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Parliament

MPs lose patience with parliamentary disruptions
Article
/ 24 June 2015

MPs lose patience with parliamentary disruptions

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.

By Thulani Gqirana
Zuma went “he, he, he, he”, all the way home
Article
/ 10 June 2015

Zuma went “he, he, he, he”, all the way home

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.

By Staff Reporter
Zuma not rich enough yet?
Article
/ 5 June 2015

Zuma not rich enough yet?

More than 200 members of Parliament decided that the president urgently needed a salary raise. It will be backdated to April.

By Thulani Gqirana
State advisors propose no placards be allowed in Parly
Article
/ 29 May 2015

State advisors propose no placards be allowed in Parly

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.

By Thulani Gqirana
Zuma doesn’t have to pay back a cent – report
Article
/ 29 May 2015

Zuma doesn’t have to pay back a cent – report

Despite the outcry over Jacob Zuma’s extensive upgrades to his Nkandla homestead, the police minister has found all upgrades were necessary.

By Thulani Gqirana
ANC welcomes Court dismissal of media’s case against Mbete
Article
/ 28 May 2015

ANC welcomes Court dismissal of media’s case against Mbete

The Western Cape High Court has dismissed the case from a media group against Speaker Baleka Mbete regarding Parliament’s broadcasting policy.

By Staff Reporter
Three tries, three misses – Madam Speaker should be out
Analysis
/ 28 May 2015

Three tries, three misses – Madam Speaker should be out

The court, as in the other two cases lost by the speaker, showed a far greater commitment to free speech than had the speaker.

By Serjeant At The and Bar Author
Parliament: The good, the bad and the fair to middling
Article
/ 28 May 2015

Parliament: The good, the bad and the fair to middling

Our National Assembly is less democracy in action than it is democratic inaction.

By Thulani Gqirana and Qaanitah Hunter
Zuma jokes and mocks his way through speech
Article
/ 27 May 2015

Zuma jokes and mocks his way through speech

The president downplayed demands that he address Nkandla and release the Marikana report during his response to the presidency budget vote debate.

By Thulani Gqirana
Zuma faces verbal onslaught over Marikana report
Article
/ 27 May 2015

Zuma faces verbal onslaught over Marikana report

President Jacob Zuma has been accused by opposition MPs of "cheapening" the lives of those who died at Marikana by refusing to release the report.

By Thulani Gqirana
Zuma ‘schools’ EFF MPs on Nkandla
Article
/ 15 May 2015

Zuma ‘schools’ EFF MPs on Nkandla

Snarky remarks, shouting matches and not so thinly veiled insults dominated President Jacob Zuma’s question and answer session in Parliament.

By Thulani Gqirana
Editorial: Sapping our democracy
Article
/ 14 May 2015

Editorial: Sapping our democracy

It’s disconcerting when our Constitution’s founding mothers misconstrue the rationale behind constitutional guarantees of MPs’ freedom of speech.

By Editorial
Parliament still debating sexual offences Bill
Article
/ 14 May 2015

Parliament still debating sexual offences Bill

Sticking points, such as the decriminalisation of sex between children aged 12 to 16, have seen the amendment Bill go a month over deadline.

By Thulani Gqirana
Removing MPs from Parly ‘inconsistent with Constitution’
Article
/ 12 May 2015

Removing MPs from Parly ‘inconsistent with Constitution’

The Western Cape High Court has ruled that the Powers and Privileges Act is only applicable to non-members of Parliament.

By Emsie Ferreira
Motshekga slammed for sugar-coating education progress
Article
/ 7 May 2015

Motshekga slammed for sugar-coating education progress

Opposition MPs have taken the basic education minister to task in Parliament after she praised the state of South Africa’s "well-resourced" schools.

By Bongani Nkosi
Parliamentarians explore meaning of freedom in SA today
Article
/ 5 May 2015

Parliamentarians explore meaning of freedom in SA today

Twenty-one years after the country’s first democratic elections, some praise the strides made by the ANC and others condemn SA’s gross inequality.

By Qaanitah Hunter
Madonsela needs more budget, ANC won’t have it
Article
/ 30 April 2015

Madonsela needs more budget, ANC won’t have it

The ANC defied any reasoning from Public Protector Thuli Madonsela that her office needed more funding, but the opposition united in her defence.

By Thulani Gqirana
Failure to manage inflow of immigrants cause of violence – MP
Article
/ 29 April 2015

Failure to manage inflow of immigrants cause of violence – MP

The portfolio committee on home affairs has asked difficult questions concerning the messy problem of xenophobia.

By Thulani Gqirana
Dedicated courts to deal with xenophobic attacks
Article
/ 24 April 2015

Dedicated courts to deal with xenophobic attacks

The NPA and other state institutions are working together to speed up the prosecution of perpetrators who commit xenophobic attacks.

By Thulani Gqirana
Parliament takes aim at corporate ‘looting’
Article
/ 22 April 2015

Parliament takes aim at corporate ‘looting’

MPs say transfer pricing, though legal, presents challenges when determining if firms have evaded taxation and they want the practice criminalised.

By Sarah Evans
Signal jamming in Parly must be declared unlawful – media houses
Article
/ 21 April 2015

Signal jamming in Parly must be declared unlawful – media houses

Media houses want the Western Cape High Court to declare it was unlawful to use a signal jamming device during the Sona in February.

By Jenna Etheridge
Parly won’t approve SAPS budget, condemns Phiyega’s ‘disrespect’
Article
/ 16 April 2015

Parly won’t approve SAPS budget, condemns Phiyega’s ‘disrespect’

The dramatic events in Parliament over the past two days have put Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega’s position under severe pressure.

By Craig Oosthuizen
Rhodes has fallen, but how long until Zuma falls?
Article
/ 15 April 2015

Rhodes has fallen, but how long until Zuma falls?

Our president doesn’t deserve even an ugly or poorly made statue, but he does deserve to fall, like the statue of Cecil John Rhodes did.

By Staff Reporter
Get to the root of our problems; make radical moves now
Article
/ 19 March 2015

Get to the root of our problems; make radical moves now

To act radically in the current South African situation requires a daring imagination in relation to manifold areas of hardship.

By Raymond Suttner
Maimane: You will vote to keep a ‘thief’ in office
Article
/ 18 March 2015

Maimane: You will vote to keep a ‘thief’ in office

Baleka Mbete claimed a Concourt ruling didn’t apply to Parliament, after Mmusi Maimane called President Jacob Zuma a thief during a debate.

By Staff Reporter
DA argument on Mbete calling police is ‘extremist’
Article
/ 17 March 2015

DA argument on Mbete calling police is ‘extremist’

The DA’s argument to overturn a parliamentary rule allowing Mbete to call police to remove MP’s was "extremist", says senior counsel for Parliament.

By Sapa
Letters to the editor: March 13 to 19 2015
Article
/ 13 March 2015

Letters to the editor: March 13 to 19 2015

Readers speak out on nuclear safety, transformation and a visit to Parliament.

By Letters
MPs reject Zuma’s proposal of November Q&A session
Article
/ 12 March 2015

MPs reject Zuma’s proposal of November Q&A session

Parliament’s programming committee has demanded that Zuma appears before the House by the end of April instead of the proposed November 3 session.

By Thulani Gqirana
Editorial: Stop police abusing their power
Article
/ 12 March 2015

Editorial: Stop police abusing their power

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By Editorial
Editorial: Protecting Zuma is not Mbete’s job
Article
/ 12 March 2015

Editorial: Protecting Zuma is not Mbete’s job

Our democracy suffers when the speaker of the National Assembly becomes a cheerleader for a particular party or for one particular individual.

By Editorial
Court dismisses bid for uninterrupted Parliament feed
Article
/ 10 March 2015

Court dismisses bid for uninterrupted Parliament feed

The applicants argued that it was the constitutional right of every citizen to have an accurate representation of what occurred in the House.

By Sapaxxxx
AfriForum: Zuma is using Afrikaners as scapegoats
Article
/ 20 February 2015

AfriForum: Zuma is using Afrikaners as scapegoats

AfriForum says President Jacob Zuma’s undertaking that the ANC would continue to defend minorities were empty words.

By Sapaxxxx
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