Mmusi Maimane has called for the dissolution of Parliament following the failed motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma via secret ballot.
The DA on Wednesday announced that it intends to table a motion to dissolve Parliament on Thursday.
Should MPs have the right to vote according to their conscience?
The fact that the motion was defeated by only a 21 vote margin is unprecedented.
As few as 31 or as many as 40 "rebel" African National Congress MPs may have voted for the motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma.
I would like to point out that it’s important not to cut corners when you clean your house of Parliament.
“I can tell you, they spent a lot of money. And I’m happy for those who took the money, children will eat.”
Despite surviving a vote of no-confidence in Parliament on Tuesday, President Jacob Zuma was confirmed as a lame-duck president.
Draft resolution: Motion of no confidence in the President in terms of section 102(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (85)
Parliament has set out the process in a statement released on Tuesday.
Parliament Speaker Baleka Mbete will soon reveal if MPs will vote by secret ballot in the motion of no confidence against President Zuma.
Even if President Zuma wins the no confidence vote, the consequences for the ruling ANC are dire.
The ANC needs to act against its "ill-disciplined" MP for saying he will not vote against the motion of no confidence, its chief whip says.
Could the second coming of the ANC and the country be upon us?
President Jacob Zuma revealed in a written reply to a Parliamentary question on Monday that he owns no property outside of South Africa.
The amendments to South Africa’s Money Bills Act don’t go far enough – for one, they do not address incoherence in Parliament’s oversight of taxes.
Zuma’s eighth motion of no confidence comes amid intensified calls from within the ANC for him to step down from leadership.
The ANC MP has reiterated her demand that Jacob Zuma must step down to save South Africans.
President Jacob Zuma is due to face some tough questions on Thursday during his quarterly appearance in Parliament to answer questions from MPs.
Citizens are ignored because decisions have been taken without them – or because MPs don’t read.
The party argues that since the president is elected secretly, a vote of no confidence should be conducted in a similar manner.
The Black First Land First leader says Carrim has an ‘Indian superiority consciousness just like Gandhi’.
Readers write in about the ANC, and the secret ballot.
The former public service and administration minister is the fourth axed Cabinet member to quit Parliament.
It is like a tall drink of cool water on a sweltering day seeing our MPs do what they are mandated (and paid) to do.
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader suggested in Parliament on Tuesday that the ruling party was not serious about land reform.
MPs are debating an EFF motion for the amendment of the Constitution to allow for the expropriation of land without compensation.
"We have entered the era of representation in the movies. Storytelling that speaks to the diverse experiences of people"
Molefe attracted controversy when he was implicated in the public protector’s State of Capture report for links to the Gupta family.
Replying to MPs who debated his State of the Nation address, the president said the issue of land ownership should be tackled head on.
Members of Parliament debate Sona 2017 for a second day today.
The Democratic Alliance leader says scenes from Thursday’s State of the Nation address were a glimpse of the future under the ruling party.