Yesterday, 12 March, marked the deadline for political parties intending to contest the national election to submit their candidate lists that will represent them in Parliament, says the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). The ANC has released three lists – a national list featuring MPs who will serve in ...

Today, the Select Committee on Appropriations received a post-budget presentation from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), focusing on various factors affecting revenue and expenditure as well as the country’s economic growth, which is predicted to be quite low over the next three years. The question also arose as to whether ...

The Home Affairs Portfolio Committee received a briefing by the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) today, with mostly positive stories from the IEC regarding their preparation and state of readiness for the national election, come 7 May 2014.

IEC Deputy Chairperson, Terry Tselane, told the Committee that although “we ...

The People’s Assembly website has been set up to bridge the divide between ordinary citizens and their elected representatives. One of the ways we do this is by providing contact details- this includes parliamentary office numbers, constituency office numbers and personal cell phone numbers- of MPs.

However in this technological ...

The People’s Assembly website has been set up to bridge the divide between ordinary citizens and their elected representatives. One of the ways we do this is by providing contact details- this includes parliamentary office numbers, constituency office numbers and personal cell phone numbers- of MPs.

However in this technological ...

Minister of Public Service and Administration, Lindiwe Sisulu, and her legal adviser, Advocate Menzi Simelane, presented aspects of the constitutionality of the Public Administration Management (PAM) Bill yesterday to the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration.

The issues that were raised in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) ...

There is a new phenomenon among the elderly in South Africa – the use of condoms as a remedy for arthritis.

This unusual cure was revealed to none other than the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, by one of his ANC colleagues during a Health Portfolio Committee meeting ...

There is a new phenomenon among the elderly in South Africa – the use of condoms as a remedy for arthritis.

This unusual cure was revealed to none other than the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, by one of his ANC colleagues during a Health Portfolio Committee meeting ...

Parliament’s Joint Rules Committee (JRC) has finally adopted an attendance policy for its Members. The main objective of the policy is to set minimum standards and create obligations on Members for attendance and participation in parliamentary business. Although the Rules of Parliament will prevail over the attendance policy in a ...

Parliament’s Joint Rules Committee (JRC) has finally adopted an attendance policy for its Members. The main objective of the policy is to set minimum standards and create obligations on Members for attendance and participation in parliamentary business. Although the Rules of Parliament will prevail over the attendance policy in a ...