3 keys bills to fight gender-based violence expected to be passed on Thursday
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has supported Parliamentâs decision to push for the adoption of three key bills to fight gender-based violence, with the bills expected to be passed on Thursday.
Ramaphosa said the work done by MPs in the past few months needed to be commended.
The justice committee has been crafting the GBV bills, with members in the last week adopting the bills.
Ramaphosa last year announced that R1.6 billion had been allocated to fight GBV.
He told Parliament on Wednesday that the scourge of GBV was a serious problem in the country.
South Africa Cape Town 15 December 2020 Nwabisa Nkonyana s painting in Khayelitsha Cape Town.Nwabisa Nkonyana (Fine Artist) and Thabisa Dyonase (Poet) embarked in a collaboration were they used their given gifts to send a strong message that enough is enough. Photographer Ayanda Ndamane African News Agency(ANA)
Mixed views over sex offences registry bill
By Vernon Mchunu
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DURBAN - AS PARLIAMENT is due to decide the fate of the bill that seeks to make public the names of convicted sex offenders, a prisoner rights body has challenged the state to equally shame public servants found guilty of fraud and corruption.
What s the rush? Comparing National and Labour Government s use of urgency
19 Apr, 2021 01:24 AM
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Parliament Buildings, from left, Bowen House, the Beehive, and Parliament House, Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Jason Walls is a political reporter for the New Zealand Heraldjason.walls@nzme.co.nz@Jasonwalls92
The Government has come under fire from the Opposition on a number of occasions in recent weeks due to its use of urgency in the House. Act leader David Seymour has been a particularly vocal critic, saying the frequent use of urgency shows the Government is more interested in its own agenda than what s best for New Zealand .