🔒 2024 Election Lists: It is the Zuma & Friends show – Chris Steyn
Of the 14 662 candidates nominated to contest the 887 seats in the National Assembly, Jacob Zuma’s name stands out more than any other.
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South Africa’s electoral law amendments could delay the vote
South Africa’s National Assembly has approved amendments to electoral laws, reshaping government funding for political parties.
ANC could retain a stranglehold on SA’s future even if it loses the majority in 2024 elections – Ivo Vegter
Even if the ANC does lose its majority in the National Assembly in the 2024 elections, it could still wield veto power over large swathes of legislation.
DA’s push for Phala Phala ad-hoc committee vs Section 89 Committee – here’s the difference
Siviwe Gwarube argues that a newly announced probe into the Phala Phala matter by the JSCI would be limited in its scope, probing only two aspects.
Flash Briefing: SA Parliament fire suspect charged with terrorism; National Assembly sittings to return to Parliamentary precinct after SONA; JHB electricity price hikes
A South African court has charged a man suspected of starting a devastating fire that gutted South Africa’s parliament with “terrorism”, adding to robbery and arson accusation.
Cyril Ramaphosa outlines review of the size and shape of government
A review of the size and shape of the National Executive and government departments has begun, in line with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s undertaking in the February 2018 State of the Nation Address that the configuration, number and size of national government departments would be reassessed.
Zuma under fire: Parliament to review impeachment rules, ANC to decide his fate
South Africa’s lawmakers will deliberate on a draft procedure relating to the removal of a sitting president of the country.
#NoConfidence: Rand poised to ‘surge’ if Zuma loses secret ballot
The rand could surge if Zuma is ousted by a motion of no confidence, though gains would falter if Zuma survives the vote, analysts say.
Eskom’s Brian ‘Papa’ Molefe saga: Another nail in Constitutional coffin
Did he or did he not resign, or was it retirement – and was Brian Molefe’s brief stint in Parliament some form of unpaid leave?
Farm murders and land expropriation boasts – any cause and effect?
It is more dangerous to be a farmer than a police officer in South Africa, a debate on farm murders heard in the National Assembly.