Mr Marius Redelinghuys - DA

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Political background: I went to Grade 1 in 1994, which was a highly politicised time, and I was exposed to and grew up with the values, vision and principles of the ANC, and later the Constitution that the party helped negotiate. I have always been surrounded by politics in one ...

The Week Ahead: Questions, Debates & Legislating

The National Assembly (NA) chamber has 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 Peace and Security Cluster as well as a debate to mark International Women’s Day.

The motion was tabled ...

The Week Ahead: Committee meetings get underway ahead of SONA

The pre-State of the Nation Address (SONA) period is usually a low-key time in Parliament – quiet and uncontroversial.

There was shift in this trend this year as MPs met in the past two weeks to finalise proposals on how to tighten Parliament's rules. A dress code for parliamentarians, their ...

Infographic: The Presidential Hotline - How responsive has government been

The Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation briefed their oversight committee on the efficiency of the Presidential Hotline in Parliament last week. The hotline was set up to deal with citizen complaints by the request of President Zuma. In dealing with complaints, the DPME, who oversees the hotline, is tasked ...

The Week Ahead: End of a Raucous and tumultuous year

South Africans will have to find another way to entertain themselves when Parliament ends this week. The legislature has been the source of regular drama, comedy and even bloody action since the start of the fifth Parliament. Citizens have been lapping up all the action with Parliament frequently trending on ...

The Week Ahead: Third term kicks off

Parliament resumes this week after a two-week constituency period. The third term will run for seven weeks and the programme is packed with activities. Some of the highlights include oversight and legislative work, questions to the Executive, review of the national budget and the National Council of Province’s Oversight Week. ...

The Week Ahead: End of the Second Term

Parliament’s second term comes to an end after six busy and tumultuous weeks. Some of the highlights include oversight and legislation work, questions to the President, his Deputy and the Executive, Women’s month and Heritage Day celebrations and the National Council of Province’s provincial week.

The defining moment of the ...

The Week Ahead: NCOP focuses on service delivery

Parliament’s National Council of Provinces (NCOP) will host the Provincial Week in all nine provinces from 8 to12 September 2014. The Provincial Week theme is: ‘Together making service delivery work for our people’. The permanent delegates to the NCOP will use this opportunity to:

  • Interact with members of the ...

Seeing red over parliamentary protocol

By Adv Johan Kruger, Director: Centre for Constitutional Rights

The Economic Freedom Fighters (the EFF) are causing an uproar inside and outside the hallowed hallways of Parliament.

Their apparent disregard for parliamentary customs and traditions have other political parties hot under the collar, while commentators stand divided on whether to ...

The problem with Parliament

By Trevor Manuel

In the week Parliament fell into a chaos of #paybackthemoney, it’s a good idea to read this former minister’s ideas on how to fix it (note: it’s not about heckling, eviction or chanting)

While we have myriad democratic institutions that all play a role in supporting good ...