Cyril Ramaphosa calls an emergency sitting of parliament to deal with gender-based violence
14 September 2019 - 09:34
President Cyril Ramaphosa has summoned the two houses of parliament, the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces, to an emergency sitting on Wednesday to tackle gender-based violence.
In letter sent to National Assembly speaker Thandi Modise and NCOP chairperson Amos Masondo on Thursday, seen by TimesLIVE, Ramaphosa said the urgent sitting of parliament has been convened in terms of section 84 of the constitution...
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