Today we commemorate our former President Nelson Mandela who served his term from 1994 to 1999. As we ponder on the past two weeks budget vote speeches delivered by the Ministers and their Deputies, what better way to assess our journey as a country than to recall where we come ...
It’s another week where Parliament’s schedule is dominated by Budget Vote Debates.
These debates happen in the mini-plenary sittings of the National Assembly and are headlined by Ministers, their deputies, party leaders and senior MPs.
This period is usually frenetic as lawmakers jump from Committee work to attending budget vote ...
Becoming an MP can be a complex and difficult journey. In many respects, the job is viewed as one which requires experience and therefore suited to older people. Meanwhile, women face all sorts of hurdles when running for elected office. This includes discrimination, patriarchy, violence and the ever present glass ...
Committees have been meeting for the past week with departments and their entities to scrutinize strategic and annual performance plans, budgets and performance targets in preparation for reports to be considered by the House. The focus now shifts to the House budget vote debates that commence tomorrow, 9 July and ...
The State of the Province Address is a localised version of the State of the Nation Address where Premiers reflect on their achievements and communicate their programmes of action. In past years, many provinces have held the event away from the legislature, in places such as sports grounds and university ...
The Sixth Parliament is slowing kicking into gear with four plenary sittings scheduled this week.
The main events will be the joint debate on the State of the Nation Address on Tuesday as well as the President’s reply on Wednesday.
Tuesday’s session will be a marathon sitting starting at 10am ...
1. What is the SONA?
It is an annual address given by the President to a joint session of Parliament and marks the official opening of the legislature. It is designed to be a report on the economic and social state of the nation, and includes a review of the ...
While all the attention is focused on the national legislature, it is easy to overlook the state of gender and youth representation in the 9 provincial legislatures.
One province has achieved gender parity, while 4 have nearly reached this mark. Provinces are however are a long way off when it ...
President Ramaphosa appointed the National Executive (Ministers and Deputy Ministers) on Wednesday, 29 May 2019
The Executive under the Sixth Administration consists of:
This is compared to the Executive of the Fifth Administration:
GLOBAL STATISTICS
According to the NationMaster County Cabinet Comparison, South Africa is one of 45 nations in ...
The President has announced his Executive which will serve the country’s Sixth Administration. Let’s take a look at some of the changes made.
The Cabinet is made up of the President, Deputy President and Ministers. The Deputy President is Mr David Mabuza. As per his 2018 State of the Nation ...
Not many people know there are fifty committees in Parliament - each assigned to oversee the work of a government department and YOU are welcome to attend. Email us if you would like to sit in on a parliamentary committee meeting. - all you need is an ID or passport to visit Parliament. Contributions about your impressions gladly accepted.
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