The National Assembly on Wednesday voted to approve the Presidency budget. The budget was presented by President Jacob Zuma in Parliament on May 4. It was approved when 212 MPs voted in its favour, with 64 against and two abstentions. In a declaration before the vote, the DA said the lack of[…]
The National Assembly on Tuesday is set to debate a motion tabled by the Democratic Alliance to have President Jacob Zuma removed from office. This follows last week’s Constitutional Court ruling that Zuma failed to uphold the Constitution when he did not comply with Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s remedial action[…]
The National Assembly will debate higher education transformation in the country on Tuesday, following closely on the heels of a nationwide protest against fee increases. The debate, which is expected to be attended by various student leaders, will be opened by Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande. Widespread student demonstrations were[…]
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[…]
President Jacob Zuma will answer questions in the National Assembly in March, Speaker Baleka Mbete said on Wednesday. “The office of the Speaker of the National Assembly has today received from the presidency confirmation of a date for questions to the president as 11 March 2015,” her office said in[…]
Opposition parties intend to ratchet up the pressure on Speaker Baleka Mbete on Tuesday when the National Assembly reconvenes after riot police were called into the Chamber last week. “If she walks in there and thinks it is going to be business as usual, then it is not going to[…]
The DA will demand an investigation by the parliamentary oversight authority (POA) into the chain of events that saw riot police sent into the National Assembly last week, the party’s chief whip said on Monday. “Where possible, officials’ heads must roll. In addition there needs to be a multi-party committee[…]
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema and his fellow EFF MPs on Wednesday made good on a threat to block all motions in the National Assembly, effectively halting the business of the House. The party blocked all motions from being read out in the House in an apparent tit-for-tat response[…]
The EFF’s disruption of proceedings in the National Assembly on Thursday was tantamount to bringing Parliament into disrepute, government said in a statement on Friday. “Yesterday’s [Thursday] militant confrontation and attitude between MPs and supporters of political parties were not in the best interest of the country and were futile,”[…]
The Economic Freedom Fighters has defended its “staged protest” which caused a disruption in the National Assembly. Party spokesman Mbuyiseni Ndlozi named three reasons for the protest in parliament on Thursday. “President [Jacob] Zuma did not respond to the public protector’s report and directive that public money was spent in[…]
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