National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza cautioned against saying a person has done something when they have not and also impugning the integrity of officials when she tabled the 2026 budget vote on Thursday.
The Constitutional Court judgment on Phala Phala and the remuneration of Secretary to Parliament Xolile George took centre stage when MPs debated the institution’s 2026/27 budget on Thursday.
Tabling the budget vote, National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza emphasised the challenges faced by the legislature over its 30 years of democracy.
“The recent Constitutional Court judgment has found that some of our rules are not consistent with the Constitution, and therefore require review and amendment,” Didiza said.
Central to the debate was the need for greater parliamentary autonomy, as articulated by ANC Deputy Chief Whip Nobuhle Nkabane.
