The week ahead: Parliament's second term kicks off

Parliament resumes this week after a two week break. The second term is expected to run for five weeks and the programme is packed with activities. Some of the highlights include oversight and legislation work, Questions to the President and the Executive, Women’s month celebration and the National Council of ...

Calls for establishment of ad hoc committee as President’s Nkandla report tabled

President Javcob Zuma’s report on the security upgrades for his private residence in Nkandla has been tabled in Parliament, appearing in the Announcements, Tablings and Committee Reports (ATC) today. The report has been tabled after the President missed the 30-day deadline declared by the ANC’s chief whip’s office on ...

Maintenance defaulters to be blacklisted by credit bureaus?

The draft regulations to stop reckless lending, published last week, do not only hold credit providers to task – they will also hold child maintenance defaulters accountable. Maintenance defaulters will now have their credit records impaired for the first time.

Maintenance defaults will now stay on a person's credit record ...

Call for comment on draft rules to stop reckless lending

The public has been asked to comment on new draft regulations that aim to help South Africans getting deeper into debt by regulating affordability assessments by credit providers.

The Department of Trade and Industry released a statement, saying that the draft regulations aim to curb “reckless lending and over-indebtedness of ...

Infographic: The Fifth Parliament - First session review in numbers

With the first session of the Fifth Parliament done and dusted, People’s Assembly takes a look at what happened behind the scenes in the halls of the Legislature. The parliamentary review provides a snapshot of the work done by public representatives in the Fifth Parliament, summarising all the facts you ...

Infographic: The Fifth Parliament - First session review in numbers

With the first session of the Fifth Parliament done and dusted, People’s Assembly takes a look at what happened behind the scenes in the halls of the Legislature. The parliamentary review provides a snapshot of the work done by public representatives in the Fifth Parliament, summarising all the facts you ...

New department tasked with eradicating bucket toilets

The newly formed Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will oversee the implementation of the Bucket Eradication Programme (BEP), the department confirmed in Parliament last week.

The BEP and other sanitation issues were previously handled by the Department of Human Settlements. The new department will incorporate the same sanitation mandate, ...

Operational and financial challenges ahead for Eskom hears Committee

On Tuesday, 29 July 2014, Eskom briefed a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committees for Energy and Public Enterprises. Attended by Ministers for Energy and Public Enterprises, the joint meeting came about as the result of the enormous challenges that Eskom is facing. The entity briefed the Committees on the ...

Oversight discombobulation

I was back at my post as a parliamentary monitor after an interval of five years. My first Committee meeting was a briefing from the Department of Water Affairs to the Portfolio Committee of Water, the latter consisting of brand new members. It appeared as though the entire Department and ...

Oversight discombobulation

I was back at my post as a parliamentary monitor after an interval of five years. My first Committee meeting was a briefing from the Department of Water Affairs to the Portfolio Committee of Water, the latter consisting of brand new members. It appeared as though the entire Department and ...

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