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JOE MCGLUWA SLAMS GOVERNMENT FOR SHAMELESS REDUNDANT HOTLINES
02 February 2012 - Independent Democrats Parliamentary Leader and DA Shadow Minister in the Presidency, Mr JOE MCGLUWA MP says the mushroom-effect of hotlines seems to be nothing more than creating a soft-cushion landing for a province that is clearly in dire straits on more than one level which is adding up to the service delivery chaos in that province...
[ID] FUEL SHORTAGES AN ESKOM-TYPE TICKING TIME BOMB
02 February 2012 - Independent Democrats Chief Whip and DA Shadow Minister of Energy, Mr LANCE GREYLING MP says the Democratic Alliance (DA) has been informed that the primary reason for nationwide fuel shortages is attributable to fuel suppliers not maintaining a consumer buffer supply stock...
ID WILL LOBBY TO KEEP DLAMINI-ZUMA AS HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER
30 January 2012 - Independent Democrats Parliamentary Leader, Mr JOE MCGLUWA says the ID will over the next six months engage with other opposition parties with the intention of running a robust campaign for Dlamini-Zuma to remain as minister and retract her candidacy in the AU election...
[ID] SOUTH AFRICA NEEDS NKOSAZANA DLAMINI-ZUMA MORE THAN THE AU
29 January 2012 - Independent Democrats Parliamentary Leader, Mr JOE MCGLUWA says South Africa needs Dlamini-Zuma more than the AU at this critical stage of her department’s stabalising process...
[ID] ANC SHOULD BOW HEADS IN SHAMED BY STATE’S INCAPACITY
22 January 2012 - Independent Democrats Parliamentary Leader, Mr JOE MCGLUWA says It has become a tendency of government to become excited by setting high targets which they cannot achieve...
[ID] CALLS FOR STRICTER RULES ON WASTEFUL EXPENDITURE
17 January 2012 - Independent Democrats Parliamentary Leader, Mr JOE MCGLUWA MP says the misused of public funds within national and provincial departments across the country is a direct link to the poor financial chaos currently existing at local government level...
[ID] APPEAL TO PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA AND CABINET TO SUPPORT COLLAPSING MUNICIPALITIES
15 January 2012 - Independent Democrats Parliamentary Leader, Mr JOE MCGLUWA MP says It is shameful that nearly 40 percent of the country’s municipalities are facing financial meltdown...
[ID] AN EXTERNAL AUDIT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR POWER PLANTS MUST BE INSTITUTED
10 January 2012 - Independent Democrats Spokesperson on Public Enterprises, Mr LANCE GREYLING MP, says it is unacceptable that Parliament has still not received the final report of that disaster in which a sorely needed 600 Megawatts was removed from the grid at a cost of billions of Rand to the country due to simple gross incompetence...
[ID] HANIFF HOOSEN REVEALS MORE SHOCKING CASES OF TRAVEL AND ACCOMODATION EXPENDITURE
15 December 2011 - Independent Democrats Secretary-General, Mr HANIFF HOOSEN MP says the Minister of Home Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma revealed in a Parliamentary question reply that her department had racked up a bill in excess of R320m in two years...
[ID] LANCE GREYLING: Public Works Q&A
14 December 2011 - Independent Democrats Chief Whip, Mr LANCE GREYLING MP receives a reply from the department of Public Works on behalf of Mr HANIFF HOOSEN MP...
[ID] JOE MCGLUWA: HOME AFFAIRS Q&A
13 December 2011 - Independent Democrats Parliamentary Leader, Mr JOE MCGLUWA MP receives a response from the Minister of Home Affairs regarding allegations of physical abuse, bribery and rude behaviour by officials toward asylum seekers outside the Marabastad Home Affairs office in Pretoria...
[ID] HANIFF HOOSEN: International Relations and Cooperation Q&A
13 December 2011 - Independent Democrats Secretary-General, Mr HANIFF HOOSEN MP receives a response from the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation...
[ID] COP17 EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS BUT STILL FALLS FAR SHORT OF REQUIRED AMBITION
11 December 2011 - Independent Democrats Spokesperson on Environmental Affairs, Mr LANCE GREYLING says we need more countries besides those in the European Union to commit to ambitious reductions under the Kyoto Protocol. Now that major emitting countries from the developing world including India and China have agreed to consider an all inclusive treaty with legal force in the medium term, it is time for developed countries to step up to the plate and show that they are living up to their responsibilities in the short term...
[ID] RODNEY LENTIT: MEMBERS' STATEMENT ON VERBAL ABUSE
08 December 2011 - Independent Democrats Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, Mr RODNEY LENTIT says there is a weapon that destroys the family unit on a daily basis; and it is the SHARP TONGUE of many fathers, husbands and male relatives in ALL communities and in ALL walks of life...
[ID] JOHN GUNDA: NCOP FAREWELL SPEECH 2011
07 December 2011 - Independent Democrats NCOP Representative, Mr JOHN GUNDA MP says there are great challenges that we have to face and tackle during the coming year, especially decisions that will have an impact on our constitution and the future of our country...
[ID]SAFA SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE MISSING MILLIONS
05 December 2011 - Independent Democrats Spokesperson on Sport, Mr JOE MCGLUWA MP says a clampdown on corruption in sport is long overdue and we further appeal to sports minister Fikile Mbalula to act against Safa in the same manner applied in the Cricket SA debacle in November this year by appointing a committee of enquiry to further investigate these allegations and take the necessary remedial steps...
[ID] HANIFF HOOSEN: ARE WE WINNING THE WAR AGAINST CORRUPTION? “According to Transparency International…WE ARE NOT!”
02 December 2011 - Independent Democrats Secretary-General and Member of Parliament, Mr HANIFF HOOSEN says unless Government adopts a multi pronged approach which cuts across all departmental policies, and unless a complete overhaul of our corruption fighting activities are conducted, there is a very strong likelihood that SA will slip further towards becoming the most corrupt country in the world...
[ID] RODNEY LENTIT'S SPEECH ON CONSIDERATION OF PRINCIPLE OF WESTERN CAPE ADJUSTMENT APPROPRIATION BILL
01 December 2011 - Independent Democrats Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, Mr RODNEY LENTIT says under the leadership of Minister Alan Winde the Provincial Treasury of the Western Cape has set proper guidelines which has ensured that the various departments have reported on their spending...
[ID] RODNEY LENTIT'S MEMBERS' STATEMENT AS DELIVERED IN THE WCPP
01 December 2011 - Independent Democrats Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, Mr RODNEY LENTIT says it is shocking that the ANC intends to use state money - that is meant to serve the poor - for its celebrations next year...
[ID] JOE MCGLUWA: PUBLIC WORKS Q&A
28 November 2011 - Independent Democrats Parliamentary Leader, Mr JOE MCGLUWA receives a reply from the Minister of Public Works with regard to maintenance of infrastructure of (a) Parliament and (b) parliamentary villages including the maintenance of (i) parks, (ii) tree and (iii) recreational facilities...
