It's a busy week in the main chambers and committee corridor. Everything from the mini-budget speech, to the President and Ministerial question times, to debates, to legislative business, to motions and members' and ministerial statements dominate the plenary agenda.
All eyes will be on the Minister of Finance when he ...
By Joel
Over the past year the Social Justice Coalition’s (SJC) Safety and Justice Programme has been monitoring and offering support to victims and their families in five cases in Khayelitsha involving Gender Based Violence (GBV) and/or violence against children.
Given the high levels of GBV, the low levels of ...
By Simamkele Matuntuta
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) wants more young people to take up positions as academics. The department said this at a briefing committee meeting by the select committee on cooperative governance and traditional affairs, adding that people who are currently sitting in those positions ...
Parliament yesterday hosted a joint sitting of the Portfolio Committees on Women and Labour to address the issue of women and youth unemployment. Recent figures show that South Africa's women and youth are experiencing more job losses and struggle to find work, making them more vulnerable than men in the ...
Between 2009 and 2014, there were a total of 177 permanent and acting Directors-General (DGs) across all government departments. However, only 19 departments had their DGs complete an entire term. Acting DGs fill the vacant post when Permanent DGs resign or are dismissed. The following infographic will evaluate the relationship ...
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 ...
Yesterday’s meeting of the Multi Party Women’s Caucus (MPWC) in Parliament ended up in a squabble between Chairperson Rosalia Morutoa from the ANC and the DA’s Dianne Robinson. The meeting started off with the election of the Deputy Chairperson. After the UDM’s NoCollege Majeke nominated IFP’s Sibongile Nkomo, Robinson said ...
President Jacob Zuma delivered his State of the Nation Address (SONA) in the National Assembly on Tuesday evening, 17 June 2014. People’s Assembly has already reported on the main themes of the Presidents speech including commentary from opposition MPs. A lot has been written about Zuma’s comments on the economy ...
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 ...
Gender activists around the country have been stewing this week since the ANC’s announcement of its almost all male selection of premiers as well as the DA’s mostly male cabinet. Whatever the reasons for these selections, these two events have put a spotlight on gender equality in the country. For ...