Western Cape Premier Alan Winde had been the loudest in calling for the state of disaster to be scrapped and he said that lifting the measure was long overdue.
DA leader John Steenhuisen - who requested the debate - has accused the ANC-led government of hiding behind the veneer of neutrality to give tacit support to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his invasion of Ukraine.
Finance MEC Nomusa Dube Ncube will deliver her budget speech on Wednesday at the Royal Showgrounds in Pietermaritzburg.
On Monday, MPs from the ANC and the opposition debated the speech which has received a mixed reaction. While the DA commended certain aspects of the speech, others like the EFF dismissed the speech as neo-liberal.
Parties are appealing for the protection of those who have been elected by the public to run municipalities across the province - without fearing for their lives.
IFP national council member and Speaker of the AmaJuba District, Reginald Ndima, was shot and killed by unknown assailants outside his home in Newcastle on Friday night.
Last week’s sitting was characterised by endless delays as different political parties sought to caucus over the way forward. The previous week, there were violent scenes in the council as parties fought against an open vote for committee chairs going ahead.
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) said that the police ministry must take responsibility for the apparent lack of security at Parliament after a fire gutted several parts of the national key point last week.
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) said that an agreement was in place with smaller parties to not vote with the African National Congress (ANC) but things took another turn.
The council was expected to nominate chief whips, a mayor and deputy mayor but the sitting was thrown into disorder, with councillors hurling insults at each other.
On Wednesday, the IFP announced that it had reached a consensus with the ANC on governance issues.
IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisa said that they only wanted honest partners.
Residents of the Dalton hostel smashed the windows of a TVET college campus and they protested in the streets, burning rubble and tyres.
Political parties give their reactions after the Independent Electoral Commission released election results on 4 November 2021, in Tshwane. Parties are already approaching each other for coalitions after the commission announced that 66 municipalities were hung. #LGE2021 #Elections2021 #IEC
With the elections declared free and fair, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said that the African National Congress (ANC) still dominated in the country’s 213 municipalities, having achieved a majority in 161 of them.
The African National Congress (ANC) has bagged 46.4% of the vote so far, the Democratic Alliance (DA) is at 22.2% and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) at 10% nationally but the country’s major metros are, however, much closer than the main picture.
The province has seen around three fatal shootings recently, which could be linked to politics as parties gear up for the 1 November local government elections.
The party said disciplinary action would be taken against a member who published an image of the king in a social media infographic, insisting that the party did not sanction it.
