Parliament is back in session and the main source of parliamentary action this week will be the election of chairpersons for National Assembly committees following the publication of committee memberships last Friday. Even though the ANC announced its list of candidates for committee chairpersons a few weeks ago, these appointees ...
While Wednesday’s debate saw opposition leaders Mmusi Maimane and Julius Malema take centre state in the critique of the President’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), Thursday saw the ANC MPs rise to the challenge of defending the President’s speech. Today saw Zuma give a measured response to issues raised ...
President Jacob Zuma delivered his State of the Nation Address (SONA) in the National Assembly on Tuesday evening, 17 June 2014. People’s Assembly has already reported on the main themes of the Presidents speech including commentary from opposition MPs. A lot has been written about Zuma’s comments on the economy ...
Yesterday’s SONA debates certainly saw South Africa’s Fifth Parliament get off to a tempestuous start. So far, a lot has been said about Julius Malema’s maiden speech in Parliament with regards to the EFF leader clashing with NCOP Chair, Thandi Modise.
Modise rebuked Malema when he spoke about Minister of ...
People’s Assembly has created two word clouds, one for the 2009-2013 State of the Nation Addresses (SONAs) and another for the most recent SONA, which focused on priorities for President Jacob Zuma’s second term. Word clouds are images that consist of words, in which the size of each word denotes ...
People’s Assembly has created two word clouds, one for the 2009-2013 State of the Nation Addresses (SONAs) and another for the most recent SONA, which focused on priorities for President Jacob Zuma’s second term. Word clouds are images that consist of words, in which the size of each word denotes ...
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) ...
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) ...
Deputy Minister of Communications, Ms Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams walks the red carpet with her husband.
The DA's Shadow Minister of Police, Dianne Kohler Barnard (right) and Shadow Minister of Justice, Glynnis Breytenbach (left) make their way to the National Assembly.
The EFF's Floyd Shivambu waves to onlookers and media.
The ANC's ...
President Jacob Zuma’s seventh State of the Nation Address (SONA) last night focused on the economy and job creation, and labour relations, in particular in the mining sector and addressing challenges in local government.
Early on in his speech, Zuma stated, “As we enter the second phase of our transition ...
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