A Taliban suicide bomber and six gunmen attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday as lawmakers met to consider a new defense minister, and another district in the volatile north fell to the radicals as they intensified a summer offensive. The brazen assault on the symbolic center of power, along with[…]
Explosions and gunfire have rocked the Afghan parliament in Kabul, forcing politicians to evacuate. Al Jazeera’s Jennifer Glasse, who was watching parliamentary proceedings on TV in Kabul, said that the parliamentary speaker was at the podium when the video camera’s started to shake. “We heard two loud explosions and people[…]
Thursday’s events in Parliament were an attack on democracy, the ANC said after yet another sitting was adjourned amid shouting. “Incidences such as the ones witnessed today are an attack on our democracy and our constitution which props it up,” said ANC spokesperson Zizi Kodwa. “They are also not sustainable[…]
The presidency on Thursday denied that Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa evaded questions on Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s flight from South Africa. National Council of Provinces chairperson Thandi Modise ruled on Wednesday that the matter was still before the courts and an investigation into the circumstances of his departure from South[…]
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[…]
Police Minister Nathi Nhleko said on Wednesday night that reasons “beyond his control” led to him cancelling a news conference where he would have made public his long-awaited Nkandla report. According to Nhleko’s spokesperson Musa Zondi the need to follow parliamentary processes was why the announcement on whether President Jacob[…]
Top government officials, including President Jacob Zuma, misconstrued data on public order policing before Parliament, according to a University of Johannesburg (UJ) report released on Wednesday. The longer UJ researchers worked on the report, the “more it became clear that senior South African Police Services [SAPS] officials and government ministers[…]
Dozens of residents from across the Cape Flats were seen outside of Parliament on Tuesday, in a protest against gang violence that has had communities under siege. The group, a collective of concerned parents and community activists, stood in unison braving the cold, wet weather, to show their dissatisfaction with[…]
Fed-up residents across the Cape Flats will mobilize for a protest to Parliament on Tuesday, to raise the alarm on gang violence. The Cape Flats Concerned Residents Association will be protesting to demand the deployment of the army in gang ridden areas on the Cape Flats. Chairman Ricardo Sedres said[…]
Parliament is going to hold Public Protector Thuli Madonsela under its thumb by forcing her to meet extraordinary requirements. Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Justice ruled on Wednesday that Madonsela must now formally report to him four times a year. This was two more times than other Chapter 9[…]
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