possible for the legislature to achieve its set targets. “The AG has urged us to sustain the legislature’s clean bill of health which encourages us to work even harder. Our target is to achieve the fourth clean audit for the year 2023/24, closing our term on positive upward trajectory.”

ISSUED BY THE KWAZULU-NATAL LEGISLATURE

Enquiries: Ms Nomusa Phungula