What’s news in Parliament with Tara Roos: Cachalia seeks Cabinet approval to appoint Mkhwanazi as Hawks head

Lester Kiewit speaks to Business Day political correspondent Tara Roos about Acting police minister Firoz Cachalia asking Cabinet to approve the appointment of KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi as national head of the Hawks. And a new study by South African-fou…

What’s news in Parliament with Tara Roos: Constitutional Court rules in favour of ANC and reinstates 181 candidates

The Constitutional Court has overturned the Electoral Court’s decision to dismiss the ANC’s appeal against the IEC’s exclusion of 181 ANC candidates from the November 4 local government elections, but leaving 2,093 from other parties excluded because they did not challenge their exclusion. The Muni…

What’s news in Parliament with Tara Roos: Mbeki Foundation paper re-opens questions about South Africa’s unresolved national question

The Mbeki Foundation’s 123-page paper on the future of Afrikaners has reopened debate about South Africa’s unresolved national question and the compromises made during the transition to democracy. Nearly half of South Africa’s municipal wastewater treatment systems are in a critical state, accordin…

What’s news in Parliament with Tara Roos: IEC final lists reveal fierce battles for metros

Lester Kiewit speaks to Tara Roos, CapeTalk commentator and Business Day political correspondent, about the latest news coming out of Parliament, including the ConCourt striking down the Public Procurement Act over flawed public participation and how the IEC’s final candidate lists reveal major bat…

What’s news in Parliament with Tara Roos: Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala review heads into key arguments

Lester Kiewit speaks to Tara Roos, CapeTalk commentator and Business Day political correspondent, about the latest news coming out of Parliament, including the latest developments in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s legal challenge to the Section 89 independent panel’s Phala Phala report. Ramaphosa’s l…

What’s news in Parliament with Tara Roos: The grilling of Fadiel Adams

Lester Kiewit speaks to Tara Roos, CapeTalk commentator and Business Day political correspondent, about the latest news coming out of Parliament, including National Coloured Congress (NCC) MP Fadiel Adams facing intense questioning at the Madlanga Commission over contradictions in his evidence. Th…

What’s news in Parliament with Tara Roos: Parly shuts down Fadiel’s claims of a faulty laptop

Lester Kiewit speaks to Tara Roos, CapeTalk commentator and Business Day political correspondent, about the latest news coming out of Parliament, including how Parliament is disputing Fadiel Adams’ claims of a faulty laptop; the Mkhwanazi ad hoc committee divided over findings as their report deadl…

What’s news in Parliament with Tara Roos: Ramaphosa impeachment appeal

Lester Kiewit speaks to Tara Roos, CapeTalk commentator and Business Day political correspondent, about the latest news coming out of Parliament, including Parliament’s Section 89 impeachment committee voting to seek a direct appeal to the Constitutional Court after a Western Cape High Court ruling…

What's news in Parliament with Tara Roos: Ramaphosa unveils National Water Action Plan

Lester Kiewit speaks to Tara Roos, CapeTalk commentator and Business Day political correspondent, about the latest news coming out of Parliament, including President Cyril Ramaphosa launching of the National Water Action Plan (NWAP) to tackle South Africa’s worsening water crisis and Parliament’s S…

What’s news in Parliament with Tara Roos: Decision by Treasury to withhold municipal funding to face scrutiny

Lester Kiewit speaks to Tara Roos, CapeTalk commentator and Business Day political correspondent, about the latest news coming out of parliament, including Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance holding a high-level meeting to examine National Treasury’s decision to withhold equ…