Past Articles of Interest
Minister Mantashe fails the green test once more
.....editorial dated 12 December 2021....... Mantashe still has an eye for gas.... Always around and sniffing like a foxhound, especially when the subject of oil and gas arises, is our minister of energy, Gwede Mantashe. Two things excite the...
Private Security Industry Bill to become law
Minister Cele takes aim at private security industry ....article dated 10 October 2021.... Police Minister Bheki Cele’s private security industry Bill, originally drafted in 2012 but held back at the time, then sent to Parliament for further...
PRASA still not on track
With theft and vandalism, PRASA still not on track .....article dated 10 October 2021..... Despite some good intentions and a new board and management, a read between the lines of the PRASA 2021 annual parliamentary report shows that PRASA is still...
President refers back National Land Transport Bill
National Land Transport Bill should not diminish municipal powers On the difficult matter as to whether the National Land Transport Bill will diminish certain municipal powers or provincial powers when this and similar national legislation is...
The good-guy bad-guy principle
The good-guy bad-guy principle The good-guy bad-guy principle has been the theme behind many a detective novel for decades, as it has been the theme in movies like Hawaii Five 0 when in 1968 detective Steve McGarett said to his partner, detective...
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...
Ebrahim Patel
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Minister of Public Enterprises
John Steenhuizen
DA Leader
Natasha Mazzone
DA Advocate
Enoch Godongwana
Finance Minister
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula
Speaker of the House
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