This Fifth Parliament of South Africa continues to break new ground. 2017 was a bumper year of parliamentary business, court battles, internal squabbles, jousting, brinkmanship, attempts to remove the President from office, dissolve Parliament and parliamentary inquiries. With the year done and dusted, we review some of the legislature’s activities, highlights and controversies from this period. LEGISLATION Parliament passed 18 Bills this year – this matches up with the legislative output from last year. There are currently 41 Bills in the highways and byways of both Houses. This means the … Read the full article…