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Deputy President David Mabuza will appear before the National Council of Provinces tomorrow for an oral question and answer session. Holding regular question and answer sessions is one way in which Parliament holds the Executive to account, as part of the three-legged mandate that includes making laws and promoting public
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The Standing Committees on Finance; the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa); the Portfolio Committees on Trade and Industry and; the Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration met with the former Chief Executive Officer of Steinhoff, Mr Markus Jooste. Today’s meeting is the fourth meeting held this year
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Deux nouveaux accords portant sur les infrastructures aéroportuaires et ferroviaires, ainsi que les équipements, ont été signés à Beijing, ce 4 septembre. Le Président de la République, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, a assisté aux cérémonies de signatures, en marge du 3ème sommet du Forum sur la Coopération Sino-Africaine (FOCSA). Le premier accord,
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The High Court of England & Wales has granted an injunction restraining Djibouti’s port company, Port de Djibouti S.A. (PDSA), from treating its joint venture shareholders’ agreement with global trade enabler DP World as terminated. The High Court has further prohibited PDSA from removing directors of the Doraleh
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The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs has decided to summon the Minister of Environmental Affairs, Minister Edna Molewa, to appear before it on Tuesday, 11 September 2018, after having been disappointed by the Minister’s letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly to request for the postponement of the
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The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs has set aside three days to hold the investigation into the process followed in the naturalisation of the Gupta family. The committee has concluded the initial phase of the inquiry (collection of all relevant information) and has identified gaps which need to be clarified
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The Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament today elected Dr Mathole Motshekga as one of its Co-Chairpersons. Dr Motshekga filled the vacancy that was left by Mr Vincent Smith, who has been redeployed to another parliamentary committee. In accepting the new responsibility, Dr Motshekga said: “Holding Parliament accountable
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The Humanitarian Coordinator, Alain Noudéhou commends humanitarian organisations for their work to provide much needed shelter to displaced people who have been relocated within Juba over the last weekend, and said the people now need rapid support from the humanitarian community. As a response to a security situation that has
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Rappelant la déclaration conjointe des gouvernements français, italien, britannique et américain du 1er septembre, la France condamne la poursuite des affrontements à Tripoli et déplore les nombreuses victimes de ces violences. Nous soutenons les efforts du RSSGNU Ghassan Salamé pour trouver les voies d’un retour au calme. Nous appelons
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Last week, angry protestors in the Soweto area of Johannesburg killed four people, allegedly for stealing local jobs, according to media reports. Many others, including refugees and asylum-seekers, have been affected by earlier rounds of violence, while tension has also been observed in KwaZulu Natal and Western Cape provinces. “UNHCR
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The Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Advocate Michael Masutha will, together with the National Forum on the Legal Profession, brief the media on the implementation of the Legal Practice Act of 2014. The implementation of the Act will bring into operation a single unified statutory Legal Practice Council that
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The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Labour, Mr Lemias Mashile, has called for a full investigation into the explosion that claimed an unconfirmed number of lives at the Rheinmetall Denel munitions factory on the outskirts of Cape Town. The Department of Labour, in consultation with Denel, must expedite the