Errant African National Congress MP Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has 10 days to provide Parliament with a date when she will attend a National Assembly sitting to be publicly reprimanded by Speaker Dr Frene Ginwala.
South Africa’s air space was safe despite a shortage of air traffic controllers, MPs were told on Wednesday.
Pan Africanist Congress MP Patricia de Lille said on Monday she has neither the funds nor the human resource capacity to start a new political party in South Africa.
Health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang says she is not interested in Robert Giraldo’s dissident views on Aids, but wants to rather tap into his expertise in the field of nutrition.
South Africa needed to market itself and its successes more effectively to attract foreign investment, according to President Thabo Mbeki’s International Investment Council.
Justice minister Penuell Maduna distanced himself on Thursday from an attack on the region’s judiciary by a senior ANC MPL and pledged to protect the rights of South African judges to express their views.
Almost two years ago, then ANC Chief Whip Tony Yengeni stood defiant before his peers in the National Assembly and protested his innocence, but on Wednesday he quit Parliament in disgrace.
Auditor-General Shauket Fakie has warned the department of defence (DOD) it faces a qualified audit if it fails to account properly for a R3,57-million donation from the Netherlands used to cover expenses during the 2001 Mozambique floods.
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/ 27 February 2003
Parliament might be forced to institute civil proceedings against African National Congress MP Winnie Madikizela-Mandela after it emerged on Thursday that it may be illegal to simply dock her wages to enforce a fine.
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/ 20 February 2003
The National Assembly is likely to take action against former African National Congress chief whip Tony Yengeni for lying to Parliament when he made a special statement proclaiming his innocence to the House on March 28 last year.