{"id":968228,"date":"2024-06-28T08:56:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T08:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dm-simulator-v2\/?p=968228"},"modified":"2024-06-28T08:56:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T08:56:13","slug":"opening-of-parliament-to-take-place-on-mandela-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/opening-of-parliament-to-take-place-on-mandela-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening of Parliament to take place on Mandela Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">&lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Opening of Parliament will take place on July 18. This will coincide with International Mandela Day.<\/p>\n<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa has called a joint sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) for the opening of the 7th Parliament and his opening address.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaphosa will outline the priorities of the new administration.<\/p>\n<p>The Presidency says the date of the opening is a fitting tribute as it calls on individuals and communities to take time to reflect on Mandela\u2019s values and principles and to make a positive impact on communities and globally.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CyrilRamaphosa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@CyrilRamaphosa<\/a> has called a Joint Sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) for the Opening of Parliament and the President\u2019s delivery of the Opening of Parliament Address. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bt4oFHGWxS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/Bt4oFHGWxS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Presidency   (@PresidencyZA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresidencyZA\/status\/1806572997089570921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4 class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\">Related video: National Assembly holds first sitting:<\/h4>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a2zEbZjDX3M?si=9-ahgDuYxD6IB7ob\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: &lt; 1 minute The Opening of Parliament will take place on July 18. This will coincide with International Mandela Day. President Cyril Ramaphosa has called a joint sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) for the opening of the 7th Parliament and his opening address. Ramaphosa will outline [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":968229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1895],"tags":[474,3045,3131,2010,3132],"class_list":["post-968228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-national-assembly","tag-ncop","tag-opening-of-parliament","tag-president-cyril-ramaphosa","tag-the-national-council-of-provinces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/968229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elections.sabc.co.za\/elections2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}