Marianne Merten

Marianne Merten has written on Parliament since 2016 for Daily Maverick. The intersection of governance, policy and politics unfolds at many levels, from tiny nuggets of information hidden in the voluminous stacks of papers tabled at the national legislature to the odd temper tantrum by a politician. Sometimes frustrating, sometimes baffling, even after 26 years as a hack, there are few dull days in the parliamentary corridors.

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Health in SA ‘chronically underfunded’ as nation gears up for Covid Phase 2 vaccinations

Marianne Merten
11 hours ago

As debt default hits R1.1bn, Iqbal Survé claims PIC part of conspiracy against his empire

Marianne Merten
12 MAY

Paradox of ‘stepped aside’ — ANC legislators still required in the House to vote, but not to speak

Marianne Merten
11 MAY

SA’s birth certificate: A Constitution that still needs to be fulfilled 25 years later

Marianne Merten
09 MAY

Ramaphosa dodges opposition barbs on ANC factional battles, suspensions, elections and vaccines

Marianne Merten
06 MAY

Public Protector inquiry: ANC, DA agree they get more say in impeachment vote because of electoral support

Marianne Merten
05 MAY

Executive decision-making and the Covid lockdown loop as the Constitution turns 25

Marianne Merten
02 MAY

For two days, Ramaphosa toed the party line, downplayed ANC’s State Capture inertia and lapses

Marianne Merten
30 APR

Ramaphosa pushes party line in parliamentary oversight – but Zondo isn’t buying it

Marianne Merten
29 APR

Ample vaccines for all in Phase 2, claims Mkhize despite lack of details about where to get jab

Marianne Merten
28 APR

Parliament plays smoke-and-mirror games – and fails its intelligence oversight duty

Marianne Merten
22 APR

Speaker Thandi Modise does damage control — apologises for Parliament seeming to be ‘sleepist’ and pleads for more resources

Marianne Merten
19 APR

Jabs in arms, not pretty words and optics, are what’s needed

Marianne Merten
18 APR

Mantashe’s apparatchik-speak at Zondo Commission undermines Parliament

Marianne Merten
15 APR

Covid-19: Ex-chief justice to chair no-fault compensation fund, as health minister takes a swipe at manufacturers for vaccine delays

Marianne Merten
14 APR

Discredited prosecutor Lawrence Mrwebi booted from list of candidates for statutory body after intervention by DA MP

Marianne Merten
13 APR

Parliament asked to act over Malema’s role in judicial interviews, given his disparaging comments about judges

Marianne Merten
13 APR

IFP calls for resolution to delay 2021 municipal poll while, recess or not, Parliament remains on the go

Marianne Merten
08 APR

Busisiwe Mkhwebane impeachment inquiry takes shape – committee members named

Marianne Merten
08 APR

Double-speak: How the fudginess and deflection of SA’s political language damages democracy

Marianne Merten
07 APR

SA Public Finances: How an Eastern Cape R1.5m grader might buck government’s record of impunity

Marianne Merten
31 MAR

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