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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DA elective congress: A key moment, and not just for the party

Marianne Merten
30 JUL

Government considers central procurement for Covid-19 goods to stem corruption; emergency Budget approved

Marianne Merten
29 JUL

Sloppy last-minute Budget legislation on possible bailouts — and other legislative troubles

Marianne Merten
26 JUL

SAPS water cannons near Parliament as Cele talks tough on lockdown policing and GBV

Marianne Merten
24 JUL

Zweli Mkhize plays down discrepancy in reported deaths

Marianne Merten
24 JUL

Cogta turns its back on municipal financial troubles — handing the hot potato to Treasury

Marianne Merten
23 JUL

UIF relief extended until 15 August, help for self-employed in the making

Marianne Merten
22 JUL

Lockdown Level 3, Version 3: Policymaking on the hoof amid war talk

Marianne Merten
17 JUL

The 2021 municipal poll pushes on regardless of Covid-19, says IEC

Marianne Merten
15 JUL

Reflecting on public spaces as bulldozers make history in District Six 

Marianne Merten
10 JUL

The Covid-19 surge is here – and South Africa does not have enough hospital beds

Marianne Merten
09 JUL

Adoption of emergency Covid-19 Budget one step closer

Marianne Merten
08 JUL

DA’s cheap political points over 11-week-old draft municipalities’ recovery plan cloud real, important issues

Marianne Merten
08 JUL

Warrantless searches declared unconstitutional in win for inner-city residents — Parliament ordered to fix SAPS Act

Marianne Merten
03 JUL

Another lockdown challenge heads to ConCourt

Marianne Merten
02 JUL

SA men called to step up in otherwise uninspired parliamentary GBV debate

Marianne Merten
01 JUL

‘Get on with it’ — Mboweni on post-Covid-19 lockdown opportunities

Marianne Merten
30 JUN

ANC MPs on ‘judges’ overreach’, the Covid-19 emergency Budget and other matters of the House

Marianne Merten
26 JUN

More questions than answers in Tito Mboweni’s grim emergency Budget

Marianne Merten
25 JUN

Tito Mboweni outlines the budget to weather the storm, Covid-19 and head off bankruptcy

Marianne Merten
24 JUN

Tough week of politics, policy and finance as Mboweni tables Covid-19 emergency Budget

Marianne Merten
23 JUN

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