Tag archives for Parliament
Mkhwebane and her case
Let me start by saying this: Busisiwe Mkhwebane is an intelligent lady. And I hope and pray that I am not condescending by saying this. I believe when she wanted…
SACP goes in alone: Will they survive?
The South African Communist Party (SACP) has announced its decision to contest future election on its own. This is a breakaway from its usual strategy of acting as a parasite…
Mbete and the Secret Ballot
One is tempted to assert that last week’s jubilation by opposition parties - after the Constitutional Court judgement that the Speaker of Parliament has the discretion to rule on a…
A few democratic reforms South Africa could benefit from
South Africa is a country with a very diverse base of political support. The National Assembly is currently elected by proportional representation and thirteen different political parties have at least…
Freedom Day: The Price of Eternal Vigilance is Still to be Paid
The American classical liberal and president Thomas Jefferson said that the price of liberty is eternal vigilance. Freedom is not a fixed state of affairs, and we can be robbed…
The DA in Review
Within hours of the State of the Nation Address by President Jacob Zuma, much public commentary lambasted the fact that it was the same old recycled notes of economic promises. While there was…
Fisticuffs and F-Words
On Thursday night, 9 February 2017, South Africans watched a spectacle which – in all honesty – was entirely predictable. The State of the Nation address, the platform for the…
It Takes Manyi To Make Manyi
According to a recent report, President of the Progressive Professionals Forum (PPF) and former senior ANC advisor Jimmy Manyi says that the South African government should consider doing away with…
Separation of Powers – The Ghost in the Machine
In South Africa, we have not questioned the structure of our State since 1994. This is mostly because we were so proud of the fact that the Apartheid state was…