News and Updates - Rebuilding Parliament

Media Release: Presiding Officers New Year’s Message

31 December 2022

Parliament, Saturday, 31 December 2022 – As we bid farewell to the year 2022 and welcome the year 2023, the Presiding Officers of Parliament, led by the Speaker of the National…

Media Release: Investigation into Alleged Irregularities in the Parliament Administration

27 October 2022

For a soundbite of Parliament’s Spokesperson, Moloto Mothapo, click on this link: https://iono.fm/e/1245141 Parliament, Thursday, 27 August 2022 – The Secretary to Parliament (STP) has commissioned an independent investigation into allegations of…

Media Statement: Parliament Welcomes Budget Allocation for Restoration of Fire-Damaged Buildings

26 October 2022

Parliament, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 – Parliament welcomes the budget allocated by National Treasury for restoration of its damaged buildings. Minister of Finance, Mr Enoch Godongwana, announced during the Mid-Term Budget…

Joint Statement by Presiding Officers of Parliament and the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure

1 April 2022

Issue date: 1 April 2022 Today, Friday 1 April 2022, the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) updated the Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament on…

Media Alert: Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament Set to Be Briefed by Dpwi’s Panel of Engineers on Their Work to Date

1 April 2022

Parliament, Friday, 01 April 2022 – The Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament will this afternoon hold a virtual meeting to receive a briefing from the Department of…

Fire Department Satisfied, Detected Heat Poses No Danger

16 February 2022

Parliament, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 – The Cape Town Fire and Rescue Service Department officials who responded to heat detected at certain spots in the basement of the gutted National Assembly…

Engineers Detect Hot Spots Inside Gutted Parliament Building

16 February 2022

To download the soundbite of the Spokesperson of Parliament, Moloto Mothapo, on this statement, click:https://iono.fm/e/1156510 Parliament, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 – Structural engineers from the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure,…

Announcement by Nehawu to Withdraw Staff from Precincts of Parliament

9 January 2022

To download the video of the Spokesperson of Parliament, Moloto Mothapo, on this statement, click: https://tinyurl.com/aw5b97f9 To download the soundbite of the Spokesperson of Parliament on this statement, click: https://iono.fm/e/1142847 Parliament, Sunday,…

Parliament Confirms Receipt of Fire and Safety Report

7 January 2022

For a soundbite from the Spokesperson of Parliament, Moloto Mothapo, https://iono.fm/e/1142537 Parliament, Friday, 7 January 2022 – The Presiding Officers of Parliament have received a fire and safety report of the City…

Parliament Confirms Containment of Fire

5 January 2022

Parliament, Wednesday, 05 January 2021 – It is with a great sense of relief that Parliament confirms the containment of the fire flare up at the roof of the National Assembly…

Remarks by the Speaker of the National Assembly at the Ceremony to Honour Firefighters Who Battled Fire at Parliament, Cape Town, Roeland Street Fire Station, 2022 January 05

5 January 2022

Joint Statement by Parliament and Nehawu on Fire Outbreak at Parliament

4 January 2022

Parliament, Tuesday, 04 January 2022 – This afternoon the Presiding Officers of Parliament, represented by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, and a delegation of NEHAWU, led by…