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Sitting [No. 19/2025] of the Second Session of the Seventh KZN Legislature, Thursday, 25 September 2025

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THURSDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 2025


HYBRID SITTING: 09H00





1. Silent prayer or meditation.

2. Obituaries and other ceremonial matters.

3. Announcements by the Speaker.

4. Announcements or Reports by the Premier.

5. Tabling of Reports or Papers.

6. Formal motions and notices by the Chief Whip.

7. Notices of Bills and Motions as per Standing Rule 106.

8. Questions to the Premier on Matters of Provincial Importance in terms of Rule 120 of the Standing Rules of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature as per Standing Rule 120.

9. Orders of the day:

9.1 Debate in commemoration of September as a Heritage month;
9.2 Debate and Voting on the Reports of the Portfolio Committee on Finance and Standing Committee on Oversight on the 2024/2025 Unaudited Closeout Budget Performance Hearings;

9.3 Debate and Voting on the Reports of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Standing Committee on Oversight on the Authorisation of Unauthorised Expenditure for 2022/2023 and Authorisation of Unauthorised Expenditure for 2023/2024 respectively;

9.4 Report by the MEC for Education on Vote 5 departmental performance against their Annual Performance Plans in line with the prescripts of the Legislature’s Standing Rule 113(1);

9.5 Report by the MEC for Finance on Vote 6 departmental performance against their Annual Performance Plans in line with the prescripts of the Legislature’s Standing Rule 113(1);

9.6 Debate on the following 1st DA Party Motion:

On 05 June 2025, hon HS Lidgett of the DA moved as follows:

Noting that:

June is Youth Month, celebrated annually, to honour young South Africans in the 1976 Soweto Uprising; many youth in KwaZulu-Natal remain excluded from opportunities, jeopardizing their emancipation.

The Quarterly Labour Force Survey shows youth unemployment in KZN rose from 44,6% in Q4 2024 to 46,1% in Q1 2025.



Resolves:

• MEC for EDTEA to present a report on the impact of the KZN Youth Empowerment Fund;

• Premier to present a report on KZN’s implementation of the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative and supporting resources;

• Premier to convene a task team (EDTEA, Education, Public Works, Agriculture) to fast-track youth employment initiatives.

9.7 Report by the MEC for Health on Vote 7 departmental performance against their Annual Performance Plans in line with the prescripts of the Legislature’s Standing Rule 113(1); and

9.8 Report by the MEC for Transport and Human Settlements on Vote 8 departmental performance against their Annual Performance Plans in line with the prescripts of the Legislature’s Standing Rule 113(1).


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