Makashule Gana holds a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics and Computer Science) from the University of Limpopo and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from Wits Business School. He has been a member of the DA since 2002 and has served in several capacities, including that of DA Youth National Leader. Currently, ...
Parliament has been starved of legislative action for the past few weeks, with committees focused on preparing their Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR). While there is still some leftover work in that regard, there is quite a lot of heavy legislative lifting scheduled this week- with five bills up ...
Medium Term Budget Policy Statement Speech 2014
By Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene
Honourable Speaker Mister President Deputy President Cabinet Colleagues and Deputy Ministers Governor and Governor-Designate of the Reserve Bank MECs of Finance Honourable Members Fellow South Africans
It is my privilege to present the 2014 Medium Term Budget ...
Following last week’s hectic schedule, Parliament has eased up this week, but only just a touch. Committees will continue examining government departments and state entities on their 2013/14 Annual Reports in preparation of their Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports. These reports may include proposals on the future use of resources ...
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. ...
With the second term of the Fifth Parliament done and dusted, People’s Assembly takes a look at what happened behind the scenes in the halls of the Legislature. The parliamentary review provides a snapshot of the work done by public representatives in the Fifth Parliament, summarising all the facts you ...
Global Legislative Openness Week (GLOW) – 15 to 25 September 2014 – has People's Assembly take a look at what constitutes “parliamentary openness”. GLOW is an initiative of the Legislative Openness Working Group of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) launched in 2011 with South Africa as one of the eight ...
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 ...
By Professor Daniel Plaatjies
At the heart of this political impasse is the nature, form and structure of proportional party representation in Parliament, writes Daniel Plaatjies.
Parliamentary impasse is a consequence of unrepresentative representatives through the proportional representative (PR) system.
The current impasse in Parliament is a residue of the ...
Another week and another showdown is looming in Parliament. Last week, five opposition parties (DA, EFF, COPE, UDM and FF+) tabled a motion of no confidence in the Speaker of Parliament. They accused her, amongst other things, of being partisan and stifling criticism of the executive arm of government. The ...