President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver his fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona) in Parliament on Thursday evening against a grim backdrop of a staggering economy, deepening unemployment and a stalled vaccine rollout.
Remembering lives lost to COVID: Ramaphosa to light candles ahead of Sona Parliament’s presiding officers, National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise and National Council of Provinces chairperson Amos Masondo, have been briefing the media on final preparations for Sona. FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa, First Lady Tshepo Motsepe and National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise at Sona 2019. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN
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CAPE TOWN - Before he delivers his State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa will first take part in a candle-lighting ceremony to mark all the lives lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Parliament’s presiding officers, National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise and National Council of Provinces chairperson Amos Masondo have been briefing the media on final preparations for Sona on Wednesday.
Cope drafts private member’s bill to amend Electoral Act Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota and party colleague Farouk Cassim briefed Parliament’s home affairs committee on the bill on Tuesday. FILE: Cope s Mosiua Lekota signs the IEC code of conduct. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.
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CAPE TOWN - The Congress of the People (Cope) has drafted a private member’s bill to amend the Electoral Act and allow for independent candidates to stand in provincial and national elections.
Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota and party colleague Farouk Cassim briefed Parliament’s home affairs committee on the bill on Tuesday.
The Constitutional Court ruled in June last year that the Electoral Act was unconstitutional in so far as it only allowed for the election of members of Parliament and provincial legislatures through political parties.
ConCourt finds parts of Rica unconstitutional The amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism approached the apex court for confirmation of the High Court’s 2017 decision. FILE: Picture: 123rf.com
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CAPE TOWN - The Constitutional Court has on Thursday confirmed a Gauteng High Court ruling that parts of the Regulation of Interception of Communications Act (RICA) are unconstitutional.
The amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism approached the apex court for confirmation of the High Court’s 2017 decision.
In a majority judgment written by Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, the Constitutional Court dismissed appeals lodged by the minister of state security and the minister of police and has ordered them to pay costs.