On Monday it met for the first time in a tent erected on a parking lot across the road from Parliament because there’s no venue big enough to accommodate 400 members following the fire of two years ago.
CAPE TOWN - Parliament wants to use the dome structure erected for Madiba’s funeral in Qunu more than ten years ago as a makeshift chamber.
Treasury has allocated Parliament a budget of R3.2 billion, which includes a R500 million allocation for the restoration of its fire-damaged buildings. Didiza said that not having a permanent chamber in which to meet was hampering the work of the House.
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