The Western Cape High Court has dismissed the case from a media group against Speaker Baleka Mbete regarding Parliament’s broadcasting policy.
The Western Cape High Court has ruled that the Powers and Privileges Act is only applicable to non-members of Parliament.
Media houses want the Western Cape High Court to declare it was unlawful to use a signal jamming device during the Sona in February.
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.
Is the government’s mooted 12 000 hectare ‘ceiling’ on landownership practical – or even feasible?
The applicants argued that it was the constitutional right of every citizen to have an accurate representation of what occurred in the House.
Analysts feel that President Jacob Zuma may once again duck the main issues, but know what they think he should say.
South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande is calling for a firm stand against the anarchy of the EFF.
The SABC’s head of news, Jimi Matthews, has been accused of assaulting a staff member outside Parliament during the State of the Nation Address.
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa refused to answer questions in Parliament about the security measures used during the State of the Nation Address.
When asked about the arrest of DA members, police commissioner Arno Lamoer said security had been a national operation with different role players.
President Jacob Zuma missed a major opportunity. We need to send a strong signal to other developing countries that we support more accountability.
Only the courts and civil society can stem the drift from constitutionalism to an unfettered executive.
South Africans must stand together in multitudes to hold politicians accountable for disrespecting our democratic institutions before the whole world.
Members and supporters of the Right2Know campaign rallied in the Cape Town and vowed to take back Parliament for the South African public.
AfriForum says President Jacob Zuma’s undertaking that the ANC would continue to defend minorities were empty words.
We boycotted and protested against apartheid and with our votes we have returned the ANC to power since 1994. We didn’t do that to be oppressed.
The president was in top form, from "commending" Julius Malema and calling Mangosuthu Buthelezi the "voice of reason", to giving a history lesson.
Minister Jeff Radebe says it was disappointing to see MPs disrupt Parliament, showing no regard for those who sacrificed their lives for democracy.
State Security Minister David Mahlobo has denied reports of signal jamming at the State of the Nation Address, blaming it on equipment glitches.
