After facing a mammoth task in steering the State of the Nation Address last week, National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete expressed concern over the country’s current political situation. “The polarisation that we are witnessing in politics at the moment, is highly distressing and in this regard, it is our elders[…]
National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete will receive the Martin Luther King Legacy Award for International Service on Sunday. “This prestigious award signifies her great leadership on various leadership roles in South Africa and beyond,” the African National Congress Women’s League said in a statement on Friday. “We are indeed grateful[…]
Suspended police chief General Riah Phiyega has given Parliament and Speaker Baleka Mbete an ultimatum to rescind a committee report criticising her leadership and her board of commissioners, or face legal action. This is the latest salvo from Phiyega, who has been fighting to keep her job. In a series[…]
A motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma will be debated on September 1. The announcement was made on Thursday morning during Parliament’s programme committee meeting, and followed threats of court action by the Democratic Alliance. DA leader Mmusi Maimane gave notice of the motion earlier. The motion also called for[…]
President Jacob Zuma’s question and answer session in the National Assembly was disrupted before it even began on Thursday, with the EFF insisting on asking when he was going to pay back the money for security upgrades to his Nkandla home. National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete had to suspend proceedings[…]
The work of the executive was “99% done” and the Nkandla report expected from Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko should be ready for Parliament by next week, Speaker Baleka Mbete said on Thursday. She told Parliament’s programming committee that as soon as the report was “physically here”, an ad hoc committee[…]
The DA’s claim that its win in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday regarding the right to remove or arrest parliamentary members who caused disturbances was a victory against National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete was misleading, the ANC said on Tuesday. “The DA’s court application was neither intended to[…]
The DA tried to cool tensions between Speaker Baleka Mbete and the EFF during a questions session in Parliament on Thursday. EFF leader Julius Malema had demanded that President Jacob Zuma answer the “pay back the money” question, but Mbete responded that it had been agreed by all parties that[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters on Wednesday welcomed an apology to its leader Julius Malema by National Assembly Speaker and ANC chairwoman Baleka Mbete. “The EFF welcomes this apology as a step forward and hopes indeed that the unfortunate events of the 12 February 2015 will be reviewed with the same[…]
The SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has received a complaint about National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete calling EFF leader Julius Malema a cockroach, it said on Wednesday. “I can confirm that the SAHRC has received a complaint regarding alleged utterances by Speaker Baleka Mbete, in which she is alleged to[…]
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