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- ↑ "NA portfolio & standing committees composition; Questions to President, Deputy President & Ministers guidelines; NA Whips; Subcommittee on Review of NA Rules". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ↑ "Announcements, tablings and committee reports" (PDF). Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ↑ "Election of Chairperson". Parliamentary Monitoring Group. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ↑ "Portfolio Committee on Health". Parliament of South Africa. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
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