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EFF MPs to face Parly inquiry after disrupting Sona
In an unprecedented move, National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise was forced to briefly suspend proceedings after the EFF raised multiple points of order, each time the president started to speak.
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Parly cuts civil guards of honour, eminent persons to keep Sona costs in check
The budget for Sona, which takes place next week Thursday, has come down drastically over the years and Speaker Thandi Modise said the cost-cutting would continue.
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ANC to submit names to serve on Parly panel to look into removing PP
Friday is the deadline for political parties represented in Parliament to submit names to serve on an independent panel to look into the motion to remove Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane.
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Parly not concerned by EFF’s threat to disrupt Sona, says Speaker Modise
National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise said presiding officers and Parliament management had not had discussions about any possible disruptions.
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Modise: Independent panelists to determine PP removal process
Mkhwebane wants the process looking into her possible removal scrapped, saying it didn’t make provisions for the recusal of conflicted parties.
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Mahumapelo: No ANC caucus member will back DA motion to remove Mhkwebane
Political parties are currently putting together a list of names to serve on an independent panel to consider the motion's merits and whether Busisiwe Mkhwebane should be removed after National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise approved a DA motion calling for her removal.
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Mkhwebane on Parly removal process: My rights have been violated, undermined
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane said she wanted to resolve the matter amicably and not in court.
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Mkhwebane: Parliamentary process to remove me is illegal, unconstitutional
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane said that she had written to Speaker Thandi Modise to reconsider her decision and suspend the process.
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People with ‘sound legal backing’ should serve on PP removal panel - DA
Last week, National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise approved a motion by the DA asking Parliament to initiate proceedings to remove Mkhwebane.
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Parliament Speaker says yes to motion to start proceedings to remove PP
The fresh calls for Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s removal come after Parliament adopted new rules for the removal of a Public Protector.
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Steenhuisen: Now not the time for MPs to have feet up
The Democratic Alliance (DA) wants MPs to put on hold their Christmas celebrations and holidays and head back to Parliament to debate and come up with solutions for the load shedding crisis.
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National Assembly Speaker Modise to stand trial for animal cruelty
Lobby group AfriForum wants her to answer for allegedly neglecting her North West farm in 2014 which resulted in the deaths of more than 50 pigs and other animals.
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Parliament set for snap debate on xenophobia attacks
National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise told the National Assembly’s programming committee that a number of parties wrote to her asking for an urgent debate on the matter.
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Parly's Modise, Masondo appeal for calm amid attacks on foreign nationals
They said that the violence was driven by communities on both sides and the tensions were revealing disturbing trends of lawlessness characterised by assaults against law enforcement officers, retaliatory attacks and looting of shops.
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Parly must formulate rules on Mkhwebane inquiry
The National Assembly’s rules committee must come up with a specific process for dealing with the removal from office of the Public Protector, Parliament’s justice committee has decided.
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Parly committee to look into probe of Mkhwebane's fitness to hold office
The Justice Committee said that the National Assembly Speaker's office had asked it to look into a request in this regard.
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Ramaphosa expected to return to Parliament for Presidency budget vote
The Presidency budget vote will cover the work of Ramaphosa's office as the nerve centre of government, overseeing the programme of action of all national government departments.
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Modise seeks advice over DA request to have Mkhwebane’s removed
DA Chief Whip John Steenhuisen wrote to the speaker to initiate the process.
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DA asks for another Parly probe into Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office
The party has written to new National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise asking her to initiate a parliamentary inquiry into Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness for office.
