The conservation of South Africa’s dwindling rhino population took the spotlight when the Department of Environmental Affairs briefed its parliamentary oversight committee on its progress with initiatives to deal with rhino poaching, its current and future interventions, while noting the shortcomings and challenges it faced.

Current interventions sees the department ...

The Department of Energy’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) projects South Africa’s energy capacities for the year 2030. The IRP seeks to diversify our energy sector from being coal-reliant, to one that utilises renewable energy sources to meet our future needs.

But while the capacity to produce more energy is achievable, ...

It is quite rare for MPs to have all their questions answered in committee meetings. Questions are often meticulous and long-winded, leaving no time for all MPs to have their say. Because of time constraints, or for purposes of general inquiry, MPs send written questions to the Ministries they oversee. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...