House nods to party funding bill

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House nods to party funding bill

Parliament yesterday unanimously passed the Political Parties Amendment Bill, which empowers the State to, on quarterly basis, provide funds to a political party represented in the National Assembly to cater for that political party’s day-to-day activities, including election expenses where appropriate. Currently, the State only provides funds to political parties which amassed more than one […]

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Chaos in Pan-African Parliament over continental body's elections | Africanews

Scuffles broke out during a meeting of the Pan-African parliament on Monday, as a week-long debate over the election of their new president boiled over.

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Action, not rhetoric, Sir - NewsDay Zimbabwe

Your Excellency, if truth be told, Zimbabwe ought not have been in a persistent vegetative state. She was the jewel of Africa at independence in 1980. Yet, even the hyped Economic Structural Adjustment Programme, and subsequent ones, could not mend her to

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Economic Recovery Plan: Ramaphosa will spend big on these 14 projects – The South African

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Parliament takes aim at newspaper for ‘blatant falsehoods’

Parliamentary spokesperson Molotho Mothapo went on to clarify that proceedings have been taking place via the so-called hybrid system, in line with COVID-19 regulations

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Libya's parliament passes no-confidence vote to the UN-backed gov't | Africanews

Libya's parliament on Tuesday passed a no-confidence vote in the war-scarred country's unity government, dealing a new blow to UN-backed peace efforts and plans for December elections.

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Ethiopia: Parliament vote lifts state of emergency in conflict ridden north | Africanews

Ethiopian lawmakers have voted to end the country’s three-month state of emergency early as mediation efforts continue to end the deadly war in the north

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The illusive David Mabuza: DA say it's time to replace Deputy President

After snubbing parliamentary questions due to poor health yet again on Thursday, calls are growing for Mabuza to be replaced.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Tunisians react to president's extension of parliament suspension | Africanews

"One whole month and he (Kais Saied) has not yet appointed a prime minister. If he (Kais Saied) wants to do a good thing, then he must quickly appoint one. And if he is against the parliament, then he must hold an election with a different electoral law." Mahmud, Tunisian resident

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Truth Comission describes 1972 events in Burundi as genocide | Africanews

The progress report by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was presented on Monday to the Burundian Parliament and qualified the 1972-73 crisis as a genocide

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Petitioners want criminal records expunged, good conduct certificate outlawed

The petitioners argue that other jurisdictions expunge misdemeanours and non-violent records from an offender’s record.

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Part of new Libya cabinet sworn in at eastern-based parliament | Africanews

The Libyan parliament's appointed PM accused Tripoli of blocking ministers-in-waiting from travelling

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Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune dissolves parliament | Africanews

Algerian President Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, has dissolved the parliament and called for an early legislative election.

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George Clinton Returns From Retirement: “You’re Gonna Have To Drag Me Off”

After embarking on the P-Funk retirement tour a few years ago, the iconic group's 80-year-old bandleader George Clinton has confirmed that he's officially back in action and ready to bring back the music.

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Five women reach high office in Libya's government but long road ahead | Africanews

Five women will hold important ministries in Libya's new government for the first time in the country's history.

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Call him Dr Nankhumwa: Malawi Leader of Opposition buys degree

The pandemic of fake papers continues to terrorise Malawi after it has emerged that Leader of Opposition who is also Presidential aspirant, Kondwani Nankhumwa, has purchased himself a doctorate degree. Nankhumwa, who is also the Member of Parliament for Mulanje Central, has allegedly graduated with

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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news

Senate speaker, Abdi Hashi re-elected in Somalia | Africanews

The speaker of Somalia's Senate, Abdi Hashi Abdullahi has been reelected in a vote held in the country's capital, Mogadishu on Tuesday.

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South Africa's EFF slams World Bank, IMF loans | Africanews

Last July, South Africa's treasury announced that it had secured $4.3 billion from the IMF. The party has denounced the lenders as 'economic terrorists'

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Somalia vote under threat as leaders in deadlock | Africanews

Somalia's deadline to pick a new president is on Monday but that's now unlikely after negotiations between the central government and federal states collapsed over the weekend.

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Parliament announces committee to probe Busisiwe Mkhwebane

The fate of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane now lies in the hands of a 26-member committee in Parliament, which will look into her fitness to hold office

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Xiaomei Havard: Criticism of SA's Chinese-born MP branded 'racist'

'Xenophobic', 'offensive', and 'racist': These are just some of the terms given to the Twitter hashtags that targeted new MP Xiaomei Havard this week.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

South Africa's Parliament Gutted - Ghanaian American Journal

Fire crews have continued to work at South Africa's national Parliament complex in Cape Town… The post South Africa's Parliament Gutted appeared first on Ghanaian American Journal.

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Intrigue as Speaker postpones hot debate on coalition Bill to next year

Move caught both sides by surprise especially because government side had won first round of voting by 113 against 68 for Ruto allies.

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New proposed dagga laws: Personal use, quantities and offences

Here are the new proposed dagga laws in South Africa, as published by Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola.

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House team calls for talks on loss of taxpayers' billions

Parliament has invited the National Treasury and other key agencies to discuss legal loopholes where taxpayers have lost billions.

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Judgement reserved on Parliament’s land expropriation report

In 2018, the National Assembly adopted a report submitted by the joint constitutional review committee

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Batch of EFF MPs found guilty of breaking parliamentary rules during Gordhan's speech last year

Parliament's Powers and Privileges Committee found the 16 MPs guilty of contempt of Parliament for last year’s incident, in which they stormed the podium as Gordhan was delivering his department's budget speech.

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In Tunis cafes, cynicism saps opposition to president's "power grab" | Africanews

Many in the old city of Tunis have greeted the political situation in the country with mixed feelings, days after President Kais Saied dismissed several ministers including Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi

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People have lost confidence in Zimdollar: Minister - NewsDay Zimbabwe

Finance deputy minister Clemence Chiduwa told Parliament on Thursday that government was witnessing a massive switch by Zimbabweans to the black market to buy United States dollars to hedge against

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Two-thirds gender rule needs a referendum, says Justin Muturi

Muturi absolved Parliament from blame for failing to enact the gender rule as provided for in Article 27 of the Constitution.

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Cameroon: Soldiers free senator held hostage by Anglophone separatists | Africanews

Soldiers freed several hostages in western Cameroon, including a presidential party senator, kidnapped a month ago, and killed a dozen of their suspected kidnappers, English-speaking armed separatists, the army said on Tuesday.

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