By Rofhiwa Maneta
What on Earth is happening at Eskom? If the past few days’ events are anything to go by, no one really knows. We’re all in the dark. This week the national electricity utility suspended their CEO Tshediso Matona along with three other executives, pending an inquiry on ...
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 ...
By Rofhiwa Maneta
This week, the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services invited the public to weigh in on the proposed amendments to the Sexual Offences and Related Matters Act. One of the Act’s biggest points of contention has been the proposed amendment to decriminalise consensual sex between adolescents ...
By Rofhiwa Maneta
On Tuesday, the Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene delivered his maiden budget speech to the National Assembly. It was a speech that announced the first income tax increase in 20 years, an increase in sin tax and an increased fuel levy that is set to trigger an ...
Live Magazine SA recently sat down with Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, and ANCYL National Convener Mzwandile Masina to discuss his parliamentary work. Find out what the ANC MP had to say about his first six months as an MP, and what young people can look forward to in ...
On Tuesday, 10 February 2015, Live Magazine held its fourth installment of the VIP Debate Club in Cape Town. The discussion centered on racism in Cape Town and how Parliament should address it. This is what the speakers and attendees had to say:
Live from Parliament casts a youth lens ...
By Rofhiwa Maneta
This year’s State of the Nation Address was a carnival of unmitigated disgrace. There’s just no other way to describe it. It will be remembered mostly for the ruling party’s silencing of the media and the opposition while the president threw his head back and giggled throughout ...
By Rofhiwa Maneta
The opening of parliament is just under a week away and most of the country is waiting for the State of the Nation Address with baited breath. We hit the streets to find out what you want the president to talk about and how you want him ...
Following its success in Johannesburg, the VIP Debate Club will be in Cape Town for the first time. Cape Town peeps join us for our Live VIP Debate Club on Tuesday 10 February at the EL Greeyo Coffee Shop, Brickfield Park, Salt River, Cape Town.
The VIP Debate Club is ...
By Ndimphiwe Gilili
Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation Pam Tshwete visited six schools in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 January. The visits were part of her constituency work, which is intended to bring parliamentarians closer to communities that they serve. Tshwete, who is responsible for ...