Marianne Merten

Marianne Merten writes on Parliament since 2016 for the 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’s few dull days in the parliamentary corridors.

When law-making falters even on legacy legislation such as the National Minimum Wage

Marianne Merten
18 JAN

DA appropriation of Marikana and Life Esidimeni names is crude party-political electioneering

Marianne Merten
18 JAN

Big push for unity to grease the electioneering wheels, but the factions simmer on

Marianne Merten
13 JAN

Ramaphosa gets tough on ANC, admits mistakes but calls on electorate to ‘grow South Africa together’

Marianne Merten
12 JAN

The ANC’s ‘not election campaign’ hits the stump across KZN

Marianne Merten
11 JAN

With Zuma at his heel, Ramaphosa invokes ANC unity and renewal through heavy symbolism

Marianne Merten
08 JAN

The ANC’s spectacle week – and a draft election list featuring Zuma, Gigaba, Mahumapelo, Zwane, Dlamini, Mokonyane…

Marianne Merten
06 JAN

After more than a decade of capture, Eskom may finally succeed in breaking the public purse

Marianne Merten
12 DEC

Land, state capture, minimum wage – key highlights of a busy 2018 for MPs that draws to close

Marianne Merten
07 DEC

Scopa demands answers on Steinhoff, VBS and PIC’s other troubled investments

Marianne Merten
07 DEC

Land expropriation, the final push: Constitutional amendment drafting committee set up, Cabinet approves draft Expropriation Bill

Marianne Merten
07 DEC

Denel cleans up State Capture financial and governance mess, Mkhwebane dodges inquiry

Marianne Merten
06 DEC

Assembly votes to amend Constitution amid scenario planning for 2019 election, legal challenges

Marianne Merten
05 DEC

Expropriation without compensation set to pass next hurdle, but there’s a long road ahead

Marianne Merten
02 DEC

SAA gets its billions – and departments their extra funding – as Parliament ticks off another item on its long to-do list

Marianne Merten
29 NOV

Parliamentary State Capture Inquiry: When MPs act like public representatives in the interest of South Africa

Marianne Merten
29 NOV

State Capture report sends ‘grossly negligent’ Gigaba and Brown to Zondo, wants criminal investigations

Marianne Merten
28 NOV

SAA needs R21.7bn just to stay in the air until mid-2019 – failure a systemic threat to South Africa

Marianne Merten
28 NOV

Cabinet Reshuffle: Ramaphosa still walking a factional tightrope

Marianne Merten
22 NOV

House approves rules on impeaching a president

Marianne Merten
22 NOV

Auditor-General places hope in new powers to give teeth to safeguarding the public purse

Marianne Merten
21 NOV

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