From swearing in National Assembly members to the order of proceedings on the day, here are facts on the first sitting of the fifth Parliament.
The ANC says former speaker Max Sisulu was not able to play "gatekeeper" for the party and its leadership, appointing Baleka Mbete to the position.
When EFF leader Julius Malema finally arrived in Parliament for registration on Tuesday, he came face to face with his nemesis, Blade Nzimande.
Former minister Dina Pule – who Thuli Madonsela found guilty of unethical conduct – has been replaced by Mnyamezeli Booi on the ANC’s list of new MPs.
The ANC may have to go begging to the opposition to make Baleka Mbete SA’s second deputy president, given that her name appears on the national list.
The ANC’s Jackson Mthembu is already planning his memoirs, while Agang seemed a little confused about which members were headed for Parliament.
Party members put forward for seats in Parliament and provincial legislatures are from diverse cultures, speak various languages and 42% are women.
Numerous Cosatu leaders will take seats for the ANC in Parliament in what critics are calling their reward for remaining loyal to the ruling party.
Barely two days after the bust of Nelson Mandela was unveiled at Parliament, a police vehicle reversed into it and damaged its right side.
ANC MPs have quashed attempts by the opposition to get a pronouncement on Thuli Madonsela’s Nkandla report before the parliamentary term ends.
Parliament did not follow normal procurement processes for the manufacturing of a Madiba bust because it was considered an "emergency procedure".
The National Assembly’s Max Sisulu has confirmed that Parliament will establish an ad hoc committee to process the public protector’s Nkandla report.
National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel has told MPs to value the Constitution in his farewell speech to Parliament.
Members of Parliament bid Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe farewell as he announced his retirement from government.
A programme has given the clearest indication that Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe and Planning Minister Trevor Manuel won’t return to Parliament.
Parliament has adopted a new rule that makes it duty-bound to ensure a debate of no confidence in the president is given due priority.
We round up the top quotes from the State of the Nation debate as politicians traded insults ahead of President Jacob Zuma’s response.
MPs have been knocking President Jacob Zuma’s liberal use of the phrase "a good story" during the recent Parliamentary debates.
The DA’s parliamentary leader says the public works minister should be investigated for "misleading" Parliament on his task team’s Nkandla report.
An analysis of Zimbabwe’s former parliament shows that participation in both former houses was poor with 25% of MPs not uttering a word at all.
Parliament is considering clamping down on lenders charging illegal rates.
The ANC has pushed a number of high-profile amendments to a number of laws ahead of the upcoming elections.
Parliament has expressed shock and sadness at the death of Ben Skosana, who had been an MP since 1994.
Members of Parliament and other senior politicians paid tribute to former president Nelson Mandela in a sombre sitting of Parliament.
Members of the public may attend a special joint sitting of Parliament at 2pm on Monday to commemorate former president Nelson Mandela.
Luzuko Jacobs says Parliamentary processes and procedures are being followed to the letter and the M&G article on Stone Sizani is "incorrect".
SA’s mining and oil laws need more research and refinement before they are adopted and will probably only be amended next year, says Parliament.
The gifts to MPs, disclosed in the register of MPs’ interests, has alarmed the DA’s chief whip, who says excessive gifting is a problem.
More than 50 MPs and at least one Cabinet minister have missed the deadline to disclose their business interests to Parliament.
Recent amendments will hamper growth and without growth, transformation is a nonstarter, Coenraad Bezuidenhout says.
Party chief whip says Constitution won’t be changed without a referendum.
The only answer is a new building to accommodate the incoming bloated legislature but that is mission impossible, an official says.