That week in Parliament

The first recorded use of the phrase "consequence management" in Parliament was in 2010. The phrase was not recorded at all in 2011, but in 2012 there was another single use. “Consequence management” featured 17 times in 2013 and 29 times in 2014....

It’s taken a few weeks but Parliament is finally firing on all cylinders with plenty of action beckoning in both the main chamber and the Committee corridor. The main events will be the joint debate on the State of the Nation...

   

The 2020 State of the Nation (SONA) is just hours away. See some interesting facts on SONAs in South Africa as well as how the occasion is carried out in other parts of the world:  

On Thursday, all eyes will be fixated on Parliament for the State of the Nation Address (SONA). The speech, due to be delivered at 19:00 before a combined gathering of Parliament, the Judiciary and the public, will be a report on the economic and...

  1. What is the SONA? It is an annual address given by the President to a joint session of Parliament and marks the official opening of the legislature. It is designed to be a report on the economic and social state of the nation, and includes a...

It's still early days but Parliament is slowly coming back to life after a lengthy summer break. The legislature has planned a broad programme this week after a low-key start. With no sittings scheduled in the main chambers, the Committee corridor...

“I can only hope that none of those to whom an oath of office will be administered would see that exercise as just one those inconvenient processes that one has to go through, itching to occupy an office rather than determined to internalise the...