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Signal jam ‘an error’: State security

The signal jamming in the National Assembly ahead of the state-of-the-nation-address was caused by an operational error, the state security department said on Wednesday. “The signal disruption was caused by an operational error by the member on duty,” the department said in statement. “The operator failed to properly terminate the[…]

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DA to challenge use of police in parliament

The DA will bring a court challenge against legislation allowing for the arrest or removal of people who create a disturbance in the National Assembly, it said on Wednesday. The DA filed papers in the Western Cape High Court following last week’s removal of Economic Freedom Fighters MPs from the[…]

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Sanef fights for answers over SONA 2015

South Africans have taken to social media to express their confusion over events at SONA 2015, as signals were jammed during what they described as the “most action packed moments within the National Assembly”. The claims of jammed signals in Parliament by media whose broadcasts were interrupted by regular audio[…]

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MPs call for ruling on ‘insects’ statement

National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete should withdraw her description of Economic Freedom Fighters members as insects and irritants, EFF MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi told MPs on Tuesday. “She really needs to withdraw her comments on irritants, on insects, and all the violence that she was calling for on honourable members,” he[…]

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Parly jamming case postponed

An urgent application to prohibit the use of mobile network blocking devices in Parliament was postponed in the High Court in Cape Town on Tuesday afternoon. The postponement follows negotiations between lawyers for Parliament and those for media houses Primedia Broadcasting and Media24. “Regrettably, those negotiations have failed,” Steven Budlender,[…]

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EFF pics used for SONA practise

Security personnel who forcefully removed the EFF from Parliament on Thursday had used pictures of the party’s MPs to practice their tactics, City Press reported on Sunday. Pictures of Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema, his deputy Floyd Shivambu and MPs Godrich Gardee and Reneilwe Mashabela were used during practice[…]

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Sanef to set up legal fund

The SA National Editors Forum (Sanef) is in the process of setting up a legal defence fund, it said on Sunday. “Sanef is in the process of setting up a legal defence fund that will allow it to fund any current and future court cases which affect the right of[…]

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Mbete inciting violence: EFF

National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete is inciting violence against the EFF by describing them as thugs and party leader Julius Malema as a cockroach, it said on Sunday. “No amount of conspiracy theories, intimidation, usage of violence or threats of assassination will deter us from holding this corrupt ANC government[…]

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Malema to turn to courts

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) plans to take Parliament to court after chaos ensued inside the National Assembly on Thursday. EFF members, lead by Julius Malema, are hoping that should all evidence be put before a judiciary, proceedings at SONA 2015 will be declared unconstitutional. Seven EFF members of parliament[…]

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SONA 2015: An encouraging sign of democracy

OPINION by Shafiq Morton I stay in the city bowl area near to parliament. For the past 22 years I’ve witnessed the preparations for the State of the Nation address at close quarters. Each February it has always been a much-anticipated ceremony, a ceremony signalling the start of the parliamentary[…]

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