{"id":89734,"date":"2025-09-12T16:15:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mps-review-act-governing-parliamentary-village-residency"},"modified":"2025-09-12T16:29:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:29:19","slug":"mps-review-act-governing-parliamentary-village-residency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mps-review-act-governing-parliamentary-village-residency","title":{"rendered":"MPs Review Act Governing Parliamentary Village Residency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Parliament is looking to review an act that determines who may live in its housing complexes in Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, the parliamentary villages are occupied by parliamentarians who do not have permanent homes in the city.<\/p>\n<p>But Parliament now wants to consider whether it can extend the privilege to staff of the legislature and political parties.<\/p>\n<p>The National Assembly on Thursday agreed to a motion to set up an ad hoc committee to refine the criteria for allocating parliamentary accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, parliamentarians have regularly complained about the state of their homes in parliamentary villages, with some expressing distaste in committee meetings at what they view as appalling conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The threevillages, Acacia, Laboria and Pelican Park are governed by the Parliamentary Villages Management Board Act of 1998 and managed by the Department of Public Works.<\/p>\n<p>The African National Congress&#8217;s Deputy Chief Whip, Doris Dlakude, tabled a motion to review the act.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the absence of a clear prescription or prohibition in the act, regarding which categories of persons may or may not reside in parliamentary villages, a review of the act should be undertaken to bring about greater clarity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaker Thoko Didiza indicated that the motion stemmed from Parliament&#8217;s house chairpersons after a stalemate with the villages board.<\/p>\n<p>The Ad Hoc Committee, which will review the act, will comprise eleven members &#8211; four from the ANC, two each from the DA and MK Party, one from the EFF, and two from other parties.<\/p>\n<p>The committee is expected to report back to the house by 31 March next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. 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