He has been arrested for drunk driving, survived a shooting and has been described by opposition as a man with a "chequered past".
Opposition parties have expressed outrage at the use of police forces in Parliament and fear that someone will be killed if nothing is done about it.
President Jacob Zuma steeled himself for his first oral question session of the year, and hit back at his critics over Nkandla and dodging Parliament.
Cabinet ministers have downplayed the alleged signal jamming incident during the state of the nation address, calling it a "technical glitch".
A public order police officer has been identified as one of the members of a security unit which forcibly removed EFF MPs from Parliament last week.
SACP in KZN warns that some of the events at eThekwini branches were no different to what happened in Parliament last Thursday.
South African media houses will go to court to prevent any future attempts to unlawfully block communication signals during parliamentary sessions.
ANC chairperson Baleka Mbete attacked "cockroach" Julius Malema and the EFF when she addressed the North West provincial conference on Saturday.
Parliament’s presiding officers will deal with the EFF in the same way they did during the Sona, if the parliamentary debate is disrupted next week.
President Jacob Zuma said the "War Room", established in December, was working with Eskom to stabilise electricity supply and contain load shedding.
Dramatic footage recorded inside Parliament shows security personnel dragging and pushing members of the EFF out of the House.
DA MPs refuse to participate in the State of the Nation Address red carpet festivities saying today is about the real issues SA faces.
President Jacob Zuma has accused the EFF of using the Nkandla issue to score political points by disrupting Parliament.
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/ 28 January 2015
The ANC in Parliament has flexed its muscle, proposing a ban on hard hats and overalls worn by EFF members, and blocking the use of secret ballots.
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/ 14 January 2015
While putting questions to the president during his State of the Nation address isn’t against the rules, doing so would go against the "norm".
The DA says it is preparing itself for the next part of the battle, the battle against the “undemocratisation” of Parliament.
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/ 26 November 2014
Floyd Shivambu has warned Baleka Mbete that if President Zuma does not come to Parliament the EFF will disrupt his state of the nation address.
A 25 minute special sitting of the National Assembly has been convened, seemingly to ensure EFF MPs are suspended without pay before the holidays.
National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete said Thursday night’s events were a culmination of a build-up, and resulted in what the "law actually allows".
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/ 13 November 2014
National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete found herself at the centre of another storm when she tried to change the day’s order paper at the last minute.
Parliament is to investigate whether the EFF’s Floyd Shivambu’s middle finger gesture during a sitting of the National Assembly constitutes contempt.
ANC veteran Pallo Jordan has resigned as the ruling party’s MP, following a newspaper report exposing his academic qualifications as a lie.
The Economic Freedom Fighters has hogged headlines since its entrance in May. Party leader Julius Malema says "you can’t be an EFF MP and be shy".
After 10 years of torpor, SA’s fifth Parliament seems to have entered an interesting and perhaps more important phase, with plenty of possibilities.
The legislature should not be fixated on clothes, and the EFF should stop their gimmicks. There is work to be done.
Parliamentary secretary Zingile Dingani spent R186 000 in parliamentary funds on building a boundary wall at his home in Cape Town’s Panorama suburb.
Parliament’s joint ethics and members’ interests committee has exonerated ANC parliamentarian Thaba Mufamadi of misconduct allegations.
Four months before its policy conference, the ANC has made it clear that it intends to push for a radical transformation of the judiciary.
Police say they have been excluded from action to end the controversial headquarters lease deal, despite having to pay R600-million if the case fails.
A parliamentary ethics committee wants a response to media reports of wrongdoing.
The government has to adopt a language policy for schools that promotes true multilingualism in South Africa.
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/ 25 January 2012
Parliamentary hearings on the SA Weather Service Amendment Bill are set to continue amid criticism that the legislation is vague and unconstitutional.