Babalo Ndenze

POPCRU's leaders say the seventh administration or GNU will be a "disaster" for the majority of black South Africans, if nothing is done about it.

The first order of business is the statement by the Minister of Water and Sanitation Pemmy Majodina on water security in the country.

Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber told the National Assembly that it was still far from being able to fulfil its mandate thanks to budgetary constraints.

Members of Parliament questioned Justice Minitser Thembi Simelane on how she's still minister despite the allegations.

The withdrawal of the SABC Bill by Communications Minister Solly Malatsi caused a row in Parliament, with the communications committee saying it wasn't informed before hand.

The NCOP's select committee on economic development and trade on Wednesday received a briefing by the Postbank on the forensic report on the millions in fraudulent transactions.

The Minister in The Presidency says scores of zama zamas trapped inside the abandoned mine shaft in the North West, without any food or water, must be "smoked out" and prosecuted.

Ntshavheni says whatever limitations or problems are identified in the bill, it must first come to cabinet.

The ANC's Lusizo Makhubele was elected as co-chair from the National Assembly, while the DA's Joseph Britz was elected co-chair from the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) component.

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson said that delayed and incomplete projects were like crime scenes.