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If proposals set by Parliament’s Joint Rules Committee (JRC) are accepted, the Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) will see the African National Congress...

The newly constituted National Assembly (NA) Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV), in line with the multi-party government of national unity (GNU),...

The public representatives named by President Cyril Ramaphosa to oversee the national defence and military veterans portfolio do not accept gifts and or hospitality...

It’s taken over eight years to find a suitable person to take on the responsibility of security for the South African Parliament. A 7 September...

Armscor’s seeming inability to “conclude” maintenance contracts for equipment in SA National Defence Force (SANDF) service, especially aircraft, has reached an untenable point, with...

Defence and Military Veterans Minister Thandi Modise has been singled out as a “chief culprit” for not timeously answering Parliamentary questions. Her accuser was National...

Patricia de Lille’s Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) has again been pushed out of the picture, this time by Finance Minister Enoch...

The bulk of a preliminary assessment and report on fire damage to two buildings in the Parliamentary precinct are complete according to Public Works...

The man accused of starting the fire which gutted Parliament buildings, including the National Assembly last week, has been referred for mental observation following...

The devastating fire that ripped through Parliament, while tragic as regards damage caused, should not affect functioning of the vitally important component that is...

Parliament’s presiding officers, National Assembly (NA) Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and National Council of Provinces (NCOP) chair Amos Masondo, are satisfied with progress containing the...

In less than a month Parliament will rise for the year-end break but before then the defence oversight committees have the proverbial mountain to...

According to an official Parliamentary document, immediate past defence and military veterans minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula declared wooden chopping boards, a flower bouquet, bottle of...

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police (PCOP) has raised concerns over ill-discipline within the South African Police Service (SAPS), including the 686 disciplinary cases registered...

She is no longer minister of defence and military veterans but that doesn’t mean Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula “escapes” the responsibility of parliamentary questions. A ministerial task...

The Joint Standing Committee on Defence and the Portfolio Committee on Police will today undertake an oversight visit to KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng to assess...

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dissolved parliament, a long-awaited step to pave the way for the appointment of lawmakers from formerly warring parties...

The decay at Denel has reached the stage where it is affecting combat readiness of especially the SA Air Force (SAAF) with a call...

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on International Relations made full use of technology to conduct a three continent wide virtual oversight programme of South African foreign...

Parliament “officially” starts on Thursday this week with the Presidential State of the Nation Address (SONA) but its engine rooms – the oversight committees...

This year’s SONA (State of the Nation Address) will be stripped of its military ceremony, along with other elements which signify the official commencement...

Tunisia’s parliament on Tuesday approved a Cabinet reshuffle that deepened the conflict between the prime minister and the president, as hundreds protested outside the...

The first sitting of Parliament this year starts in less than a fortnight with the Presidential State of the Nation Address (SONA) but committee...

The appointment of the new Secretary for Defence, Gladys Sonto Kudjoe, signifies the continued empowerment of women in the defence sector, says Parliament’s Portfolio...

Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) took “strong exception” to the absence of South Africa’s most senior soldier from a briefing where the...

Members of Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) were left high and dry when SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief General Solly Shoke...

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) this week reminded the Military Ombud it has to work without fear, favour, bias or...

The South African Parliament, in common with many around the world, is grappling with effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Constitutional obligations including oversight,...

While the public face of Parliament at work begins annually with the State of the Nation Address (SONA), the work of committees, where oversight...

Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth dissolved parliament and said the Indian Ocean island will hold a general election on November 7. The country,...

Algerian lawmakers elected an Islamist opposition figure chairman of parliament under pressure from mass protests demanding the departure of the ruling elite. Parliament elected Slimane...

Nigeria’s National Assembly was on lockdown after shots were fired outside during clashes between police and Shi’ite Muslim protesters. Both sides blamed the other for...

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress used its majority to elect new committee chairmen, including a lawmaker accused of bribery, despite opposition from rival...

A blockade of Nigeria's parliament by security forces preventing lawmakers from entering for up to an hour was done without the presidency's...

Security forces temporarily blocked the entrance to Nigeria's parliament on Tuesday, preventing lawmakers and others from entering for up to an hour,...

Former President Robert Mugabe was scheduled to answer questions this week related to diamond mining operations during his tenure in the Zimbabwe...

Nigeria's police recovered a ceremonial mace stolen from the country's parliament when at least three men burst onto the Senate floor and...

Footage of an Ethiopian parliamentary session posted online appeared to contradict official reports of votes cast to validate the state of emergency,...

Deadlock over the allocation of leadership posts forced Kenya's parliament into an unscheduled three-week recess, lawmakers said, indicating a protracted political crisis...

A suspected Islamist militant was arrested after wounding two policemen in a knife attack near the parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia's interior...

Parliament's Public Enterprises Committee was today presented with a letter from Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu in which he expressed concerns regarding the financial...

Lawmakers brawled in Uganda's parliament for a second day running on Wednesday over a disputed move to change the constitution to let...

Fistfights and chair-throwing broke out in Uganda's parliament on Tuesday ahead of a debate on whether to grant long-serving President Yoweri Museveni...

Egypt's plan to hand over two uninhabited Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia under an agreement that has caused widespread controversy moved...

Zambia's parliament suspended 48 opposition lawmakers for boycotting a speech by the president, widening a political rift that has alarmed rights groups. Parliament's...

When delivering her budget vote in the National Assembly late last month, Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula asked for Parliament's...

The speaker of the South African parliament is considering a request from opposition parties to hold a no confidence vote on President...

The Defence Amendment Bill of 2017 has been approved by Cabinet for introduction to Parliament. The Bill aligns the Defence Act, 2002 (Act...

An armed man was arrested trying to enter the Tunisian parliament in Tunis on Tuesday, officials said. A parliamentary official told Reuters the...

Opposition Freedom Front Plus (FF+) party leader Dr Pieter Groenewald this week told MPs it was "nearly three times more dangerous to...