PARLIAMENT
Is the legislature really getting better at doing its job?
Parliament under Zuma has suffered a slew of setbacks, including an executive whose officials have disregarded it
As Parliament prepares to rise for the 2017 year, the legislature’s presiding officers believe that it has improved immensely at its job in recent years and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, the second in command in the executive, agrees, believing that Parliament could expedite its legislation process.The week after Parliament rises, the focus of South African politics will shift to the ANC’s elective conference later in December. This conference is expected to mark the end of President Jacob Zuma’s time at the helm of the party. Parliament under the Zuma administration has suffered a number of setbacks including an executive whose officials have disregarded it with impunity and damning rulings from the judiciary. The courts have found against Parliament in matters including signal-jamming devices, which prevented reporters from tweeting from the National Assembly’s media gallery during the 2015 state of the nation address. In 2016, the Constitutional Court ruled that Parliament fa...
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