Covid-19 20.3.2020 12:15 pm

Committee welcomes initiative taken by Mantashe to tackle coronavirus in mining industry

The committee chairperson also welcomed a pledge by mining companies made to Mantashe to avail some of their hostels for quarantine purposes.

The chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy, Sahlulele Luzipo, welcomed the initiative by Minister of Minerals and Energy Gwede Mantashe for meeting with mining companies to discuss the state of readiness to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) in the workplace.

Government NCOP officially dissolves the Tshwane metro

The majority of NCOP members supported the dissolution of Tshwane, with one predictable exception.

Parliament Gone in 14 minutes: parliament in the time of coronavirus

As MPs left the chamber, some greeted each other by bumping elbows.

Parliament SAPS in the firing line at Scopa over irregular expenditure

The police are spending millions every month on suppliers whose contracts with the police expired years ago, among others.

Parliament Parliament suspended from Thursday due to coronavirus

Because of this, the question session with Deputy President David Mabuza falls away.

Parliament There’s something seriously wrong with the parole system, say MPs

ANC MP Jacqueline Mofokeng said it appeared that people with social standing and money ‘always get out’.

Parliament Cabinet welcomes rejection of child rapist Ninow’s appeal bid

‘Through our collective actions, we must ensure that no woman or child is sexually harassed, beaten, raped or attacked anywhere in our country.’

Parliament National Assembly accepts Bosasa-implicated Desmond Nair’s suspension

The Pretoria chief magistrate’s suspension was recommended by the Magistrate’s Commission after a preliminary investigation.

Parliament Water and Sanitation dept ‘risks becoming another Eskom’

Scopa chair Mkhuleko Hlengwa berated the department for tabling its qualified audit report for the 2018-2019 financial year almost seven months late.

Parliament National Lotteries Commission refuses to release list of beneficiaries

NLC chairperson claims people are making money off the beneficiary list.

Parliament Public Protector judgment: implications for Parliament

For an inquiry to be established, according to the Constitution, the grounds for removal must be incapacity, incompetence or misconduct.

Parliament Speaker Modise ‘pleased’ with court decision on Mkhwebane’s CR17 report

Proceedings for Mkhwebane’s removal is currently before parliament.

Parliament Refugees will be sent home if CT sit-ins continue, Home Affairs warns

However, the UNHCR’s head of the Cape Town office, Miranda Gaanderse, reiterated that it could only take individual applications for resettlement.

Parliament ANC, EFF won’t show up for planned Tshwane council meeting

Without the ANC and EFF in council, there will be no quorum and the meeting cannot begin. As a result, it will likely be postponed to a later date.

Parliament Parly extends deadline to amend constitution on land expropriation

When the committee was established, its deadline to draft a constitutional amendment was the end of March.

Parliament Speaker orders removal of brigadier who obstructed journalist, MPs

Parliamentary reporter Jan Gerber and several opposition MPs were prevented from entering the National Assembly for the budget speech last week.

Parliament Unarm your bodyguards and see if you feel safe, FF+ leader tells Cele

Cele earlier said on the draft law which would outlaw gun possession for self-defence that SA would be a ‘better’ place without armed citizens.

Parliament NPA admits not many serious graft cases made it to trial for 10 years

The public wants to see the corrupt in orange overalls, while Batohi and Cronje say they first need to fix a broken NPA – but things are improving.

Parliament Home affairs committee wants Cape Town refugee crisis resolved

Bongani Bongo condemned the refugees for persistently undermining the laws of the country as a way of forcing the UNHCR to act in a way that is only satisfactory to them.