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Today, Friday 1 April 2022, the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) updated the Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament on the progress with the independent assessment of the Parliament fire damage. Today’s briefing follows a meeting between the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and Minister Patricia de Lille earlier this week, where the Minister and DPWI provided an update to the Speaker with regard to the independent ...

"Nothing destroys like fire. That beautiful building, it's all gone," said a shocked senior ANC MP on Friday after engineers presented their initial assessment of damage caused by the fire at parliament.

The man accused of setting fire to Parliament Zandile Mafe has made another appearance at the Cape Town Magistrates Court on Friday morning.

A facial comparison report has linked Zandile Christmas Mafe to the CCTV footage recorded at the time of the fire that gutted the National Assembly and parts of the Old Assembly.

National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said they were still dependent on the engineers appointed by the public works department to assess the damage.