...... editorial dated 2 April ...... Shifting the blame for failure..... It has happened again. Many have...
Trade & Industry Articles
Copyright Bill at provincial hearings stage
......article dated 5 October 2021..... Comments on final draft called for.... The Portfolio Committee on Trade and...
A light in the night
..... editorial posted 3 March 2022...... The judiciary could be winning against the radicals.... Some good things are...
Call for parliamentary disaster management oversight……
parties to debate disaster management oversight proposals .......article dated 5 August 2021...... A Disaster Management Amendment Bill, originally published for comment in October 2020, has now finally made it to Parliament and sits for process...
Mantashe summonsed by Parliament to appear
.....articled dated 15 August 2021..... Parliament demands oversight on DMRE energy plans…... Attempting to crack open once again the mysterious world of ANC oil, gas and energy policy and the secret deals undertaken by six successive energy...
Gas Amendment Bill changes energy horizon
.....article dated 9 September 2021..... Mantashe puts Gas Amendment Bill before Parliament.... An interminably long journey has finally come to an end with the tabling of the Gas Amendment Bill in Parliament, introduced by Minister Mantashe as...
Is a pension fund also a distress fund?
Treasury says pension fund Bill jumping the gun ....article dated 9 September 2021.... The argument against dis-allowing a portion of a pension fund to a members has been around for as long as the mantra that by disallowing any access at all, the...
Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill now in a rush
.....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
.....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
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 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
.......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
....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...
