Secretary of Parliament Michael Coetzee was a courageous proponent of democracy, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said at his funeral on Saturday.
Secretary of Parliament Michael Coetzee has died after a long battle with cancer, despite his ‘resilient and tenacious spirit’.
Parliament’s deputy chief administrator, Michael Coetzee, has been appointed its new secretary with effect from next month.
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/ 7 February 2008
While it was designed to cut costs and reduce bureaucracy, a new video-conference facility launched in Parliament on Thursday gave MPs the chance to see what their colleagues in the provinces look like. National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete hoped the project would one day link the government to rural areas.