Only a few more weeks until Election Day (8 May)! To all first-time voters who are daunted by the notion of voting, People's Assembly has created a visual representation of the voting process. It's really as simple as it looks. Happy voting!

Free and fair elections; we shout it and demand it, but in the end, what does it really mean? People’s Assembly attended a round table hosted by The Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office and the Hans Seidel Foundation, where representatives of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) ...

Yesterday, during a meeting of the National Assembly’s Rules Committee, there was a proposal by the ANC to change the NA’s current portfolio committee structure, which would see a reduction in the number of portfolio committees in the House.

Parliament staff member, Francois Basson, told People’s Assembly, “Yesterday there was ...

Replacing MPs: How does it work?

From Lindiwe Mazibuko to Max Sisulu, the last few weeks have seen a number of high profile MPs across the political spectrum exit Parliament. A total of 19 MPs have been unable to take up their seats, such as the Agang’s Mamphele Ramphele, for ...

Much has been said about President Zuma’s newly appointed Cabinet throughout the course of this week, including our interview with political commentator Aubrey Matshiqi and our impressions on the relationship between Cabinet and Parliament (here and here) - but what do opposition party members think?

People’s Assembly interviewed ...

As People’s Assembly recently published an infographic on the gender breakdown of seats in both houses of Parliament, we thought we’d go a step further and get some analysis on whether a higher number of women MPs translates into more gender equality in legislation. We caught up with honorary research ...

Wilma Newhoudt-Druchen has experienced many firsts: She was South Africa’s first deaf MP as well as being the first woman and the first person from the African continent to fill the role of Vice President at the World Federation of the Deaf. While she is not returning to Parliament this ...

This is a complete list of the new premiers and speakers for each of the nine provinces. People's Assembly has also provided you with a graph depicting the amount of Members of Provincial Legislature that each province has - the amount ranges from between 30 and 80 depending on the ...

Following Zuma’s new cabinet being sworn in on Monday, People’s Assembly caught up with Aubrey Matshiqi, political analyst and research fellow at the Helen Suzman Foundation, to ask him about the significance of certain changes and appointments.

Matshiqi said that he thought the security cluster and economic cluster were of ...

The Presidency

Minister: Mr Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe__ Mr Radebe moves from the Justice and Constitutional Development portfolio to Minister in the Presidency. His new ministry merges the functions of planning, monitoring and evaluation and also looks after the youth. Radebe is the longest serving minister and has been a ...