Following Zuma’s new cabinet being sworn in on Monday, People’s Assembly caught up with Aubrey Matshiqi, political analyst and research fellow at the Helen Suzman Foundation, to ask him about the significance of certain changes and appointments.
Matshiqi said that he thought the security cluster and economic cluster were of ...
Minister: Mr Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe__ Mr Radebe moves from the Justice and Constitutional Development portfolio to Minister in the Presidency. His new ministry merges the functions of planning, monitoring and evaluation and also looks after the youth. Radebe is the longest serving minister and has been a ...
President Jacob Zuma announced his Cabinet on Sunday evening, 25 May, and much has been said about the appointments and omissions, and how this would affect the respective ministries. One issue that has been overlooked is what impact the new cabinet will have on Parliament and its committees.
Aside from ...
President Jacob Zuma announced his Cabinet on Sunday evening, 25 May, and much has been said about the appointments and omissions, and how this would affect the respective ministries. One issue that has been overlooked is what impact the new cabinet will have on Parliament and its committees.
Aside from ...
Gender activists around the country have been stewing this week since the ANC’s announcement of its almost all male selection of premiers as well as the DA’s mostly male cabinet. Whatever the reasons for these selections, these two events have put a spotlight on gender equality in the country. For ...
At a seminar co-hosted by the Budget Expenditure Monitoring Forum (BEMF), Section 27 and Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) yesterday, Daygan Eager from the Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP) did a presentation on what the recent budget tells us about progress on National Health Insurance (NHI).
Eager said that ...
At a seminar co-hosted by the Budget Expenditure Monitoring Forum (BEMF), Section 27 and Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) yesterday, Daygan Eager from the Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP) did a presentation on what the recent budget tells us about progress on National Health Insurance (NHI).
Eager said that ...
After the National Assembly’s highly energised and much talked about swearing in ceremony, all eyes and ears are on President Zuma’s inauguration where he will take the oath of office in front of the nation. Many people are speculating about the where, the costs and the details of this ceremony, ...
On Thursday, 22 May, Budget Expenditure Monitoring Forum (BEMF), Section 27 and Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) hosted a Budget Justice Seminar. At the Seminar, Isobel Frye from the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute presented an interesting study on social grants in the 2014 budget and the forgotten ...
On Thursday, 22 May, Budget Expenditure Monitoring Forum (BEMF), Section 27 and Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) hosted a Budget Justice Seminar. At the Seminar, Isobel Frye from the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute presented an interesting study on social grants in the 2014 budget and the forgotten ...
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