Several small opposition parties protested, but the ANC’s might carried the vote
She says her impeachment probe can’t go on until the state gets her a new attorney but has privately briefed one to demand the recusal of the chair of the process
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ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula has confirmed that Ebrahim Patel becoming a member of parliament will make way for a non-MP to become a cabinet minister
ANC MPs blurred party and state lines by summoning Eskom’s top brass to a caucus meeting
Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula let slip that she has received legal opinion on how parliament should proceed on the findings of the state capture inquiry and now finds herself accused of stalling
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‘Large parts of the president’s speech are straight from the DA’s playbook’ – Steenhuisen
Former defence minister voted in ahead of the Democratic Alliance’s Annelie Lotriet
The National Assembly has adopted a report finding prima facie evidence of misconduct by 275 votes as an ANC caucus revolt is contained
The ANC chairperson has instructed its caucus ahead of the vote to establish a committee to investigate the public protector’s fitness to hold office
Magashule has received at least five letters from ANC caucus members unhappy with the chief whip’s backing of a vote against the public protector
The National Assembly’s decision will be at once about the future of the public protector and about the street fight for power in the ANC
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The ANC parliamentary caucus as yet to confirm whether Bongani Bongo, who faces bribery and corruption charges, has resigned as an MP in line with the NEC’s directive
Pemmy Majodina says controversial MPs have not been convicted in a court of law
The president is set to deliver Sona in Cape Town on Thursday
The M&G understands the ANC plans to offer the position to the IFP in exchange for support in metros lost during 2016 local government elections
The politics of who gets to decide how the country works are getting more intense ahead of the State of the Nation Address on June 20
Pemmy Majodina returns to the parliamentary precinct after having served as a member of the National Council of Provinces between 1999 and 2004
In the build-up to the election of the president, the DA had intimated that it would put its own candidate, but it was not to be.
The president says he is still finalising just how his administration will look like
The Eastern Cape department of health needs to release a full report on the deaths of 142 babies in that province, says the DA.
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The African National Congress in the Eastern Cape was awaiting details on Tuesday regarding a brawl at a branch meeting which apparently landed some people in hospital. It was reported that a number of ANC members in Alice had sustained injuries after the meeting ended in an exchange of blows on Sunday afternoon.