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Chegutu East Member of Parliament Webster Shamu has described President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a man of action who will turn around the country’s fortunes. “In 2013, I had the opportunity to work with him as he gave on the spot guidance in the construction of the ZANU PF Midlands province 6.5 million dollar Convention Centre

The GOOD Party has submitted a formal complaint to the Western Cape government, calling for Stellenbosch Municipality’s political leadership to be held accountable for shielding a senior official who was lambasted by a High Court for showing a “refus

MAIN REPORT Introduction The role of Parliament is spelt out in Section 119 of the Constitution, which obliges it to ensure that provisions of the Constitution are “upheld and that the State and all institutions and agencies of government at every level act constitutionally and in the national interest.” Accordingly, Parliament in general and the

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, has ruled that an oral evidence would be needed to resolve the suit filed against the election of the

By Bev Mortimer The 'Motion of No Confidence in the Kouga mayor, Horatio Hendricks , could not be voted on yesterday owing to just a technicality - only because it did not recommend that any action emanate from the motion!The Motion 'No confidence in Kouga's mayor, Horatio Hendricks', was tabled at a special Council meeting…

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality is alarmed by the failure of the Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC) to perform its duties. In the recent council sitting of 14 February 2023, another two reports were referred to MPAC for investigations. This happens at the back of 10 reports that still need to be investigated. The committee is plagued by indecisiveness and inaction. Since its inception, no report has been tabled, two reports had to be taken off the coun...

For the past decade, Congress has imposed a ban on earmarks—special interest spending championed by certain Members of Congress. Long controversial, Congress finally banned them in 2011. Now, despite the problems inherent in earmarks, Congress is considering bringing widespread earmarking back. The House and Senate rules have similar official definitions of “congressional earmarks,” which are also sometimes referred to as “congressionally directed spending items.” An earmark is defined...

Conservatives are demanding the repeal of Obamacare.

Mayhem. so a lot of drama to look forward to, one that have practical impacts on americans, particularly as it comes to spending and keeping the government open. >> julie tsirkin, thank you. joining me now, former republican representative for florida, creator of our body politic, and author of lucky, how joe biden barely won the presidency. so jonathan, given what julie has sort of laid out for us, what can we expect on monday when the house is set to begin? >> certainly not rainbows and unicor...

Zec chairperson Priscilla Chigumba recently presented a preliminary delimitation report to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is expected to send the report to Parliament by end of next week.