The Week Ahead: Second term kicks off

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 ...

The Week Ahead: Busy Committee & Plenary Programme

The main chambers have scheduled a broad and busy programme this week, which includes a motion of no confidence vote in the President, oral questions to the Deputy President and Social Services Cluster, a debate on the funding situation in the higher education sector as well as a joint sitting ...

Why the President’s Q&A will rarely hit the spot

By Rebecca Davis

Since August last year, the occasions on which the President comes to the National Assembly in order to answer questions have assumed a heightened significance. They are hailed as the ultimate opportunity to “hold the executive to account”, as Julius Malema put it. In fact, they are ...

LiveMagSA: What is government doing about corruption?

By Rofhiwa Maneta

Corruption. From the controversy surrounding the expenses to his homestead in Nkandla to his alleged involvement in the arms deal, no one word has followed Jacob Zuma around since he began his first term as president in 2009 more than the inglorious c-word . With concern about ...

Read President Jacob Zuma's 2015 State of the Nation speech here:

State of the Nation Address by His Excellency Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa on the occasion of the Joint Sitting Of Parliament Cape Town,

The Speaker of the National Assembly, The Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and ...

MY VOTE COUNTS Press Statement: MVC versus the Speaker

Yesterday, My Vote Counts went to the Constitutional Court to defend the Constitution and hold political parties to account. We asked the Constitutional Court to declare that Parliament has failed to fulfill its constitutional obligation to enact financial disclosure legislation to regulate private donations to political parties. This financial information ...

LiveMagSA: The state of municipalities: Going back to basics

By Sheilan Clarke

Gauteng and the Western Cape are the top performing provinces in terms of the number of municipalities getting clean audits, while KwaZulu Natal has significantly improved since last year. This is according to Minister of Co-Operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Pravin Gordhan. He was speaking at a ...

The Week Ahead: Infrastructure theft, the Dalai Lama, and the abuse of older persons

President Zuma’s annual address to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) is expected to steal the limelight this week. The theme for this year’s event is “Celebrating 20 years of a Democratic Parliament – together moving the NCOP forward as a vanguard of the interests of provinces”. Another story ...

Infographic: The National Prosecuting Authority: 2013/14 performance - conviction rates, court successes

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) had a thorough review of its progress for the year 2013/14 in Parliament this week. The NPA highlighted its successes in trial outcomes while reaching most of its annual targets. The following infographic summarises their progress.

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Infographic: Minister releases recent corruption update

Minister in the Presidency, and Chairperson of the new Inter-Ministerial Committee on Information and Publicity, Mr Jeff Radebe, recently briefed the media on the key developments government has made dealing with corruption in state institutions.

According to their statement, 36 public declarations have been made by the President instructing ...