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The ParliMeter, a new tool for enhancing public participation in Parliament

Image: Flickr/GovernmentZA The Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG) is well-known as a dependable source of information on our legislature and its doings. Providing information on committee meetings, alerting the public to calls for comment on bills and discussion documents, and publishing the scheduled programme of meetings and debates is all in day’s work for the organisation. Read more >

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How can Parliament be better? Pari researches and advises

Effective parliamentary oversight is essential for a well-functioning democracy. Parliament is the body that exercises oversight over the workings and decisions of government’s executive branch, ensuring that service delivery takes place as promised and where this does not happen, that government is answerable to the people it serves – so that all citizens can live Read more >

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Let South Africa’s people have their say in leadership appointments

By Moepeng TalaneFirst published on Business Day What reasonable measures must Parliament use to ensure meaningful public participation in its processes? This is a question that dominated the hearing of arguments on March 6 regarding an application brought by Corruption Watch to the Constitutional Court. The matter follows the 2022 recommendation to President Cyril Ramaphosa Read more >

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CW soon in ConCourt to challenge CGE appointments

Corruption Watch (CW) will appear in the Constitutional Court on 6 March to challenge the National Assembly’s (NA) recent process to appoint persons to the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE). The organisation has cited the NA speaker, the president of the country, the Information Regulator, and the CGE as respondents. This matter is of tremendous Read more >

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Comments invited on the 2024 Draft General Laws (AML/CTF) Amendment Bill

The draft General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill is currently available for written comment. National Treasury (NT) published the bill in mid-December 2024. Submissions in writing must be received by no later than 6 February 2025. ”The publication of the draft Amendment Bill aims to demonstrate South Africa’s commitment to strengthening Read more >

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GGA gives GNU some recommendations to chew on

The Government of National Unity (GNU) caused both hope and scepticism when it was set up, because of the ANC, the governing party for 30 years in democratic South Africa, losing its grip on an absolute majority and having to reach out to other parties with whom to jointly run the country. This outcome was Read more >

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Nominations invited for NSFAS board members

Minister of Higher Education and Training Nobuhle Nkabane has called for the nomination of individuals to serve on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) board. The window for nominations opened on 13 August 2024 and will close on Tuesday, 3 September 2024. Nominations can be emailed to Ms K Matjane at Matjane.k@dhet.gov.za or sent via Read more >

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SA hosts vital talk on Africa’s position on sustainable mining

Image: Wikimedia/Raimond Spekking. Used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 Does the mining sector in Africa have all the requisite best standards in place to ensure both adequate investment and sustainable impact on the environment and the livelihood of communities affected by mining? The answer to this question is a mixed bag of legislative and Read more >