Yesterday, 3 June, new Members of Parliament (MPs) began a training course to learn the ins and outs of the complex legislative process and the processes and procedures of Parliament. Known as the on-boarding programme, new Members of the Fifth Parliament are given an induction, orientation and training to acquire ...
2014 marks the twentieth year of democracy, and the end of the Fourth Parliament in South Africa. This overview highlights aspects of the work done by Parliament between 2009 and 2014. This is not intended to be a comprehensive analysis, but a broad sweep over some of the matters that ...
Delivering a speech at the Second Annual African Law and Religion Conference at Stellenbosch University, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s controversial statements that infusing our laws with religion would lead to a high moral fibre in society, has caused a stir over the past few days.
“I believe that we can ...
Much has been said about President Zuma’s newly appointed Cabinet throughout the course of this week, including our interview with political commentator Aubrey Matshiqi and our impressions on the relationship between Cabinet and Parliament (here and here) - but what do opposition party members think?
People’s Assembly interviewed ...
As People’s Assembly recently published an infographic on the gender breakdown of seats in both houses of Parliament, we thought we’d go a step further and get some analysis on whether a higher number of women MPs translates into more gender equality in legislation. We caught up with honorary research ...
Wilma Newhoudt-Druchen has experienced many firsts: She was South Africa’s first deaf MP as well as being the first woman and the first person from the African continent to fill the role of Vice President at the World Federation of the Deaf. While she is not returning to Parliament this ...
In many democratic societies, questions of accountability and efficiency are constantly being raised. As the new government begins its term and members of cabinet are appointed, people may wonder: What is the relationship between Parliament and the Cabinet? Does that relationship benefit or harm my rights? The People’s Assembly is ...
This is a complete list of the new premiers and speakers for each of the nine provinces. People's Assembly has also provided you with a graph depicting the amount of Members of Provincial Legislature that each province has - the amount ranges from between 30 and 80 depending on the ...
Following Zuma’s new cabinet being sworn in on Monday, People’s Assembly caught up with Aubrey Matshiqi, political analyst and research fellow at the Helen Suzman Foundation, to ask him about the significance of certain changes and appointments.
Matshiqi said that he thought the security cluster and economic cluster were of ...
Minister: Mr Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe__ Mr Radebe moves from the Justice and Constitutional Development portfolio to Minister in the Presidency. His new ministry merges the functions of planning, monitoring and evaluation and also looks after the youth. Radebe is the longest serving minister and has been a ...
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