Parliament has gone through many changes these past years - parties have come and gone (or merged), President's have changed, and Cabinet has been shuffled a few times. People's Assembly and the Parliamentary Monitoring Group, takes a look at transformation regarding other areas of Parliament. We have focused on ...

Parliament resumes this week after a two-week constituency period. The second term will run for eleven weeks and the programme is packed with activities. Some of the highlights include committee, oversight and legislative work; oral questions to the President and the Executive; budget vote debates and the National Council of ...

People’s Assembly takes a look at the salaries of different public figures over the past ten years. The infographic shows how salaries have increased from 2005/06 to 2014/15 for the President, Deputy President, Speaker, Ministers and Members of the National Assembly. We also see how President Jacob Zuma’s salary ranks ...

By Jamie Petersen

There’s little to no assistance from government to help record labels or artists export local music. This is one of the main issues stifling the growth of South Africa’s music industry. This is according to Sipho Dlamini, the CEO of the South African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO), ...

With the first term of Parliament done and dusted, the People’s Assembly takes a look at some of the Legislature’s activities from this period. The review provides a snapshot of the number of working days, bills processed, questions asked and petitions received.

By Rofhiwa Maneta

This Wednesday, Deputy Minister Cyril Ramaphosa was in parliament to answer questions from members of the National Council of Provinces. A question or two was dedicated to the ongoing energy crisis and government’s plans to arrest the decline into a full blown crisis. But perhaps the most ...

On Tuesday and Wednesday, 24 and 25 March, Parliament hosted a National Firearms Control Summit, organised by the Police Portfolio Committee. The summit comes at a pivotal time as the Firearms Control Amendment Bill is before Parliament. The event was well attended by the relevant government entities, as well as ...

The constituency period beckons, with MPs due to depart this week and return on 14 April.

But a fair amount of heavy-duty business will be done before they go. With little scheduled in the main chambers, the committee corridor will be the main source of parliamentary action, where there are ...

By Rofhiwa Maneta

In January last year, six year old Micheal Komape lost his life when he fell into a pit toilet at Mahlodumela Primary School in Limpopo. Fast forward five months later and protesters in Diepkloof, Soweto were flashing their buttocks at passing motorists in protest of the bucket ...

On Wednesday, 18 March 2015, the Public Enterprises Department told Members of Parliament that the country’s investment into infrastructure is being scaled up to create opportunities for job creation and economic growth. Currently, investment is lower than it should be and economic activity is slow due to lack of infrastructure ...