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do not recall any other provincial parliament in South Africa that has ventured into the subject of knowledge management as many parliamentarians or even managers tend to reduce knowledge management to a function of an Information Technology (IT) or Information Communication Technology (ICT) expert who is visualised as sitting in a quiet room working on a computer databank. This is, as subsequent discussion will reveal, a misnomer that is dangerous for any complex organisation such as parliament. The Gauteng Legislature is a trailblazer, a pioneer and pathfinder in this sense and I am almost certain other legislatures will follow suit in an effort to institutionalise knowledge management. The chosen theme captures the essence of the goals of this important intellectual gathering themed Towards Creating a Knowledge-Based Legislature for Enhanced Law-Making, Oversight and Public Participation. Each one of the core functions of the legi