(Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s parliament will reconvene on Friday to elect the president, the chief justice announced, as political parties continue talks aimed at forming a new government. The first ...

A debate on South Africa’s fiscal framework, which underpins the budget, proceeded in the National Assembly in Cape Town on Wednesday, despite objections from a number of lawmakers. The Democratic ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's main house of parliament took a first step on Tuesday toward enabling the state to make compulsory purchases of land to redress racial disparities in land ...

National Assembly Speaker Ms Baleka Mbete is leading a multi-party delegation of eight Members of Parliament (MPs) on an official parliamentary visit to the Republic of Cuba. The eight MPs are Ms ...

After being voted in, Ramaphosa will address lawmakers gathered in the parliament in Cape Town, the party said in a statement. The African National Congress (ANC), which has a large majority in ...

With elections just over a week away, the political comeback of the former president has presented a major test for the country’s young democracy. By Lynsey Chutel Reporting from Cape Town South ...

Political parties have until Friday to make inputs on the ad hoc committee’s terms of reference. Opposition MPs have questioned the appointment of an ANC MP as the chairperson of Parliament’s ad hoc ...

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