There seems to be a continued pattern of deterioration as there were far fewer municipalities in financial distress in 2010, and this has resulted in a collapse of services.

The ACDP believes that well-monitored public private partnerships are the way to go, not another SOE. If a ‘state owned anything’ was efficient, the ACDP might give these plans a chance, but we will not give our approval to another opportunity for corruption with no improvement to service delivery.

“All women — Israeli women, Palestinian women, as all others, are entitled to a life lived in safety and free from violence.” United Nations

Restorative Justice is at the heart of the Child Justice Act, particularly where one is dealing with children who are not a danger to society.

By accessing the GFECRA funds, President Ramaphosa is shielding the ANC from the consequences of poor economic policy policy, corruption and wasteful expenditure and it creates a dangerous precedent.

The ACDP objects in the strongest possible terms the ANC changing the funding formula from 66 per cent proportional and 33 per cent equitable to a 90/10 per cent allocation. This is a cynical and greedy move that flies directly in the face of the previous Parliament.

The pandemic of violence and abuse in South Africa has put children at risk of all kinds of danger and politically, very little has been done to address this crisis.

ACDP demands an undertaking from government that it will not agree to any IHR amendments that would compromise South Africa’s ability to take domestic decisions on national public health measures, even in the event of public health emergency of international concern.

The question is when there is uncertainty as to whether Parliament will be required to approve amendments to an international agreement it can exercise its powers in terms of section 55(2), particularly when those amendments may threaten the national sovereignty of a member state.

All of us at Parliament have been subjected to these disruptions, where we’ve wanted to hear the President answer questions, or when we’ve wanted to participate in debates, but due to these disruptions, that right has been denied to all of us.

House Chair, The ACDP agrees with the report. Honourable Zwane was found guilty in the first disciplinary hearing on a breech of the Code of Conduct by the Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests, and its report was accepted by this House. But, as we now...