NCOP Chairperson Thandi Modise shares how MaSisulu forced some white women, ‘Madams’, to begin seeing apartheid fro… https://t.co/0HTYuTaUF8 - 12 Dec 2018

[WATCH] NCOP Chairperson share personal experience of Madiba during her address to the event commemorating… https://t.co/TGUBOntqOn - 12 Dec 2018

Modise: MaSisulu was always advocating for simple, inclusive, paced strategies which bore results. She asked simple… https://t.co/L9X6SLQRJA - 12 Dec 2018

Modise: Mama Albertinah Sisulu’s name is rooted into the heroic struggle of South Africa against colonialism and Ap… https://t.co/52g6yJ8Vug - 12 Dec 2018

Modise: We remember MaSisulu as a fearless freedom fighter, Mother of the Nation, a dedicated champion for gender e… https://t.co/u56Mjz3UV2 - 12 Dec 2018

NCOP Chairperson Ms Modise with SA Ambassador to Russia Ms Nomasonto Sibanda-Thusi and representatives of Institute… https://t.co/mV5GkjZIzS - 12 Dec 2018

Modise: Madiba was a leader who insisted that he was part of the mass liberation movement; a part of a collective o… https://t.co/pJtltrHGhz - 12 Dec 2018

Modise: We honour lives of distinguished and selfless servants...giants who played an important role in fight again… https://t.co/W2uWF75jYA - 12 Dec 2018

The #MaSisuluMadiba event, jointly organized by Embassy of South Africa and Institute for African Studies in Moscow… https://t.co/TmE85j9XLE - 12 Dec 2018

NCOP Chairperson Thandi Modise has urged guests during the roundtable discussion commemorating 100th anniversary of… https://t.co/pt4fvBAiPG - 12 Dec 2018

NCOP CHAIRPERSON URGES GUESTS TO EMULATE MASISULU & MADIBA’S VALUES, PRINCIPLES DURING ADDRESS IN MOSCOW The National Council of Provinces Chairperson Ms Thandi Modise has urged guests during the roundtable discussion in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of MaSisulu and Madiba to make a commitment to live up to their ideals and to change the lives of the poor, the oppressed, the wretched and the despised. https://tinyurl.com/y7bcko98 - 11 Dec 2018

COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES COMMITTEE INVITES WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS ON REPEAL OF THE OVERVAAL RESORTS LIMITED BILL The Select Committee on Communications and Public Enterprises has requested individuals and interest groups to make written submissions on the Repeal of the Overvaal Resorts Limited Bill [B36-2017] by no later than 11 January 2019. https://tinyurl.com/y9mvj9q7 - 11 Dec 2018

COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE INVITES NOMINATIONS OF PERSONS TO FILL SABC BOARD VACANCIES The Portfolio Committee on Communications has invited institutions and members of the public to nominate persons who will fill eight vacancies of non-executive members to the Board of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). https://tinyurl.com/y8tp7qn5 - 11 Dec 2018

Schedule of Parliamentary Committee Meetings of 12 December 2018 https://tinyurl.com/yd22a57k - 11 Dec 2018

PARLIAMENTS ARE THE HEART OF DEMOCRACY, NCOP CHAIRPERSON TELLS THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN MOSCOW The National Council of Provinces Chairperson Ms Thandi Modise has told the international conference organised by the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly (Parliament) of Russia that Parliaments were the heart of democracy which represent people’s rights and aspirations, and must therefore be open, and transparent, accessible, accountable and effective. https://tinyurl.com/ycc4ehez #RussiaCouncil - 11 Dec 2018

Modise: Our work must include absorbing and sharing the shocks – engaging and cooperating with civil society and other stakeholders to build stronger and independent institutions protecting democracy, which must translate into capacitated citizens of the world #RussiaCouncil - 11 Dec 2018

In her address as the conference’s first speaker, Modise told delegates from various parliaments across the world that it was the role of parliamentarians to monitor gaps, lapses and correct the dis-connect between the people and the democratic institutions #RussiaCouncil - 11 Dec 2018

Congratulating Federation Council on its 25th anniversary and underscoring the importance of such international conference, Ms Modise said parliamentary diplomacy can be effective tool to enhance cooperation, solidarity, people-to-people relations amongst countries #RussiaCouncil - 11 Dec 2018

#Modise: Our coming together as parliaments at this time happens as world economies are strained, citizens under financial pressures; world climatic condition deteriorating, poverty and internal conflict on the increase giving rise to internal displacements #RussiaCouncil - 11 Dec 2018

Modise: Democracy must feature a constitutional government where the majority governs at the behest of the people; a belief in individual liberties and rights, equality by all before the law. People and institutions are the strongest insurers of democracy #RussiaCouncil - 11 Dec 2018