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Past Articles of Interest

Gas Amendment Bill changes energy horizon

.....article dated 9 September 2021..... Mantashe puts Gas Amendment Bill before Parliament.... ...

The Great Debate. Is a pension fund also a distress fund?

....article dated 9 September 2021.... Members Bill jumping the gun, says Treasury.... The...

Hate Crimes Hate Speech Bill now in a rush

.....article dated 9 September 2021...... Parliament to help in setting rules to follow........

Marathon meetings on COIDA Bill

.....article dated 4 July..... COIDA Act extended to cover all vulnerable workers.... Two...

Communications policy for data and cloud in the making

Expropriation Bill key to land reform

......article dated 5 July 2021..... Parliament awaits outcome of ANC/EFF debate... Whatever...

Energy plan on gas exploration tabled

.......article dated 4 July 2021.... Minister to brief Parliament in August Now that Cabinet has...

Equity Bill bulldozed through committee

....article dated 4 July 2021....... Minister intent on setting BEE targets... The unusually large...

Minister holds ground on Employment Equity Bill

....article dated 4 June 2021..... Minister to fix black empowerment targets Minister...

Copyright Bill to be partially re-written

.....article dated 4 June 2021..... Parliament rejects controversial clauses After a tense debate,...

Hate Crimes Hate Speech Bill now in a rush

Sep 15, 2021

.....article dated 9 September 2021...... Parliament to help in setting rules to follow..... Resuscitated by Parliament in the light of a recent finding by the Constitutional Court (CC) regarding its wording is the Prevention and Combating of Hate...

Marathon meetings on COIDA Bill

Jul 20, 2021

.....article dated 4 July..... COIDA Act extended to cover all vulnerable workers.... Two extensive days of discussions were not enough to finalise all the amendments necessary to bring the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases...

Communications policy for data and cloud in the making

Jul 20, 2021

Communications policy for data and cloud in the making

Expropriation Bill key to land reform

Jul 20, 2021

......article dated 5 July 2021..... Parliament awaits outcome of ANC/EFF debate... Whatever happens as a result of the extended ad-hoc parliamentary meetings between the governing party and the EFF on the proposed Amendment of Section 25 of the...

Energy plan on gas exploration tabled

Jul 19, 2021

.......article dated 4 July 2021.... Minister to brief Parliament in August Now that Cabinet has approved the Upstream Petroleum Resources Bill and the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) have indicated their policy and the purpose...

Equity Bill bulldozed through committee

Jul 19, 2021

....article dated 4 July 2021....... Minister intent on setting BEE targets... The unusually large number of objections from business to the “cavalier approach" by Minister Thulas Nxesi on the fixing of BEE targets for various sectors in terms of...

Minister holds ground on Employment Equity Bill

Jul 10, 2021

....article dated 4 June 2021..... Minister to fix black empowerment targets Minister Thulas Nxesi, in leading the presentation of Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) responses to submissions on the proposed Employment Equity (EE)...

Copyright Bill to be partially re-written

Jul 10, 2021

.....article dated 4 June 2021..... Parliament rejects controversial clauses After a tense debate, the parliamentary trade and industry portfolio committee finally voted against further passage of the Copyright Amendment Bill as currently drafted...

Employers claim COIDA Bill “pie in the sky”

Jul 10, 2021

.......article dated 4 June 2021...... Dysfunctional Compensation Fund the problem... The overall topic during four days of parliamentary hearings on the Occupational Injuries and Diseases Amendment Bill (COIDA Bill) centered around the troublesome...

EFF calls for nationalisation of land

Jul 10, 2021

.....article dated 4 June 2021..... ANC, EFF debate changes to Constitution on land.... Parliament’s especially formed Constitutional ad-hoc Committee comprising MPs from the ANC, FF and DA were given until 31 May to finalise the wording of the...

Minister Mantashe toe tapping on energy issues

Jul 9, 2021

.......article posted 25 June 2021...... Too many ideas and no decisions at all..... In a parliamentary energy committee meeting, it was decided to hold over a vote to investigate the Karpowership SA tender award granted by the Department...

Minister determined to legalise zero drinking/driving ban

Jul 9, 2021

.....article posted 1st May 2021....... Road Bill being used to enforce zero alcohol limits..... Legislation that probably has less effect upon business and industry than most but has, nevertheless, attracted more than 7,000 submissio is an...

Decision time for fuel industry, MPs told

Jul 9, 2021

.....article dated 5 May 2021....... SA oil refineries have limited future... In a recent parliamentary meeting of the energy portfolio committee, AdvThabo Mokoena, DDG of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, surprised many with...

Dept. of Communications not performing, say MPs

Jul 8, 2021

....article dated 1 May 2021.... New DG promises catch up... During a recent stormy parliamentary oversight meeting it emerged that Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) had met only 50% of its targets for the year 2020/21...

Industry speaks out on Employment Equity Bill

Jul 8, 2021

.......article dated 1 May 2021..... Minister's plans to apply BEE targets too dictatorial..... The highly contentious Employment Equity Amendment Bill, tabled in a hurry by Minister of Employment and Labour,Thulas Nxesi, has now reached a stage in...

Cadre deployment takes toll at PRASA

May 4, 2021

...article dated 28 February 2021.... CEO says sorting out the mess... In a meeting of the Transport Portfolio Committee, Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, addressed MPs together with senior members of PRASA's new management team and told them...