Overview

• President Cyril Ramaphosa is due before the National Council of Provinces to answer pre-submitted questions on service delivery, industrial recovery, corruption, rail restoration timelines and South Africa’s Gaza position.
• Lawmakers plan to probe national oversight of failing municipal services, with focus on water supply problems, rising debts to Eskom and water boards, and conditions in Cape Town’s informal settlements.
• Questions on accountability will reference recent testimony before the Madlanga Commission and parliament’s ad hoc committee into police corruption, which heard claims involving businessmen, police and officials.
• Concerns about job losses will feature in queries on reviving textiles, manufacturing, automotive and agricultural sectors, citing Coca-Cola’s warning of potential retrenchments and Goodyear’s Kariega plant closure.
• Infrastructure scrutiny will include rail recovery timelines alongside recent moves by Transnet to open freight routes to private operators and Prasa’s R21 billion capex, 300th new train delivery and 600-train target by 2035.