After initially boycotting the first sitting two weeks ago, at which the president was elected, 53 caucus members were sworn in at a special ceremony in Parliament on Tuesday.
CAPE TOWN - The uMkhonto weSizwe Party says there is nothing untoward about it not yet having taken up all its seats in Parliament this week.
Parliament is preparing for the first plenary of the 7th administration next week. As the third largest party in Parliament, the MK Party has already got stuck into the house rules. Fifty-three of the 58 seats awarded to the party have now been filled after wholesale changes were made to its supplementary and reserve party lists.
"Some people decided they weren’t interested to play a role in Parliament, that happens. We had in certain instances expelled certain members."
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