CAPE TOWN - As the wait for President Cyril Ramaphosa to announce his multi-party Cabinet continues, Parliament is ready to get to work.
On Tuesday, 58 members of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party, who boycotted the first sitting of the National Assembly earlier this month, will be sworn in to complete the house.Without a cabinet, parliament is unable to establish oversight committees that will monitor the work of the executive.New presiding officers will convene separate rules meetings to determine the formula for party whips whose job it is to maintain discipline and how speaking time will be allocated to all parties during debates.
This week, the National Council of Provinces will also be convening to elect a permanent deputy chairperson of the house, a position which could for the first time, be awarded to another party, other than the ANC.