Organ donation came under the spotlight in Parliament this week, when the Portfolio Committee on Health heard a presentation by the family of Jenna Lowe; a young girl in desperate need of a life-saving lung transplant. The presentation highlighted the current state of South African organ donation, arguing that more ...

The Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources hosted a presentation by the Department of Environmental Affairs on their progress with environmental conservation management in Parliament this week. The department highlighted the importance of conservation management and the role law enforcement plays in conservation, citing progress made and challenges faced. ...

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By Rofhiwa Maneta

What, if anything, do you think of parliament? I’ll be the first to admit, I didn’t exactly hold the place in high regard. Aside from the occasional outburst from opposition parties, the place didn’t do much to hold ...

Parliament has been occupied with two contentious issues for the past few months. This has resulted in the souring of relations between the ruling party and most opposition parties. Constructive debate has been replaced by walkouts and threats of legal action.

With both matters set to be finalised by their ...

By Sabelo Mkhabela

If Thembelani Mkhize (22) doesn’t get financial assistance for his studies next year, then he has no idea how he’s going to pay for his tuition. “I am the first born of three siblings from an unemployed single mother,” says Thembelani, a second-year politics and sociology student ...

Since our launch, the People’s Assembly has included declarations of members interests in the profiles of Members of Parliament, but there has not been a simple way to dive deeper into the data and explore trends. That has now changed with the launch of our Members Interests Browser. Storing ...

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) along with Athletics South Africa (ASA) were under the microscope in Parliament this week. With the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro less than two years away, and South Africa having competed in the recent Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this year, ...

Last week, the Department of Environmental Affairs and a few environmental NGOs briefed the Portfolio Committee of Environmental Affairs on the air pollution situation in South Africa. The focus was specifically on three priority areas that had been identified for their dangerously high levels of air pollution, which have resulted ...

Yesterday, People’s Assembly launched a new Members Interests Browser – a tool developed to help you filter through members interest declarations by searching according to the number of declarations per MP or the number of declarations per source – here, you can find out which ministers, deputy ministers and other ...

Departments and their entities are subject to annual auditing by the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA), where an audit opinion is given based on a department's financial statements. In formulating an audit opinion, AGSA ascertains whether there is financial health and if performance reports are aligned to predetermined objectives. The ...