The two Houses are also expected to consider various priority bills for final approval.

The official opposition has said it will approach the court to challenge the NHI Act

Former president Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial is expected to be back in the Pietermaritzburg

Former deputy president and Speaker of Parliament, Baleka Mbete, during a door-to-door campaign in Palm Ridge, Ekurhuleni, said the MK Party was established by a man who had “gone crazy”.

Health Minister Joe Phaahla has pleaded with healthcare workers to ignore “doomsayers” spreading fear that the implementation of the freshly signed National Health Insurance Act will collapse the health sector.

DA’s Gwarube says the collapse of the public healthcare system can be blamed on government.

The former speaker of the National Assembly said she was doing her job at the time and, if needed, she would have protected FW de Klerk

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Paahla was addressing the media at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.

The Luthuli family has embraced the re-opening of an inquest into the death of Chief Albert Luthuli…

IEC submits written responses to the ConCourt concerning Commissioner Janet Love comments.

The Information Regulator has issued a guidance note for use of personal data in campaigning.

President Cyril Ramaphosa signs the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill into law.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has slammed “well-to-do, rich people” who criticise his decision to sign into law the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill on Wednesday – 13 days before the May general elections.

Mathews Phosa says Zuma’s leaving the ANC and forming the MK Party shows a lack of credibility.

EFF leader Julius Malema took his election campaign to Mthatha in the Eastern Cape

The IEC says it is comfortable with the controls it has put in place with regards to voting abroad

The king has previously stated his support for the ANC and the Democratic Alliance

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The case will return to the High Court in Johannesburg on the 6th of June. 

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) briefs media on the general readiness for the elections.

It says there are attempts to effect the suspension before the end of the sixth Parliament.

The provincial secretary said the people of the Eastern Cape had rejected Zuma and his new MK party ahead of the elections

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