The Speakers’ Forum

of South Africa is

hosting a two-day

Legacy Summit

from the 28th to

the 29th of November this year at

Parliament. The Speakers’ Forum

is hosting the summit under the

auspices of the South African

Legislative Sector (Sals).

The objectives of the summit include

defining the legacy of the legislative

sector for the fifth parliamentary term and

celebrating its successes, identifying key

priorities and asserting recommendations

on the transformational role of the Sals

towards achieving the country’s strategy

for consideration by the sixth Parliament.

The summit will also create an

opportunity for engagement aimed

at strengthening the development of

the legislative sector, its relations and

partnerships through shared learning and

the production of knowledge.

The summit forms part of a larger

Speakers’ Forum legacy project aimed

at documenting and highlighting the

work and achievements of the legislative

sector, with a specific focus on the fifth

parliamentary term, which runs from

2014 to 2019.

The Speakers’ Forum legacy project report

is aimed at laying a solid foundation,

to serve as a reference and guide for

the incoming leadership of the sixth

parliamentary term. It also aims to

equip the incoming legislators in the

sixth Parliament as comprehensively as

possible for their role in the parliamentary

environment and as guardians of our

democracy.

In addition, the 2018 Legacy Summit

will discuss and review developments in

the legislative sector over the past five

years, and advise on its future direction,

considering developments locally and on

the continent and globally, against the

backdrop of the beginnings of the Fourth

Defining the legacy of the fifth Parliament’s legislative sector

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Welcome

In partnership with the European Union

Legacy Summitof the South African Legislative Sector

28-29 November 2018Cape Town, South Africa

Industrial Revolution. This platform for

strategic engagement is set in the context

of the Nelson Mandela and Albertina

Sisulu centenary celebrations and the

upcoming celebration of 25 years of

democracy in South Africa.

As outlined in Chapter 4 of the

Constitution, the legislative authority,

as the direct representatives of the

people, have a critical role to play in

scrutinising and overseeing executive

action and spurring the entire state

machinery towards the aspirations of a

developmental state as outlined in the

National Development Plan (NDP).

Such legacy dialogue should work towards

enhancing cooperative government

and finding more synergy and cohesion

in order to achieve the vision of the

legislative sector, while strengthening

the sector as an arm of the state. The

legislative sector is the main guardian

of democracy, with a vital role of

safeguarding and deepening democracy.

The critical nature and key focus of

this role should find expression in the

deliberations at the summit.

Therefore, the Legacy Summit will

serve as the culmination of the sector’s

achievements and successes for the fifth

parliamentary term, focusing on key

legacy issues and matters for handover

to and attention of the leadership of the

sixth Parliament.

The keynote address at the summit will

be supplemented by a perspective, by

means of a presentation in a plenary

session, which will consider the trends

and implications for Parliament to

consider for the coming the Fourth

Industrial Revolution. This presentation

seeks to raise and create an awareness

about the implications, then consider

South Africa’s state of readiness and the

role of Parliament and the legislatures in

terms of policy provision.

Among the issues to be debated in

panel discussions, include strengthened

oversight over the executive to ensure

the implementation of the NDP; radical

economic transformation, improved

service delivery; enhanced public

involvement to deepen and entrench

people-centred democracy; and enhanced

law-making to improve the achievement

of state policy outcomes.

The High Level Panel (HLP) on the

Assessment of Key Legislation and the

Acceleration of Fundamental Change will

also form part of the discussions.

The panel discussions at the summit are

designed to bring to the fore perspectives

from the South African legislative sector

and further afield, as well as the other

arms of state and organs of civil society. In

preparation for the summit deliberations,

the provincial and national legislatures

are expected to share at the summit

their legacies from the fifth Parliament –

either as part of a panel or from the floor.

Delegates will then recommend the way

forward for consideration by the sixth

Parliament.

Group photograph of the Legislative Sector leadership.

Ms Baleka Mbete, Speaker of the National Assembly, Parliament of RSA

Ms Thandi Modise, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Parliament of RSA

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10:00 – 10:15 Welcome and Opening Address Hon T R Modise Chairperson: National Council of Provinces

10:15 – 11:00 Reflections on Legislative Sector developments in the Fifth Parliamentary Term

Hon B MbeteSpeaker: National Assembly

11:00 – 12:30 Reflections on governance in Legislative Sector environments

Mr B Rey Head of Cooperation: European Union Delegation to South Africa

Hon N KivietSpeaker: Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature

12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH

Session 2 Chairperson: Hon N Mekgwe

(Speaker: Gauteng Provincial Legislature)

TIME ITEM PRESENTER

13:30 – 14:30 Reflections on governance and partnerships in Legislative Sector environments (continued)

Ms N Bekele-Thomas United Nations Resident Coordinator

15:00 – 15:30 TEA14:30 – 16:30 The ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution or First Digital Revolution’

– implications for Parliament and Provincial Legislatures - Prof M Bruton Mike Bruton Imagineering

Hon M Kubayi-Ngubane Minister of Science and Technology

16:30 – 16:45 Closing remarks Day 1 Hon V Siwela Speaker: Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature

17:00 Legacy Summit group photo 17:30 Welcome Reception, Parliament

PROGRAMME 2018 SALS LEGACY SUMMIT

PRESENTED BY THE SPEAKERS’ FORUM SA ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN LEGISLATIVE SECTOR

28-29 NOVEMBER 2018

GOOD HOPE CHAMBER, RSA PARLIAMENT, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

DAY 1 – WEDNESDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 2018Programme Director: Hon S L Tsenoli

(Deputy Speaker: National Assembly)

In partnership with the European Union

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E-mail: salegislativesector@parliament.gov.za

Postal address: P O Box 15, Cape Town, 8000, RSA

RSA Parliament, 120 Plein Street, Cape Town

DAY 2 – THURSDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2018Session 1 Chairperson: Hon P Boshielo

(Speaker: Limpopo Provincial Legislature)

TIME ITEM PRESENTER

09:00 – 09:15 Opening remarks Hon S DantjieSpeaker: North West Provincial Legislature

09:15 – 10:45 Enhanced oversight implementation of the national devel-opment plan, radical economic transformation and im-proved service delivery

Gauteng Provincial Legislature

Dr K Brugge Legislative Sector Consultant

10:45 – 11:15 TEA

Session 2 Chairperson: Hon M Qoboshiyane

(Deputy Speaker: Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature)

TIME ITEM PRESENTER

11:15 – 13:00 Enhanced public involvement to deepen and entrench people-centred democracy

Hon L Johnson Speaker: KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature

Prof I Sarakinsky School of Governance, WITS University

13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH

Session 3 Chairperson: Hon L Masoga

(Deputy Speaker: Limpopo Provincial Legislature)

TIME ITEM PRESENTER

14:00 – 15:45 Enhanced Law-making to realise State Policy Outcomes: Re-flections on the recommendations of the High Level Panel (HLP) on the Assessment of Key Legislation and the Acceleration of Fundamental Change

Mr T Tshefuta, Member: of the High Level Panel on the Assessment of Key Legislation

Hon C Frolick, House Chairperson: National Assembly

Prof Ruth Hall Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)

Session 4 Chairperson: Hon S Mbalo

(Deputy Speaker: Free State Provincial Legislature)

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15:45 – 16:15 Overview of Summit and Recommendations16:15 – 16:30 Way forward and Closing remarks Hon B Mbete

Speaker: National Assembly