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Belinda Bozzoli joined Parliament as a DA MP in May 2014. I was greatly looking forward to welcoming her. She was – to compress her more complex politics – a social liberal. We had just lost ours in Lindiwe Mazibuko, a personal tragedy for her and a great loss to the party. Lindiwe was leading a critical mass of very talented, aspirational young liberals in the party and now there was a void.
I had known Belinda since the 1980s. We were fellow sociologists, she at Wits and I at the University of Cape Town. We both worked with Blade Nzimande then to establish the first nonracial South African Sociology Association. In Parliament, she now had to square off with Nzimande, who led the ministry responsible for higher education. A former deputy vice-chancellor at one of South Africa’s most prestigious universities, Belinda was masterful at it.
He said next year, the DA would launch a programme to strengthen Parliament’s oversight work.
He said there were “too many things that committees let slide”.
DA spokesperson Siviwe Gwarube said there needed to be an overall change in Parliament’s culture, where some members of the executive did not take the institution seriously.
Mazzone said the party will also agitate for more meetings between Ramaphosa and opposition leaders, particularly after Cabinet meetings.
Steenhuisen said, if he were to give Parliament a mark out of 10, it would be four-and-a-half.
Slow
“I think Parliament was too slow out of the blocks to adapt to the new normal. The lights were off in Parliament for far too long and the executive was allowed to get away with far too much,” he said.
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2020 Parliamentary Review: DA sets agenda for Parliament on burning issues
Issued by Natasha Mazzone MP – Chief Whip of the Official Opposition
10 Dec 2020 in News
Click here to find out what has the DA done in Parliament this year?
Please find the DA Parliamentary Review Document here.
For many South Africans, 2020 upended their lives in terrible ways. Many lost their lives and livelihoods, and everyone has had to adjust to a new normal that included finding innovative ways to work from home, wearing masks when out in the world, and social distancing from friends and family.
For the Democratic Alliance (DA), 2020 has been a year of innovation and progress. This year we held the largest ever virtual Elective Federal Congress of any political party in South Africa with great success.