2012 - As agreed to by the Joint Programme Committee on 3 November 2011
FIRST TERM
16 January - 23 March
- 3 - 6 January: Leave period
- 9 - 13 January: Constituency period
- 17 January - 27 January: Committees / Oversight
- 17 - 20 January: NCOP strategic planning week
- 31 January - 3 February: Member's training
- 7 - 8 February: Committees
- 9 February: President's State-of-the-Nation Address (Joint sitting)
- 14 - 15 February: Debate on President's State-of-the-Nation Address
- 16 February: Reply by the President on the State-of-the-Nation Address
- 22 February: Budget speech (NA) (including tabling of Fiscal Framework, Appropriation Bill and Division of Revenue Bill)
- 14 February - 16 March: Plenaries / Committees
- 27 February - 9 March: Departmental strategic plan briefings to NCOP committees
- 6 March: NA debate on Fiscal Framework
- 7 March: Tabling of departmental strategic plans
- 8 March: NA plenary on Division of Revenue Bill
- 12 - 16 March: Taking Parliament to the people (NCOP)
- 31 March: NCOP plenary on Division of Revenue Bill
- 20 March - 5 April: Constituency period
SECOND TERM
9 April - 22 June
- 10 - 13 April: Constituency period
- 17 - 20 April: Committees (NA - preparation for EPCs)
- 26 April: NCOP plenary on Division of Revenue Bill
- 24 April - 18 May: ECPs / Committees
- 17 - 21 April: NCOP provincial week / Taking the legislature to the people / Local government week
- 22 May - 8 June: Plenaries / Committees
- 11 - 15 June: Committees
- June: Youth Parliament (and Youth Day debate)
- 19 - 22 June: Plenaries / Committees
- 25 June - 13 July: NCOP jointh whips study tour
- 25 June - 20 July: Constituency period
THIRD TERM
23 July - 21 September
- 24 July - 3 August: Committees / Oversight
- 7 August - 31 August: Plenaries / Committees
- 13 - 17 August: Oversight week
- 13 - 14 August: Women's Parliament
- 3 - 7 September: NCOP Provincial Week
- 4 - 7 September: Committees
- 11 - 19 September: Plenaries / Committees
- 18 - 19 September: People's Assembly
- 20 - 21 September: Committees
- 25 September - 5 October: Constituency period
FOURTH TERM
8 October - 7 December
- 9 - 19 October: NA Committees (BBR reports)
- 1 - 5 October: NCOP oversight week
- 23 October - 23 November: Plenaries / Committees
- October: 2012 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement and Adjustment Budget
- November: Revised Fiscal Framework, if applicable
- November: Division of Revenue Amendment Bill, if applicable
- 5 - 9 November: Taking Parliament to the People (NCOP)
- 27 November - 7 December: Committees / Oversight
- December: Passing of Adjustment Appropriation Bill by Parliament
- 10 - 14 December: Constituency period
- 17 December - January 2013: Leave period