An eclectic week of parliamentary action beckons in the main chambers and Committee Corridor.
A combination of Question Time sessions, a sectoral parliament, oversight visits, legislative business and a few high-profile Committee meetings, should mean plenty of fizz.
The Women’s Parliament – which is an annual event on the legislature’s ...
The Goedgedacht Forum and the Institute of Security Studies invite you to join Professor Pierre de Vos (Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance, Dept. of Public Law UCT) and David Lewis (Executive Director, Corruption Watch) in a discussion facilitated by Judith February (senior research associate, ISS).
Chapter 9 institutions ...
By Jane Duncan
A new Bill threatens our digital rights and raises the spectre of internet censorship.
South Africa has one of the highest rates of cybercrime in the world. So it is hardly surprising that more people are looking to the government to step in and do something about ...
According to the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) and Ndifuna Ukwazi (NU), every day in Khayelitsha people are robbed, raped and murdered. Every day women, men, and children are deprived of the most basic rights to life, safety, security, justice and equality.
The Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry's report was released on ...
There's both high policy and low politics on display in the main chambers this week. The National Assembly offers a blend of members' statements, a discussion of national importance, legislative business and oral questions to the Deputy President and Peace and Security Cluster. The programme is a bit more pedestrian ...
The Institute for Security Studies and the Goedgedacht Forum has invited you to join them for a discussion concerning “Is xenophobia the down side to nation-building?” See RSVP details below.
Some of the issues to be addressed include: - To what extent is what we are seeing a hang-over from ...
By Rofhiwa Maneta
This month Minister of State Security David Mahlobo announced that he was in “advanced stages” of drafting regulations for the Protection of State Information Bill. The regulations – which set the foundation for the bill to be implemented once signed into law – have renewed fears from ...
As Africa aspires to take responsibility for its development, peace and security, the question of regional leadership is key. This seminar will discuss the historical distribution of power in Africa and how it is likely to change over the next 25 years.
In an increasingly multipolar world, parts of Africa ...