Legislation to come before Parliament in 2015

On 15 February 2015, the Presidency released a press statement detailing legislation that will come before Parliament this year. President Zuma made reference very briefly to certain pieces of legislation during the 2015 State of the Nation Address. See list of legislation below:

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

To further ...

Read President Jacob Zuma's 2015 State of the Nation speech here:

State of the Nation Address by His Excellency Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa on the occasion of the Joint Sitting Of Parliament Cape Town,

The Speaker of the National Assembly, The Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and ...

LiveMagSA: The state of municipalities: Going back to basics

By Sheilan Clarke

Gauteng and the Western Cape are the top performing provinces in terms of the number of municipalities getting clean audits, while KwaZulu Natal has significantly improved since last year. This is according to Minister of Co-Operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Pravin Gordhan. He was speaking at a ...

The Week Ahead: End of a Raucous and tumultuous year

South Africans will have to find another way to entertain themselves when Parliament ends this week. The legislature has been the source of regular drama, comedy and even bloody action since the start of the fifth Parliament. Citizens have been lapping up all the action with Parliament frequently trending on ...

Minister of Finance Medium Term Budget Policy Statement

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 ...

Infographic: Minister releases recent corruption update

Minister in the Presidency, and Chairperson of the new Inter-Ministerial Committee on Information and Publicity, Mr Jeff Radebe, recently briefed the media on the key developments government has made dealing with corruption in state institutions.

According to their statement, 36 public declarations have been made by the President instructing ...

The Week Ahead: NCOP focuses on service delivery

Parliament’s National Council of Provinces (NCOP) will host the Provincial Week in all nine provinces from 8 to12 September 2014. The Provincial Week theme is: ‘Together making service delivery work for our people’. The permanent delegates to the NCOP will use this opportunity to:

  • Interact with members of the ...

Infographic: Local government audit results show little improvement

On Tuesday in Parliament, the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Portfolio Committee on local government audit outcomes for the 2012/13 financial year.

The audit results left Members feeling dissatisfied – while Gauteng, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal performed well, the rest of the municipalities ...

The Week ahead – Environmental Issues come to the fore

With the sharp rise in the number of rhinos being poached and killed in the past few years, South Africans will be pleased that Parliament is doing its part to address the situation. The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs has organised public hearings in three provinces (the KZN hearings were ...

Operational and financial challenges ahead for Eskom hears Committee

On Tuesday, 29 July 2014, Eskom briefed a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committees for Energy and Public Enterprises. Attended by Ministers for Energy and Public Enterprises, the joint meeting came about as the result of the enormous challenges that Eskom is facing. The entity briefed the Committees on the ...