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PARLIAMENT is still to decide on which of its committees should process the Private Member’s Bill introduced by EFF leader Julius Malema on the relocation of its seat from Cape Town to Tshwane.

This comes after the bill was considered by the Joint Tagging Mechanism for classification as a section 76 bill, which affects the provinces, ahead of its referral to a portfolio committee.

National Assembly secretary Masibulele Xaso said although the view was that the bill would be processed by the public works and infrastructure portfolio committee, there was still a discussion with the parliamentary legal services unit.

Programming whip Mina Lesoma said they had received the Private Member’s Bill for its first reading in the National Assembly.

The relocation of Parliament has been on the radar since 2016 when former president Jacob Zuma said the government could save billions if it did not have to fly and accommodate government officials and politicians from the administrative capital in Pretoria to Cape Town, the country’s legislative capital. | IOL