Global Legislative Openness Week (GLOW) – 15 to 25 September 2014 – has People's Assembly take a look at what constitutes “parliamentary openness”. GLOW is an initiative of the Legislative Openness Working Group of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) launched in 2011 with South Africa as one of the eight ...

Global Legislative Openness Week (GLOW) – 15 to 25 September 2014 – has People's Assembly take a look at what constitutes “parliamentary openness”. GLOW is an initiative of the Legislative Openness Working Group of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) launched in 2011 with South Africa as one of the eight ...

The United Nations Convention for prisoner rights has agreed on minimum standards which affords prisoners the same human rights as ordinary citizens. These rights guarantee the dignified treatment of prisoners while serving their sentence. South Africa’s Constitution, as well as the Correctional Services Act of 1998, echoes these rights, emphasizing ...

Parliament’s second term comes to an end after six busy and tumultuous weeks. Some of the highlights include oversight and legislation work, questions to the President, his Deputy and the Executive, Women’s month and Heritage Day celebrations and the National Council of Province’s provincial week.

The defining moment of the ...

Minister in the Presidency, and Chairperson of the new Inter-Ministerial Committee on Information and Publicity, Mr Jeff Radebe, recently briefed the media on the key developments government has made dealing with corruption in state institutions.

According to their statement, 36 public declarations have been made by the President instructing ...

Ensuring education for all, including children with special needs, is the Department of Basic Education’s mandate. DBE has moved towards Inclusive Education which means mainstreaming children in public schools . The department is tasked with ensuring that students with learning disabilities are adequately accommodated. Last week, the Portfolio Committee on ...

Another week and another showdown is looming in Parliament. Last week, five opposition parties (DA, EFF, COPE, UDM and FF+) tabled a motion of no confidence in the Speaker of Parliament. They accused her, amongst other things, of being partisan and stifling criticism of the executive arm of government. The ...

Higher Education South Africa (HESA) met with their oversight committee in Parliament last week to deliberate the internationalisation of higher education; that is, whether an appropriate balance between local and international students and staff should be achieved in South Africa, and the benefits resulting from such internationalisation.

HESA identifies the ...

Higher Education South Africa (HESA) met with their oversight committee in Parliament last week to deliberate the internationalisation of higher education; that is, whether an appropriate balance between local and international students and staff should be achieved in South Africa, and the benefits resulting from such internationalisation.

HESA identifies the ...

Mangosuthu University of Technology and the University of Limpopo recently briefed the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training on the recent student protests at both institutions. Students were dissatisfied with the National Student Financial Aid Scheme, particularly its inability to secure enough funds for students in financial need. As ...