After a successful trip to the Eastern Cape, VIP is hosting another VIP Debate Club, this time around we’re inviting members of parliament, party representatives and leading political figures to have open and robust conversations with you, yes you! Make your voice heard because it matters. This is your opportunity ...
On 29 September 2015, the Dullah Omar Institute held a roundtable discussion that explored whether working with South African Legislatures is still a valuable investment for civil society. The discussion, “ South Africa’s Legislatures in 2015: What’ the point?” used research done on public participation trends for the portfolio committees ...
By Sheilan Clarke
There were many interesting events in parliament over the past few months. From discussions about military conscription to Stellenbosch University’s appearance in parliament, here are five youth-related highlights from parliament’s third term.
Sending SA’s youth to the army
Earlier this year the presidency revealed they were discussing ...
After a successful trip to the Eastern Cape, VIP is hosting another VIP Debate Club, this time around we’re inviting members of parliament, party representatives and leading political figures to have open and robust conversations with you, yes you! Make your voice heard because it matters.
This is your opportunity ...
Oversight is a function granted by the Constitution to Parliament to oversee effective management of government action. How it is done in practice is that a parliamentary committee is assigned one department to oversee and often, to get to the nitty gritty, the committee will go on an oversight visit ...
"We have got to identify and have honest discussions about those things that are holding us back. We have got to understand that the continued dominance of one political party is unhealthy for our future".
1. What is your political background? How did you come to join your political party ...
What is it?
VIP is opening up a crowd-sourced challenge to our community to suggest crucial issues, topics or policy ideas that young South Africa would like to present to parliament, dubbed the Parliament Challenge. The VIP team will work in conjunction with political experts, civil society organisations and MPs ...
By Sheilan Clarke
Fort Hare University students say there are problems with the way funding is channelled through the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). We spoke to one of the students at the university while having a look at the NSFAS Act.
What the Act say about loans and ...
There's a humdrum flavour to this week's parliamentary business in the National Assembly chamber - with MPs finishing off legislation, processing assorted statutory instruments and reports, making statements and discussing matters of public importance.
The major highlight will be the question session involving the Deputy President and Ministers in the ...
Livity Africa’s VIP Campaign, a youth politics platform that found success engaging young people in Joburg and Cape Town with the national elections in 2014, is now expanding to the Eastern Cape in the lead up to the 2016 local government elections.
The VIP Campaign is a non-partisan movement of ...