Parliament

Education department’s “accelerated” school infrastructure programme hardly moves

620 schools left without electricity, 270 without water, 256 without sanitation in the financial year the department planned to provide them

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Parliament | 6 October 2017

Only one third of SASSA disputed deductions resolved

MPs grill agency on damning annual report

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Parliament | 6 October 2017

Police watchdog struggles to finalise investigations

IPID is grappling with staff and budget cuts while it has a soaring caseload

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Parliament | 5 October 2017

Under the blanket: questions over SASSA’s social relief programme

Agency spends millions on “promotional” issue of blankets

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Parliament | 3 October 2017

Learners in Limpopo town unable to write exams

Department of Basic Education under fire for shifting blame and not putting in place contingency plans

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Parliament | 15 September 2017

Parliament in court over its high paid bouncers

New elite security team displaces long-serving parliamentary protection officers

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Parliament | 13 September 2017

National government to rescue KZN’s collapsing health department

Minister responds in Parliament to damning report

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Parliament | 7 September 2017

Parliament grills Transnet on Gupta links

“You are going to jail! Stop protecting your bosses.”

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Parliament | 6 September 2017

Saldanha fishermen slam new marine bill

“Where are we going to fish?” MPs asked during public hearing

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Parliament | 1 September 2017

NPA and Hawks under fire for failing to control illegal flow of money

Derek Hanekom asks Hawks if they were under political pressure to drop cases

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Parliament | 31 August 2017

Parliament hears how PRASA is going off the rails

“The more trains that are burnt and vandalised, the less we can operate.”

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Parliament | 31 August 2017

Police lack plan for stopping gangs

Second SAPS appearance before Parliament in two weeks not much more successful than first

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Parliament | 28 August 2017

False start to Parliament’s state capture probe

“The key thing here is that we need to get the money back as soon as possible”

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Parliament | 17 August 2017

“We are not winning the war on crime” admits SAPS

Parliament rebukes unprepared police

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Parliament | 16 August 2017

Social grants: MPs accuse SASSA of deliberate delays

Post Office’s role in grant payments unclear

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Parliament | 15 August 2017

UWC sees no quick solution to residence crisis

“Many of the students we register have no financial means to find accommodation”

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Parliament | 11 August 2017