The Week Ahead: Questions, Debates & Legislating

The National Assembly (NA) chamber has scheduled a broad and busy programme this week, which includes a motion of no confidence vote in the President, oral questions to the Deputy President and Peace and Security Cluster as well as a debate to mark International Women’s Day.

The motion was tabled ...

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 ...

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

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On the 27 November 2014 Sonke Gender Justice in collaboration with 35 organisations, participated in rallies across South Africa calling for a national action plan against gender-based violence (GBV). In South Africa, more than a thousand women are killed every year by an intimate partner, approximately a million rapes occur ...

LiveMagSA: We need more young female academics – Department of Higher Education and Training

By Simamkele Matuntuta

The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) wants more young people to take up positions as academics. The department said this at a briefing committee meeting by the select committee on cooperative governance and traditional affairs, adding that people who are currently sitting in those positions ...

The Week Ahead: Infrastructure theft, the Dalai Lama, and the abuse of older persons

President Zuma’s annual address to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) is expected to steal the limelight this week. The theme for this year’s event is “Celebrating 20 years of a Democratic Parliament – together moving the NCOP forward as a vanguard of the interests of provinces”. Another story ...

Infographic: Women and youth unemployment on the rise

Parliament yesterday hosted a joint sitting of the Portfolio Committees on Women and Labour to address the issue of women and youth unemployment. Recent figures show that South Africa's women and youth are experiencing more job losses and struggle to find work, making them more vulnerable than men in the ...

The Week Ahead: End of the Second Term

Parliament’s second term comes to an end after six busy and tumultuous weeks. Some of the highlights include oversight and legislation work, questions to the President, his Deputy and the Executive, Women’s month and Heritage Day celebrations and the National Council of Province’s provincial week.

The defining moment of the ...

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 ...

The week ahead: Parliament's second term kicks off

Parliament resumes this week after a two week break. The second term is expected to run for five weeks and the programme is packed with activities. Some of the highlights include oversight and legislation work, Questions to the President and the Executive, Women’s month celebration and the National Council of ...

Squabble at Multi-Party Women’s Caucus election

Yesterday’s meeting of the Multi Party Women’s Caucus (MPWC) in Parliament ended up in a squabble between Chairperson Rosalia Morutoa from the ANC and the DA’s Dianne Robinson. The meeting started off with the election of the Deputy Chairperson. After the UDM’s NoCollege Majeke nominated IFP’s Sibongile Nkomo, Robinson said ...