Oath of office 7 6 reminds MPs 8 Smaller parties of their duty to all NA and NCOP promise tough South Africans, will put the oversight in says Chief Justice people first 6th Parliament Mogoeng Vol. 01 Official Newspaper of the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa Issue 03 2019 The Speaker of the NA, Ms Thandi Modise (left), President Cyril Ramaphosa, the first lady Tshepo Motsepe and the Chairperson of the NCOP, Mr Amos Masondo (far right) on the steps of the NA. Seven priorities to drive the National Development Plan – President Ramaphosa President Cyril social cohesion and safe of the national effort, to make communities, a capable, ethical it alive, to make it part of the Ramaphosa told and developmental state, a lived experience of the South the nation that his better Africa and world. African people. government will focus on seven priorities, He said all the government “As South Africa enters the programmes and policies next 25 years of democracy, writes Zizipho Klaas. across all departments and and in pursuit of the objectives agencies will be directed in of the NDP, let us proclaim a The priorities are, economic pursuit of these overarching bold and ambitious goal, a transformation and job tasks. unifying purpose, to which we creation, education, skills and dedicate all our resources and health, consolidating the social At the same time, President energies,” he stressed. wage through reliable and Ramaphosa said the quality basic services, spatial government must restore the Within the priorities of this integration, human settlements National Development Plan administration, President and local government, (NDP) to its place at the centre Ramaphosa said 2 The Khoisan praise singer praises President Ramaphosa. PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA www.parliament.gov.za parliamentofrsa 2 INSESSION NEWS they must agree on five fundamental goals for the next decade. “Let us agree, as a nation and as a people united in our aspirations, that within the next 10 years we will have made progress in tackling poverty, inequality and unemployment, where no person in South Africa will go hungry, where the economy will grow at a much faster rate than our population, two million more young people will be in employment, schools will have better educational outcomes and every 10 year old will be able to read for meaning and where violent crime will be halved”. He said while the African National Congress’s government has made great progress in providing housing, many South Africans still need He said his government must the administration of the NHI threat, which includes Ramaphosa early reading land to build homes and earn urgently improve the quality Fund. increasing the number of is the basic foundation livelihoods. In the next five of the health system, and people on treatment by at that determines a child’s years, he said his government finalise the Presidential Health “We want a South Africa with least another 2 million by educational progress, through will accelerate the provision of Summit Compact, which a high-tech economy where December 2020. On education school, through higher well-located housing and land draws on the insights and will advances in e-health, robotics President Ramaphosa education and into the work to poor South Africans. mobilise the capabilities of all and remote medicine are reiterated the call he made place. “All other interventions – from the work being done President Ramaphosa delivered to improve the quality of basic the first State of the Nation education to the provision of Address in the sixth Parliament free higher education for the on 20 June 2019. poor, from our investment in TVET colleges to the expansion On health, he said to improve of workplace learning – will the quality of life of South not produce the results we Africans, to reduce poverty need unless we first ensure in all its dimensions and to that children can read” said strengthen the South African President Ramaphosa. economy, his government will attend to the health of the He said it is through initiatives South African people. To do so like the National Reading the government must attend Coalition that they as to the capacity of South African government will be able to hospitals and clinics. coordinate this national effort. He said the time to tell people “All foundation and at hospitals and clinics to go intermediate phase teachers home because there is no are to be trained to teach doctor or no medication is over. reading in English and the African languages, and we “An 80-year-old grandmother key stakeholders to address applied as we roll out the in his February State of the are training and deploying a cannot spend an entire day the crisis facing South African National Health Insurance” said Nation Address for early child cohort of experienced coaches in a queue waiting for her clinics and hospitals. President Ramaphosa. reading to ensure educational to provide high quality on-site medication. progress of a child. support to teachers” he said. On the National Health On HIV/AIDS he said concerns “An ill patient cannot be Insurance (NHI) he said that remain about rising HIV President Ramaphosa said if President Ramaphosa said the turned away because there government is far advanced infections rates, particularly South Africa wants to ensure government is implementing is a shortage of doctors and in revising its detailed plan among young women, and the that within the next decade, the Early Grade Reading nurses. A woman in labour of implementation, including relatively low numbers of men every 10 year old child will Programme, which consists cannot have her unborn child’s accelerating quality of care testing for HIV and starting be able to read for meaning, of an integrated package of life put in danger because the initiatives in public facilities, treatment. the entire nation must be lesson plans, additional reading ambulance has taken too long building human resource mobilised behind a massive materials and professional to come” reiterated President capacity, establishment of the He committed his government reading campaign. support to Foundation Phase Ramaphosa. NHI Fund structure, and costing to end HIV as a public health According to President teachers. SIXTH PARLIAMENT 3 6th Parliament begins – new Presiding Officers elected There are 14 political parties in after the establishment of the The NCOP elected Mr Jomo Chief Justice Mogoeng Editor the NA in the sixth Parliament. sixth Parliament, the NA and Nyambi as House Chairperson Brent Simons Mogoeng, who the NCOP elected the House for Committees; Ms Winnie presided over the They are the African National Chairpersons. Ngwenya as House Chairperson Production editor Mava Lukani establishment of the Congress, Democratic Alliance, for Oversight and Institutional Economic Freedom Fighters, The House Chairpersons for Support; and Mr Edward Joyisile Design and layout National Assembly Vishaal Lalla Inkatha Freedom Party, NA are Mr Cedric Frolick, Njandu as the National Council (NA) and the National Freedom Front Plus (FF+), Ms Mmatlala Boroto and Mr of Provinces’ Programming Copy editors Council of Provinces African Christian Democratic Madala Ntombela. Whip. Jane Henshall, Vusumzi Nobadula (NCOP) in May this Party (ACDP), National Writers Freedom Party (NFP), African Mava Lukani, Sakhile Mokoena, year, extended the Abel Mputing, Malatswa Molepo, Independent Congress (AIC), Rajaa Azzakani, moment of silent African Transformation Vuyani Xabendlini, Zizipho Klaas Movement (ATM), Congress prayer and meditation Photography to three minutes, of the People (Cope), United Mlandeli Puzi, Democratic Movement (UDM), Zwelethemba Kostile reports Mava Lukani. GOOD Party, Pan Africanist Distribution & subscriptions Congress (PAC) and Al Jama-ah. Jacqueline Zils He emphasised the importance of prayer or meditation at Publisher Ms Thandi Modise was elected Parliament of the Republic of a time when South Africa as the Speaker of the NA and South Africa is facing many challenges. Mr Lechesa Tsenoli as the “This is not a meaningless Printer Deputy Speaker of the NA. 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EDITORIAL ENQUIRIES of men, women and young Telephone 021 403 8738 people. Fax 021 403 8096 In a jovial mood, leaders of E-mail all the 14 political parties [email protected] The youngest among them represented in the NA Subscriptions at 20 years of age is Mr [email protected] expressed congratulatory Post Itumeleng Ntsube a delegate messages to Mr Ramaphosa on PO Box 15, Cape Town, 8000 to the NCOP representing Free behalf of their parties. State Province, Ms Naledi OUR IDEALS Vision Chirwa of the Economic The Leader of the new GOOD An activist and responsive Freedom Fighters (EFF), Mr people’s Parliament Party, Ms Patricia de Lille who that improves the quality of life Sibongiseni Ngcobo of the is not new to the NA and who of South Africans and ensures Democratic Alliance (DA) and enduring equality in our was among the members of Nompendulo Mkhatshwa of society.