Gender activists around the country have been stewing this week since the ANC’s announcement of its almost all male selection of premiers as well as the DA’s mostly male cabinet. Whatever the reasons for these selections, these two events have put a spotlight on gender equality in the country. For ...

After the National Assembly’s highly energised and much talked about swearing in ceremony, all eyes and ears are on President Zuma’s inauguration where he will take the oath of office in front of the nation. Many people are speculating about the where, the costs and the details of this ceremony, ...

Parliament’s second House, the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), held it’s first sitting today, 22 May, where 54 permanent delegates representing their respective provinces were sworn in. Unlike yesterday’s lengthy and robust first sitting of the National Assembly (NA), the NCOP sitting proved to be more sedate, with the entire ...

Today, 21 May, marked the first sitting of the Fifth democratic Parliament with the National Assembly meeting to swear in Members of Parliament (MP), choose a Speaker and Deputy Speaker and formally elect the President of the Republic.

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng called upon all 400 NA MPs, 10 at ...

Today, ahead of the first sitting of Parliament tomorrow, ANC Secretary General, Gwede Mantashe, announced that Max Sisulu will not be returning as Speaker of the National Assembly (NA), and that the nomination for Speaker of the House is party stalwart Baleka Mbete. Lechesa Tsenoli has been named as the ...

South African activist, Zachie Achmat expressed his views at the Hanns Seidel Foundation’s roundtable discussion regarding this year’s election results.

Achmat said the results affirmed the “enormous class and race divide” in our society due to people’s failure to vote. Over 40% of the electoral did not participate in elections. ...

Political analysts Eusebius McKaiser and Adam Habib and political activist Mike van Graan discussed the topic “Does Democracy Work?” at the Franschoek Literary Festival on Sunday, 18 May, chaired by author, Peter Harris.

Harris kicked off by asking van Graan why he had recently written a Thought Leader article in ...

On Friday, 16 May, Parliament released a list of designated Members for the National Assembly and a list of Members of Provincial Legislatures for the Fifth Parliament.

However, the lists are bound to be amended as there are Members on the list who have declared that they will not be ...

The Fifth Parliament opens on 21 May 2014 and People’s Assembly decided to catch up with out-going MP and former chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police, Annelize van Wyk.

Asked why she’s not returning to Parliament, van Wyk answered with a short and simple “Because I was too low ...

Since the announcement of Lindiwe Mazibuko’s resignation from the role of Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, much has been said about the reasons behind her decision and speculation over whether DA Gauteng Leader Mmusi Mamaine will be her replacement. But, there has been a dearth of analysis on what ...