ANALYSIS It will be an interesting five years in Parliament as the maths has changed somewhat judith_february
South Africa's sixth democratic Parliament formally opens with the State of the Nation Address on 20 June.
The fifth Parliament was particularly bruising as Jacob Zuma’s Presidency began to unravel early on. Allegations of corruption and state capture all but consumed Parliament then, with the EFF leading the charge for Zuma to ‘Pay back the money!’ that had been wasted through the excesses of Nkandla. The fifth Parliament was also tragically marked by the ANC defending Zuma at all costs, leading to at times violent and disruptive Sona evenings.
The EFF has thrived as the party of spectacle – the hypocrisy of the red overalls and berets has been transparent since the beginning, but never more so than at the EFF gala dinner in February where Rupert and Rothschild wine was on display even as Inanda Club member Julius Malema swore off ‘white monopoly capital’.
The deputy president is the leader of government business in Parliament and is a crucial link between the executive and the legislature. This link was at its weakest during the Zuma years and party discipline on issues largely came from Luthuli House and thus cemented in caucus. Parliament for the ANC was mostly viewed as an inconvenience or a trifle.
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