Insults, nursery rhymes and fairytales: Here are the best quotes from the first two days of the State of the Nation address debate.
Whether Parliament is in Cape Town or Pretoria, we will still be stuck with an ineffectual, delusional president
Both ANC and opposition MPs happily drew on fantasy and storytelling to insult one another in the first day of the State of the Nation debate.
President Jacob Zuma giggled a lot and managed to avoid answering any difficult questions from MPs.
Parliament has taken recourse to an interdict dating back to 2010 to prevent striking staff from disrupting the work of the legislature.
Parliament staff and workers downed tools on Monday, while students of the #FeesMustFall campaign continued to protest outside the gates.
Policy was violated by a parliament employee who wrote about her re-vetting procedure.
DA MP John Steenhuisen responded to someone calling Mmusi Maimane a sellout by referring to an EFF MP as a teletubby, undoubtedly Po from the TV show.
MPs declared everything from sheep, coffee mugs and land to directorships and wine in the register of members’ interests released in Parliament.
A parliamentary staffer says she will resist being grilled by spooks to assess her security risk.
Public order police fired stun grenades and teargas to halt crowds of protesting students outside Parliament as Nene delivered his budget speech.
The DA is appealing to Parliament to replace the National Key Points Act with the Protection of Critical Infrastructure Private Member’s Bill.
The Economic Freedom Fighters are planning to turn to the courts to combat what it views as unconstitutional action taken against Julius Malema.
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed suggestions that the ANC is hesitant to tackle corruption and reaffirmed that the NDP is here to stay.
MPs were left wondering who owns SA’s dams when the water department revealed that it owns only 320 of the country’s more than 5000 registered dams.
The DA’s bid to impeach President Jacob Zuma over the government’s handling of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s visit to the country has failed.
Opposition MPs have accused the executive of giving mediocre answers and not being able to answer yes-no questions or provide timelines and figures.
The ANC has slammed the Democratic Alliance’s criticism of this week’s parliamentary programme as "dishonesty and cheap propaganda".
Parties agree the EFF has turned apolitical messages of condolence and praise from Parliament into political tools and need a rule to govern motions.
The Democratic Alliance has threatened to take Parliament to court after their bid for a debate on a motion of impeachment against Zuma failed.
While a new cast of characters have the painful task of figuring out how to further secure Zuma’s rural home, the heat is off the president – for now.
Jacob Zuma "again" craftily dodged accountability and oversight debate in the National Assembly, say leaders of the DA.
The pernicious claim is that because Parliament is elected any move to question its actions represents an undemocratic subversion of the popular will.
Parties have had enough of the disruptions in Parliament and want a quick solution to deal with disturbances, but the EFF says it is being targeted.
If Zuma was the little piggy in the nursery rhyme, he would laugh all the way to Nkandla. But what does it all mean, asks Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
More than 200 members of Parliament decided that the president urgently needed a salary raise. It will be backdated to April.
Parliament’s rules sub-committee says rules should apply to prevent MPs from holding up placards, after the EFF staged a silent protest last week.
Despite the outcry over Jacob Zuma’s extensive upgrades to his Nkandla homestead, the police minister has found all upgrades were necessary.
The Western Cape High Court has dismissed the case from a media group against Speaker Baleka Mbete regarding Parliament’s broadcasting policy.
The court, as in the other two cases lost by the speaker, showed a far greater commitment to free speech than had the speaker.
Our National Assembly is less democracy in action than it is democratic inaction.
The president downplayed demands that he address Nkandla and release the Marikana report during his response to the presidency budget vote debate.