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DA parliamentary leader John Steenhuisen appointed Natasha Mazzone as his chief whip at the party's caucus meeting on Thursday morning.

“When we go talk about the budget of Parliament, we talk with people who do not understand Parliament. We talk to directors-general who think we are just another department.”  National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise did not mince her words. Perhaps it was time for Parliament to say to those who think they hold the purse strings that, “until you listen to us, we will not pass your budget”. That is one of Parliament’s hard-fought-for powers, which to date the national legislature has not exercised.  “It [Parliament] holds the purse because it directly represents the people in the ...

Speaker Thandi Modise had her hands full this week when she did her best to calm down tensions among MPs over constitutional amendments.

Former DA deputy chief whip Mike Waters resigns from parliament 19 February 2021 - 13:31 Former DA deputy chief whip Mike Waters has resigned as a MP, chief whip Natasha Mazzone revealed on Friday. File photo. Image: SIMPHIWE NKWALI Long-serving DA MP and the party's former deputy chief whip, Mike Waters, has resigned as a MP. This was announced by party chief whip Natasha Mazzone in an internal letter to the party's caucus on Friday. Mazzone said though Waters was resigning as a MP, he would still remain a DA member, working with the party in Gauteng. “It is with...