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Reconstruction process will take over two years to complete.
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Reconstruction process will take over two years to complete.
Secretary to Parliament Xolile George highlighted on Tuesday that it is envisaged that, through the restoration project of Parliament, South Africa will have a new National Assembly building within 24 months. He was briefing media on the details of the reconstruction process of the sections of Parliament buildings damaged by the fire that broke out last year and which caused extensive damage to key offices, chambers and meeting rooms in the National Assembly and Old Assembly buildings.
Parliament has asked the Development Bank of Southern Africa for help to restore the gutted National Assembly building.
The State of the Nation Address is one of the major general debates of the parliamentary year.
Mafe faces charges of arson and terrorism relating to the January 2022 blaze that gutted the National Assembly chamber and damaged sections of the Old Assembly building.