National Council Of Provinces – The Mail & Guardian

/ 22 November 2024

‘Save our village from the mine’

A KwaZulu-Natal community wants parliament to intervene to force SA Lithium to abide by mining and environmental laws

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By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 12 September 2024

Ramaphosa, Steenhuisen: Policy conflict will not collapse government of national unity

The Democratic Alliance will not walk out of cabinet over the Bela Bill or National Health Insurance

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By Paddy Harper and Emsie Ferreira

Opinion

/ 16 August 2024

Copyright Bill feeds into Big Tech’s agenda to grab creative content

The bill in its current form creates a safe haven in South Africa for machine learning

By Keyan G Tomaselli

Politics

/ 25 June 2024

Democratic Alliance wants 12 cabinet posts or no GNU deal

The opposition party has rejected the ANC’s offer of six ministerial positions in the government of national unity

By Mandisa Nyathi

National

/ 18 March 2024

Activist calls on president not to sign ‘malicious’ Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill

Jeremy Acton says the bill violates the 2018 constitutional court privacy judgment

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By Paddy Harper

National

/ 17 July 2023

Sex work decriminalisation postponed

While some lobbyists have welcomed the delay, others believe it will have negative consequences

By Eunice Masson

Business

/ 20 April 2023

Mashatile: Government helps municipalities repay debt to Eskom

The deputy president told the National Council of Provinces that the municipal debt relief would be conditional and application-based

By Anathi Madubela

National

/ 30 March 2023

Ramaphosa: Water works may be exempted from load-shedding

The government is in talks with Eskom to keep water pumps going during blackouts, the president told MPs

By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 7 February 2023

Eskom plans to spend 18.2% more on independent power producers in the next five years

Power utility will buy significantly more electricity from IPPs as they come onto the grid, outgoing chief executive De Ruyter tells NCOP

By Eunice Masson

Politics

/ 1 December 2022

Ramaphosa goes to ground after Phala Phala recommendations

President Cyril Ramaphosa has cancelled a scheduled appearance before the National Council of Provinces on Thursday

By Lizeka Tandwa

National

/ 1 November 2022

Budget constraints paint grim outlook for new police recruits

“A drop in the ocean” as only 15 000 new police recruits are expected for the next three years

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 19 September 2022

Want to have a word with parliament? Here’s how

Public participation in the people’s assembly is important. Find out how you can submit a petition, write a message or make a submission to parliament

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 11 August 2022

Specialised task force to combat illegal mining in South Africa

Police and minerals department tell briefing a specialised team will be appointed in each province to fight illegal mining

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 8 March 2022

Massive breakthrough in cannabis bill

Proposed amendments to the Cannabis for Private Purposes bill allow for the creation of a commercial recreational cannabis industry

By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 8 February 2022

Despite last month’s fire at parliament, officials ‘confident’ about incident-free Sona at new venue

An estimated R4-million has been budgeted for this year’s event, up sharply from R208 000 in 2021

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 15 June 2021

Eskom to take over distribution, billing at troubled Free State municipality

The Maluti-a-Phofung local municipality owes the power utility more than R5-billion

By Chris Gilili

Politics

/ 13 May 2021

Calls for removal of unethical local government leaders at Salga conference

Ability must determine who gets hired, not jobs for pals or because of their political affiliation, says the head of the South African Local Government Association

By Chris Gilili

Coronavirus

/ 25 February 2021

Eight things you need to know about the vaccine rollout

About 80 000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine have arrived in South Africa out of the nine million procured — 300 000 to 500 000 are expected to arrive within two months

By Chris Gilili

National

/ 28 November 2020

Klipgat residents left high and dry

Flushing toilets were installed in backyards in the North West, but they can’t be used because the sewage has nowhere to go

By Andries Sibanyoni

National

/ 28 November 2020

Madibeng has a ‘blatant disregard for the law’

The local municipality irregularly spent at least R443.8-million according to the auditor general’s latest report

By Andries Sibanyoni

Politics

/ 4 November 2020

Mabuza asked to account for why ministers were seated next to Malema in Senekal

MPs can’t seem to stop the house from degenerating into screaming matches, even during virtual sittings, as exhibited when the deputy president answered questions in the NCOP on Wednesday.

By Bongekile Macupe

Business

/ 15 October 2020

Watch it again: Ramaphosa details economic recovery plan

According to the Presidency, the plan aims to expedite, in a sustainable manner, the recovery of South Africa’s economy

By Kiri Rupiah

National

/ 3 September 2020

A healthy Mabuza appears in Parliament

After a lengthy absence from public life, Deputy President David Mabuza returns to Parliament, providing assurances that rolling blackouts are temporary

By Lester Kiewit

Article

/ 22 March 2020

Covid-19 disrupts government in SA

The government has put stringent measures in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and the National Assembly, provincial outreach programmes and municipalities have had to comply

By Selloane Khalane

Article

/ 15 March 2020

Is Parliament suspended? Political parties in the dark after coronavirus gatherings ban

Hundreds of legislators won’t be able to meet in parliamentary chambers after restrictions on gatherings to curb the spread of Covid-19 disease

By Lester Kiewit

Article

/ 20 February 2020

Ramaphosa makes peace with Malema over gender-based violence comments

In his Sona response, the president apologised for the weaponising of gender-based violence, saying the attack on the red beret leader was “uncalled for”

By Lester Kiewit

Article

/ 18 February 2020

EFF ‘circus’ becomes contagion as MPs heckle Malema

ANC MPs test the EFF’s disruptive tactics on the leader of the Red Berets in Sona reply

By Lester Kiewit

Article

/ 13 February 2020

EFF stands firm on plans to disrupt Sona

Julius Malema’s 44-member caucus stick to their guns: ‘Fire Pravin or else’

By Lester Kiewit

Article

/ 12 February 2020

Sona: DA expects Ramaphosa to stick to his script

The official opposition says the president’s state of the nation speech will not detail anything new or productive. Meanwhile, the EFF is threatening more disruption

By Lester Kiewit