LiveMagSA: Racism in Cape Town - How will Parliament address this in 2015?

LFP

Following its success in Johannesburg, the VIP Debate Club will be in Cape Town for the first time. Cape Town peeps join us for our Live VIP Debate Club on Tuesday 10 February at the EL Greeyo Coffee Shop, Brickfield Park, Salt River, Cape Town.

The VIP Debate Club is ...

The Week Ahead: Committee meetings get underway ahead of SONA

The pre-State of the Nation Address (SONA) period is usually a low-key time in Parliament – quiet and uncontroversial.

There was shift in this trend this year as MPs met in the past two weeks to finalise proposals on how to tighten Parliament's rules. A dress code for parliamentarians, their ...

Parliamentary Calendar 2015: Important dates so far...

Parliament's Programme Committee recently held its first meeting for 2015 to discuss the parliamentary schedule. With only a few confirmed dates on the calendar, the political year is already looking very interesting. Upcoming events include the State of the Nation Address (SONA), consideration of the motion of no confidence in ...

Support MY VOTE COUNTS “No-to-secrecy” campaign

MVC

On 16 July 2014, MVC lodged an application at the Constitutional Court (the Court), asking that the Court declare Parliament's failure to enact national legislation to regulate private funding of political parties unconstitutional. This application is a key part of MVC’s work for greater transparency in politics in South Africa ...

Mr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi - EFF

Ndlozi

Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is the youngest member of the Economic Freedom Fighters and the National Spokesperson for the party. He is also a PhD student in Political Sociology at the University of Witwatersrand.

Political Background: I was born in 1985 and grew up in Everton in the Vaal area of Gauteng. ...

LiveMagSA: Education in SA – What’s the deal?

By Lee Molefi

On the front page of The Times is 18 year-old Gareth David Mogambery who – standing alongside Minister Angie Motshekga – has passed matric with eight distinctions. Four hundred kilometres from where a beaming Gareth stands, Nokukhanya Radebe, Lulu Miya and Mbalenhle Hadebe, all from Menzi High ...

LiveMagSA's wishlist for Parliament in 2015

Parliament is set to resume in just less than a month, with the 2015 State of the Nation Address (SONA) scheduled for 12 February. The SONA will set the priorities for the rest of the year, but before all that is set in motion, take a look at a wishlist ...

LiveMagSA: Young MPs to watch - Yusuf Cassim

By Rofhiwe Maneta

As part of LiveMagSA's new series of content, Live in Parliament, they will bring you a series of video profiles called “Young MPs to watch” – where they feature young parliamentarians who are shaping the future of South African politics. In this episode they profile the Democratic ...

LiveMagSA: What does Parliament look like?

By Sheilan Clark

Making sense of Parliament can be daunting. The proceedings seem to have their own language and it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the entire process. Don’t, worry, though. LiveMagSA has put together a graphic that’ll explain some of Parliament’s most important terms and procedures to you. Check ...

The honourable year that wasn't...

By Monique Doyle and Rashaad Alli

The legislature’s sittings have been the source of regular drama, comedy and even bloody action since the start of the fifth Parliament. Often maligned for being dull, perfunctory and peripheral Parliament was in the limelight this year for various controversies and mayhem.

While all ...