Part B of Pupblic Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fight to stop an inquiry into her fitness to hold office started on Monday in the Western Cape Hight Court and was expected to continue until Friday.
Among the perks of being an ex-Cabinet minister were the free flights and contributions to medical aid. National Assembly Speaker, Thandi Modise did not specify whether this included former presidents and deputy presidents.
National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise said that whatever happened on the floor of The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) reflected on South Africa.
Lobby group AfriForum privately prosecuted National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise on behalf of the NSPCA - after carcasses of sheep, ducks and 50 pigs were found on her Modderfontein farm in the North West in 2014.
National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise appeared before the state capture commission on Monday where she told Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo about the national legislature's failures in holding the executive to account.
Speaker of Parliament, Thandi Modise, is appearing at the state capture inquiry where she is giving evidence related to parliamenttary oversight.
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) wanted a secret ballot on its motion tabled last year, saying that the political environment had become toxic.
The National Assembly had been asked to decide if it would adopt the report of the independent panel which found that Mkhwebane had a case to answer.
MPs have been debating whether or not Parliament should launch a full inquiry into the Public Protector’s fitness to hold office as recommended by an independent panel.
While Parliament budgeted R2.2 million for the event, the bill was expected to be minimal because the only significant cost would be the webinar that connects parliamentarians and guests online.
National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise said that no MP was compelled to attend, and that all safety precautions would be in place.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will spell out the government’s plan of action for the year during a joint sitting of both houses on 11 February.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Thandi Modise, granted the African Transformation Movement’s request to postpone the motion of no confidence debate against President Cyril Ramaphosa to February 2021. This comes after the ATM brought an application to the Western Cape High Court to review Modise’s decision to have the vote on the motion by open ballot. ATM insists it should be a secret ballot
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) said that it had gone to court to compel National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise to allow a secret ballot for voting on Thursday’s no-confidence motion in President Cyril Ramaphosa.
The motion was filed by the African Transformation Movement (ATM) earlier this year, before lockdown began.
National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise announced late on Wednesday that retired Constitutional Court judge, Justice Bess Nkabinde, will chair the panel, which will include two senior counsel – advocates Dumisa Ntsebeza and Johan de Waal.
The official opposition and National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise on Thursday spelled out their arguments in the Western Cape High Court on why Mkhwebane should face a parliamentary inquiry into her fitness to hold office.
Advocate Andrew Breitenbach, representing Speaker Thandi Modise, said that being accountable to Parliament was not only limited to reporting to it once a year.
