Parliament, Wednesday, 05 June 2024 – The Secretary to Parliament, Mr Xolile George, will receive the list of designated Members of the National Assembly (NA) from the Chief Justice at an official handover ceremony at the Constitutional Court on Thursday, 06 June 2024.
It is an established practice in South Africa that after the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) announces the results of the National and Provincial elections, the IEC hands over the lists of members designated to be sworn in by the NA during its first sitting.
In line with this practice, Chief Justice Raymond Zondo will tomorrow, 06 June 2024, officially receive from the Chairperson of the IEC the lists of designated members of the NA and the provincial legislatures.
The Chief Justice will hand over the NA list to the Secretary to Parliament in preparation for the first sitting of the NA and hand over the lists of members designated to the nine provincial legislatures to the designated Judges President who will preside over the first sitting of the respective legislatures. The Judges President will transmit the lists to the secretaries to the nine provincial legislatures to assist them with preparations for their first sittings.
The process of constituting the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) differs from that of the NA as the NCOP remains competent until immediately before the first sitting of the provincial legislatures. The list of new members to be delegated to the NCOP will be determined at the first sitting of each provincial legislature – with each of the nine provinces eligible to delegate 10 members (six permanent and four special delegates) to the NCOP. The first sitting of the legislatures will be scheduled on the same day as the first sitting of the NA. The first sitting of the NCOP is expected to be a day after the first sitting of the NA.
DETAILS OF THE HANDOVER CEREMONY:
Date: Thursday, 06 June 2024
Time: 14h00
Venue: Constitutional Court, Braamfontein
