Tag: National Assembly
Parliamentary debate to seek accountability on DRC tragedy
The National Assembly will convene today, Monday, 10 February 2025, to debate the South African National Defence Force's (SANDF's) presence in the eastern Democratic...
Tough Parliamentary questions coming for Minister Motshekga
Indications are South African Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga can expect a barrage of Parliamentary questions when the National Assembly (NA) and...
Defence portfolio committee up and running, still no word on standing...
One of two Parliamentary oversight committees specifically tasked with defence and military veterans is up and running with, as yet, no sign of the...
Joint Standing Committee on Defence composition not yet known
One of the three parliamentary defence oversight committees is up and running, a chair has been named for another and the third awaits direction...
Mapisa-Nqakula elected as new National Assembly Speaker
Former Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has been elected as the new Speaker of the National Assembly, following a vote by secret...
Extraordinary, extended civil unrest Parliamentary debate coming
There will be “an extraordinary, extended” debate in the National Assembly (NA) when Parliament reconvenes next month, speaker Thandi Modise has decreed, putting aside...
National Assembly approves GBV bills
The National Assembly has passed gender-based violence (GBV) bills that will change the landscape in terms of how government departments, law enforcement and the...
Defence spending cuts will affect operational ability – DA
Democratic Alliance (DA) parliamentarian and eagle-eyed watcher of Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s Department of Defence and Military Veterans (DoDMV) Kobus Marais is adamant inappropriate and...
National Assembly passes Civil Aviation Amendment Bill
The National Assembly (NA) has passed the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill, during its plenary sitting on Tuesday.
The Bill, with amendments also by the Portfolio...
National Assembly debate on SANDF requested
The continually declining state of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has prompted a parliamentary motion from a Democratic Alliance (DA) parliamentarian.
Kobus Marais, who...
Tanzania lawmakers protest
Opposition lawmakers in Tanzania boycotted swearing in of a ruling party lawmaker who replaced a critic of the president following his expulsion from parliament....
Mapisa-Nqakula wishes for a defence budget that is two percent of...
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has told Parliament she wishes for a defence budget that is two percent of Gross...
MPs face daily fingerprinting in Parliament
As from today "a more efficient mechanism to record attendance" becomes operational in the National Assembly.
"The biometric member identification system which uses...
