Over the years South Africa has made large improvements on women representation in Parliament. Prior to 1994, the South African Parliament had a mere 2,7% representation of women. Fast forward to the sixth Parliament, women Members of Parliament (MPs) now account for 44.5% in both the National Assembly and the ...
An eclectic week of parliamentary action beckons in the main chambers and Committee Corridor.
A combination of Question Time sessions, a sectoral parliament, a debate, legislative business and several high-profile Committee meetings, should mean plenty of fizz.
In addition, NCOP delegates return to Parliament this week for the third term. ...
Here is a copy of the National Youth Policy 2020 - 2030 Draft from the Department of Women, Youth and People with Disabilities
This piece is geared toward political parties, Members of Parliament, Members of Provincial Legislatures and other public representatives.
Constituency offices are crucial to the democratic fabric of South Africa. Even though we make use of a Proportional Representation electoral system, public representatives are obligated to interact with and assist all ...
The second term has been truly historic: the pandemic forced Parliament to conduct its business virtually.
The tabling of the emergency budget extended the term by another month making it the longest session (16 weeks) in many years.
Initially, parliamentary business was limited to COVID-19 related matters but was later ...
According to StatsSA, 35% of the total population is made up of young people (aged 15-34). A staggering 63,4% of young South Africans account for the total number of unemployed people. This is huge!
While the government has put in place policy interventions such as the Expanded Public Works Programme ...
Following last week’s tabling of the emergency budget, Parliament has had to reconsider its July recess period. This will have knock-on effect on the Legislature’s programme for the rest of the year.
Speaking at the National Assembly Programming Committee meeting last Thursday, House Chairperson Frolick explained that some departments ...
Every year (excluding an election year), the Joint Constitutional Review Committee is mandated by both Houses of Parliament to seek written public submissions on the annual review of the Constitution.
To go along with this year’s invitation for comments, we decided to test the public’s view on this. The findings ...
Parliament’s month-long constituency period was supposed to start this week; however it has been pushed back to the end of June to allow the legislature to continue carrying out oversight over government’s COVID-19 response, pass the budget and consider other business.
After several intense weeks, there is a slight lull ...
