August 02

• South Africa: Clear Call for Women's Day 2013 [document]

  Women's Day celebrations will remain a critical and a significant event in the history of South Africa as it is reseved for the commemoration of the struggles of women for a... Read more »

August 01

• South Africa: Champion of Democracy [document]

  The list of words to describe Nelson Mandela is endless and each word in that endless list describes more deeply his uniqueness. That was how the Chairperson of the National... Read more »

• South Africa: Parties Raise Voices Against High Cell Costs [document]

  The need to reduce the high cost to communicate in South Africa has received support from the youth wings of political parties across the board. ANC Youth League, IFP Youth Brigade... Read more »

• South Africa: Cutting Down On Prison Escapes [document]

  Following its visit to the Harrismith Correctional Centre, the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services has applauded the Department of Correctional Services in the Free State... Read more »

• South Africa: Sustainable Toilets for Shack Dwellers [document]

  Toilets, or the lack of them, have been much in the spotlight in recent months in the Western Cape. Now an initiative piloted by the University of Stellenbosch's Sustainability... Read more »

July 31

• South Africa: Agriculture Committee Puts Farmer Support in the Spotlight [document]

  As the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' week-long parliamentary oversight visit to the Free State entered its second day, Committee members welcomed... Read more »

July 30

• South Africa: Lack of Communication Scuppers Initiatives [document]

  A lack of information about new initiatives to improve Metrorail services was one of the issued raised by commuters as a reason for complaints about poor service. Read more »

• Southern Africa: Tongue Lashing for Department's Service Delivery Delays [document]

  The Free State Provincial Department of Agriculture finally completed the handing over of farm equipment to poor farmers in the province as part of a countrywide mechanisation... Read more »

July 29

• South Africa: Get Moving, Committee Urges Business-Funding Entity [document]

  "You need to increase your pace and move with speed to help small businesses, to contribute to economic development through job creation and poverty alleviation. You can't wait for... Read more »

July 26

• South Africa: 'Lenasia Housing Problems Must Be Solved' [document]

  The Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements has urged the Department of Human Settlements to solve the Lenasia housing problem. Read more »

• South Africa: NCOP Wants No More Excuses [document]

  Following the week-long Taking Parliament to the People (TPTTP) follow-up programme in the Umzinyathi District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, the National Council of Provinces... Read more »

July 25

• South Africa: NCOP Pleased With Improvements At Clinic [document]

  The Kranskop Clinic, based in the Mvoti Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, is in a healthier condition now, almost two years after the National Council of Provinces (NCOP)'s... Read more »

• South Africa: NHI Pilot Projects Under Microscope [document]

  The Portfolio Committee on Health has been briefed on the much-anticipated National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, which has been piloted in carefully selected districts across the... Read more »

• South Africa: NCOP Follow-Up Visit to KZN School [document]

  The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) has expressed concern at the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education's slow response to the situation at Nogojwa Combined Primary School in... Read more »

• South Africa: Correctional Services Committee Investigates Prisons [document]

  Overcrowding; a lack of rehabilitation and educational programmes, and assaults by correctional officers were just some of the problems raised by inmates at Mdantsane and East... Read more »

July 24

• South Africa: New Chairpersons Elected [document]

  The Portfolio Committees on Rural Development and Land Reform and on Police have elected new Chairpersons to fill vacant positions. The Committee on Rural Development and Land... Read more »

• South Africa: Public Protector Set to Answer Committee [document]

  The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development has drawn up of list of areas it wants the Public Protector, Adv Thuli Madonsela, to expand on at a meeting next... Read more »

• South Africa: Using ACM to Get Rid of Mud Schools? [document]

  To use or not to use the Alternative Construction Methods (ACM) to eradicate mud schools? That is the question tackled during a meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Public Works... Read more »

July 23

• South Africa: Results, Please [document]

  The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) would like to see tangible service delivery results as the Fourth Parliament enters its home stretch. Read more »

• South Africa: Public Enterprises Committee Visits Medupi Power Plant [document]

  The Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises will tomorrow embark on an oversight visit to the Medupi power plant in Limpopo. Read more »

• South Africa: Technology Initiative Applauded [document]

  The Portfolio Committee on Science and Technology has applauded the impact that the Cofimvaba Schools District Technology Project seems to be having on the quality of teaching and... Read more »

• South Africa: Committee Bemoans Lack of Public Participation

  The Portfolio Committee on Water and Environmental Affairs has expressed its unhappiness with what appears to be apathy from the public regarding the South African policy on the... Read more »

July 18

• South Africa: Melody for 95 Years of Magic [document]

  "There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children." Read more »

• South Africa: Pensioners Benefit As MP Partakes in 67 Minutes for Madiba [document]

  Just as the world unites to dedicate 67 minutes to community work to celebrate Nelson Mandela Day, so the Constituency Office of the Member of Parliament Ms Nosipho Ntwanambi... Read more »

July 12

• South Africa: Madiba's Fighting Spirit Lives On [document]

  The cooperation between the church and community organisations, which shook and eventually defeated apartheid, and that continues to this day will keep the spirit of the father of... Read more »