South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has now officially beaten the Democratic Alliance (DA) in raiding the smaller parties during the two-week defection period allowing politicians to cross the floor.
African National Congress Women’s League president Winnie Madikizela-Mandela will be publicly reprimanded by National Assembly Speaker Frene Ginwala for failing to disclose donations, whether she is present or not.
SA Auditor General Shauket Fakie has reported to parliament’s public accounts committee that Parliament itself exceeded its voted funds by R17,4-million rand in the 2001/02 financial year.
Senior Inkatha Freedom Party MP Theresa Millin has defected from her party to form a new party — understood to be the African Independent Party.
Firebrand South African opposition Member of Parliament Patricia de Lille is to clarify her political future at a press conference in Cape Town on Wednesday amid widespread speculation that she is to start a new political party.
The new draft liquor Bill is scheduled to be processed by Parliament’s trade and industry committee amid concerns that the legislation gives the line minister significant powers to determine access to business opportunities in the industry.
The National Assembly will be abuzz Tuesday afternoon as old faces are seen in new political parties which means that positions on the brown benches are expected to be swopped about — the result of nearly four days of defections during the first official defection period for Members of Parliament.
The African National Congress appears to have snatched complete control of the Western Cape legislature — leaving only the KwaZulu Natal legislature out of nine provincial legislatures outside of its complete control.
The Inkatha Freedom Party has lost its education minister in its powerbase of KwaZulu Natal to the African National Congress. This means that power in the legislature could depend on the whims of the United Democratic Movement and African Christian Democratic Movement representatives.
The African National Congress could emerge with an overall majority in the Western Cape with expected defections from the New National Party bolstering their numbers in the legislature.