On Tuesday, President Ramaphosa will host German chancellor Olaf Scholz on an official visit to the Union Buildings. 

 

ON WEDNESDAY, The National Assembly will consider a motion recommending Mr Xolile George for the position of Secretary to Parliament. 

 

Once endorsed by both Houses of Parliament, the National Assembly(NA)  and the National Council Of Provinces (NCOP), Mr George will assume his duties as Parliament’s new Accounting Officer on 01 June 2022 – on a five-year contract. 

 

At the same plenary sitting, the NA will also debate Africa Day under the theme: “Africa Month – Strengthening resilience and sustainability in nutrition and food security on the African continent”. 

 

Still, on Wednesday, Johannesburg MMC for finance  Julie Suddaby will deliver her budget speech in the council chamber in Braamfontein. 

 Trade Union movement, COSATU will convene its three-day central executive committee meeting from Monday to Wednesday to discuss organisational, political and socio-economic issues affecting workers. A media press conference will be held on Thursday to communicate the outcome of the meeting. 

 
 Parliament will hold the Women’s Charter for Accelerated Development Report Back Sessions in Limpopo on Friday. In the past two years, Parliament embarked on a nationwide provincial Women’s Charter Review session that took stock of the progress made in implementing the 1994 Women’s Charter and assessed its impact since the country’s advent of freedom and democracy.