The alleged manhandling of Media24 journalist Jan Gerber outside Parliament on Wednesday was strongly condemned by the Cape Town Press Club and the DA. “We call on the Speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete to immediately launch a probe into this incident,” the Club said in a statement. The[…]
President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday told MPs he would not pay back any money spent on his Nkandla residence until a “determination” was made on the matter. “Never have I ever thought on the date when I will pay back the money. Firstly, there is no money that I am[…]
EFF leader Julius Malema on Wednesday pleaded in the National Assembly with Speaker Baleka Mbete to agree that a programming committee set a date for the outstanding questions to be answered. “I am pleading with you… please commit that tomorrow’s [Thursday’s] programme [meeting] will come up with a date of[…]
Media24 journalist Jan Gerber was manhandled and forced to delete photographs by individuals in white shirts, believed to be police officers, on Wednesday, the SA National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) tweeted. “Gerber was taking pictures of the unidentified police officers and also of public order policing vans,” Sanef said on its[…]
The Western Cape High Court on Tuesday dismissed an urgent interim application for an order enforcing uninterrupted audio and a wide-angle shot of the National Assembly chamber during disruptions. Judge Owen Rogers delivered the order within a few minutes, announcing that interim relief against Parliament would not be granted and[…]
Judgment in an urgent interim application to enforce uninterrupted audio and a wide-angle shot of the parliamentary Chamber during disruptions was reserved by the Western Cape High Court on Friday. Judge Elizabeth Baartman, sitting with Judges Nape Dolamo and Owen Rogers, said arguments by media houses, organisations, and Parliament would[…]
The DA on Thursday will challenge legislation allowing for the arrest or removal of people who create a disturbance in the National Assembly. The party approached the Western Cape High Court after the removal of Economic Freedom Fighters MPs from the National Assembly during the state-of-the-nation address on February 12.[…]
Italy’s lower house of parliament on Friday approved a non-binding motion urging the government to recognize Palestine as a state, a move that follows similar symbolic votes in other European parliaments in recent months. The motion was backed by the ruling centre-left Democratic Party of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Before[…]
President Jacob Zuma assured editors on Friday that the jamming of cellphone networks in Parliament will not happen again. “Rest assured that will never happen again and we did not know about it and we are condemning it. It was uncalled for,” he said after a meeting with the SA[…]
During his response to the two day SONA debate, president Jacob Zuma reiterated the strategic focus of the ANC, stating that the aim is to develop a country for each and every South African regardless of whom they voted for. Defending his report back on work done during the previous[…]
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