Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has struck a deal with opposition parties that disciplinary proceedings against the EFF will be held in abeyance in return for assurances that they will respect parliamentary rules. “Are we going to put these things that happened into abeyance? Yes, because we are going to find[…]
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[…]
Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has explained her anger during a sitting of Parliament on Thursday, The Sunday Independent reported. “We’ve been insulted, we’ve been made to feel like there’s absolutely nothing we have done for this country, we’ve been made to feel like we’re just a bunch of[…]
Parliament’s presiding officers will on Friday address the media on disruptions during a National Assembly sitting on Thursday. The briefing was due to start at Parliament at 9am. “The briefing will address incidents related to the National Assembly plenary sitting on Thursday,” it said in a statement. At 10.30am, the[…]
The pandemonium that broke loose in the National Assembly on Thursday was triggered by Speaker Baleka Mbete’s attempt to limit the time for members’ motions. “In terms of Rule 2, I rule that notices of motion and motions without notices be limited to 45 minutes,” she told the House, after[…]
France’s National Assembly will vote this month on a largely symbolic resolution in favor of recognizing a Palestinian state, hoping it could help end the decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, officials said Wednesday. Approval by the lower and more powerful chamber of parliament would send a signal to President[…]
Libya’s Supreme Court has announced the dissolution of the UN-backed elected parliament, which has taken refuge in the eastern city of Tobruk, while another parliament vying for legitimacy is stationed in the capital Tripoli. The decision, announced on Thursday, came in light of a request by a Tripoli parliament member[…]
Twenty EFF MPs have been found guilty of all charges stemming from their heckling of President Jacob Zuma over his Nkandla home, Parliament’s powers and privileges committee said on Wednesday. Economic Freedom Fighters Chief Whip Floyd Shivambu and his colleague Mpho Ramakatsa were found guilty of seven charges each, and[…]
A few hundred people have made their way to Parliament for a protest march in defence of Masjidul Aqsa. This comes as violence continues to erupt at the mosque compound – the third most sacred in Islam. Israeli police clashed with Palestinian worshipers inside the Al Aqsa compound as right-wing Israeli[…]
Lawyers for embattled SABC chairwoman Ellen Tshabalala on Monday asked the Western Cape High Court to rule that Parliament was conducting a disciplinary inquiry against her and had no right to do so. Norman Arendse told the court Parliament’s portfolio committee on communications failed to indicate the legal basis on[…]
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