Parliament responded to clashes between police and what some claim to be foreign small business owners in the Johannesburg CBD.

This was revealed by Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi in a written parliamentary reply on Tuesday.

ANC NEC member Phoebe Potgieter-Gqubule said the ANC has over 4,000 branches and this would make it hard to regulate as each branch collects donations.

Business Leadership South Africa’s Busisiwe Mavuso said her organisation supports the draft regulations as these would go a long way in creating ethical leadership.

ANC spokesperson Dakota Legoete said the party would raise issues regarding the threshold amount in terms of declaring funding when the party makes its submission today.

While some parties and organisations support the draft regulations making party funding more transparent, others have raised technical concerns.

For two days, the Independent Electoral Commission will hold hearings on draft regulations for the Political Party Funding Act which was signed into law earlier this year.

The hearings come after My Vote Counts won a Constitutional Court application in June last year forcing political parties to publicly disclose their funders.

A black-owned investment company, Africapacity Group, has made contact with the Reserve Bank, Treasury and Parliament with an offer to purchase the bank for R2 billion.

The 14-member would deal with how to handle matters of unruly behaviour that required Members of Parliament (MPs) to be removed from the Chamber.

The province might be the smallest province by area, but it contributed disproportionately to the country’s GDP.

The latest statistics on HIV showed the overall HIV prevalence rate was approximately 13.5% among the South African population.

National Treasury said it has not received any submissions or documentation in compliance with the set of pre-conditions communicated to the department in March.

Gauteng recording the largest share of the country’s population, while the Northern Cape maintained its status as the province with the lowest population in the country.

Emergency medical staff have over the years come under increased attack while carrying out their duties.

Deputy President David Mabuza was answering oral questions in the National Assembly on Thursday, his first question and answer session of the new term of Parliament.

ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina said the ad hoc committee established in the previous term of Parliament had lapsed before it could complete its work.

Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu thanked the panel chaired by Dr Vuyokazi Mahlati and approved that the report be made public.