The National Assembly will hold a physical sitting at the Cape Town City Hall on September 11.
The suspended public protector, whose seven-year non-renewable term ends in October, was found In a programming committee meeting on Thursday, Secretary to the National Assembly, Masibulele Xaso told MPs that 11 September has been selected as the day to debate and vote on both Mkhwebane’s impeachment and Gcaleka’s confirmation.ANC MP Pemmy Majodina indicated that both matters had been discussed in the chief whips’ forum on Wednesday and the majority of parties had agreed on the date.
Majodina said parties had also agreed that the votes on the day would be done through a roll call system like in previous sittings.National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said that Mkhwebane’s removal would be the first item on the agenda.
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