Defend Truth

Fact: The Constitution 18th Amendment Bill must precede the Expropriation Bill

Martin van Staden and Tian Alberts
12 Oct

The unfinished business of the Nkandla debacle and Parliament

Marianne Merten
07 Oct

The curious, the late and the good in the 2021 annual report season

Marianne Merten
05 Oct

High court paves way for Hlophe suspension and for impeachment process to continue

Marianne Thamm
22 Sep

The Expropriation Bill and the 18th Constitutional Amendment process: The cart is still behind the horse

Elmien du Plessis, ZsaZsa Boggenpoel, Willemien du Plessis, Juanita Pienaar, Danie Brand, Jackie Dugard and Johan Lorenzen
20 Sep

Death by affidavit: John Hlophe throws a 569-page whopper at court to stop impeachment 

Marianne Thamm
15 Sep

Intelligence committee report shows legislators knew of SSA malfeasance – and ‘bugging judge’ lifts lid on ongoing unsavoury wiretaps

Marianne Merten
13 Sep

South Africa shifts the Covid-19 vaccination goal posts to 70% of adults by Christmas

Marianne Merten
09 Sep

JSC Hlophe verdict of gross misconduct will stand and cannot be challenged in impeachment process

Marianne Thamm
09 Sep

Godongwana’s Q&A debut: Hints of action on the economic front, but details remain scarce

Marianne Merten
09 Sep

NHI Bill: Parliament’s health committee faces range of options after 100,000-plus submissions received

Geetesh Solanki, Jud Cornell, Reno Morar and Vishal Brijlal
08 Sep

Home Affairs: The long and winding road to holding public service officials accountable

Marianne Merten
07 Sep

Parliament closes shop for MPs to hit municipal election campaign trail, pausing key work

Marianne Merten
06 Sep

ANC one-upmanship in the House overshadows Ramaphosa’s replies, which hinted at further economic reforms

Marianne Merten
03 Sep

Toking issue: Lobbyists pick holes in cannabis possession bill

Sandisiwe Shoba
03 Sep

There’s been no real effort to increase the representation of LGBTQI+ persons in government

Jennifer Smout
03 Sep

How seriously should we take the claim of a possible Chinese spy in Parliament?

Rebecca Davis
01 Sep

Scopa sends Eskom and Public Enterprises packing after late submission of report on procurement deviations and SIU probes

Marianne Merten
31 Aug

Amid the politicking and platitudes, a search for needles of July’s civil unrest truth in the haystack of parliamentary reports

Marianne Merten
25 Aug

Twelve years later: Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe finally faces impeachment and removal from the Bench

Marianne Thamm
25 Aug

Finance Minister Godongwana tables draft law for extra billions from the national kitty

Marianne Merten
24 Aug