ANC MP Winnie Madikizela-Mandela had not snubbed Parliament’s ethics committee by failing to appear before it on Wednesday.
THE Democratic Alliance — smarting from news reports of its relationship with German fugitive businessmen Jurgen Harksen — wants answers about President Thabo Mbeki alleged links to another fugitive, mafia kingpin Vito Palazzolo.
MPs and activists opposed to abortion on Tuesday complained that two-day public hearings in Parliament on the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (CTOP Act) was biased and excluded those who did not agree with it.
Nobel laureate and Northern Ireland politician David Trimble drew parallels on Thursday between the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin in the 1930s and Zimbabwe under President Robert Mugabe.
South Africa’s three cellphone operators will be called before Parliament’s communications committee following complaints of poor customer service.
The appointment of two senior NNP members as national deputy ministers will result in changes in the Western Cape, with former premier Peter Marais among those tipped for a provincial cabinet seat.
A total of 20 692 awaiting trial prisoners were in South Africa’s overcrowded jails because they were unable to afford even low bail amounts.
IT’S been a long road to the post of Minster of Safety and Security for Charles Nqakula.
The African Union would be ultimately responsible for a comprehensive peer review mechanism, but until the necessary structures were in place, this task would fall on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development.
The ruling African National Congress had not ruled out alternatives to the current electoral system, provided these did not undermine the core values of fairness, inclusivity and simplicity.