Parties agree the EFF has turned apolitical messages of condolence and praise from Parliament into political tools and need a rule to govern motions.
Protesters have called on commissioner Riah Phiyega and Minister Nathi Nhleko to ban the use of R5 assault rifles in public order policing.
The United Democratic Movement has taken Ward 30, which had become vacant on the death of the previous ANC councillor.
MPs will debate a motion of impeachment against the president on September 1 for allowing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to leave South Africa.
President Pierre Nkurunziza has been sworn in for a controversial third term in power following elections last month.
The bodies of all 54 people killed when their plane crashed in Indonesia have been recovered from a jungle site and their remains flown to Jayapura.
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Local institutes named after the philosopher have laughed off claims of a sinister agenda.
Infectious diseases such as HIV and, increasingly, non-communicable illnesses like diabetes are resulting in more cases of chronic depression.