The ANC and the EFF turned Parliament into a national embarrassment on Thursday, the DA said. “At a time when South Africa is in crisis, the constitutional role of Parliament has been severely undermined today, and the real issues that matter to South Africans have been forgotten,” DA Parliamentary leader[…]
Parliament should take stern action against members of the Economic Freedom Fighters who disrupted President Jacob Zuma’s state-of-the-nation address, Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe said on Thursday night. “Such behaviour and conduct cannot and must not be tolerated and we urge Parliament to apply the rules and take stern[…]
Amid wide expectations that the red-bereted Economic Freedom Fighters would shake up this year’s State of the Nation address, the annual event got off to a tense start. The day started off with police bolstered in around the city as DA and EFF supporters protested against President Jacob Zuma. Police[…]
An annual event filled with pomp, protocol and a charming ceremonial appeal devolved into chaos on Thursday evening, as members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) were forcibly removed from the National Assembly for disrupting President Jacob Zuma’s 2015 State of the Nation Address. Journalists and broadcasters watched in shock[…]
DA Parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane demanded to know if the police were used to remove EFF MPs from the National Assembly on Thursday. “To remove the members of the EFF… if by police… I request we cannot allow police to enter this chamber,” he said. “We want to be here[…]
Founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party Mangosuthu Buthelezi said that the disruptions in Parliament on Thursday were “disgusting” and “utter nonsense”. “I think what we have seen today is disgusting. I think our country is really torn to pieces and I think the struggle didn’t take place for people to[…]
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema on Thursday asked Speaker Baleka Mbete to show him which rule prevented him from asking questions during the president’s state of the nation address. “Point us the rule that gives you power to deny us this,” he said. “I’m not working for you, I’m[…]
Final preparations for President Jacob Zuma’s state-of-the-nation address (Sona) are underway, Parliament said on Thursday. “Parliament’s presiding officers are confident that the institution will do all in its power to again host a successful state-of-the-nation address today [Thursday],” it said in a statement. Rehearsals had taken place on Wednesday night[…]
President Jacob Zuma delivers his eighth state-of-the-nation address on Thursday amid tight security following threats of disruptions. The Economic Freedom Fighters on Tuesday repeated its threat to interrupt his annual address by asking him questions about his Nkandla homestead. “The EFF will ask questions to Zuma during the Sona because[…]
The Constitutional Court will hear an application on Tuesday by a non-governmental organisation seeking to determine whether Parliament has failed in its constitutional obligation to get political parties to disclose the source of their private funding. Currently, political parties are not obliged to disclose their funders. The applicant in the[…]
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