Fewer visitors to Parliament

President Jacob Zuma, second left, talks with Mandla Mandela, left, after they and other dignitaries unveiled a bust of former president Nelson Mandela, right, at Parliament in Cape Town. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

President Jacob Zuma, second left, talks with Mandla Mandela, left, after they and other dignitaries unveiled a bust of former president Nelson Mandela, right, at Parliament in Cape Town. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

Published Sep 9, 2014

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Cape Town - Parliament’s website may have attracted almost double the anticipated traffic at 907 501 hits, but the number of actual visitors to the national legislature is down, according to Parliament’s 2013/14 annual report.

The reason for falling 17 100 visitors short of its target of 52 000, the annual report said, was the Education Department’s withdrawal of subsidies for excursions, “leading to cancellations of bookings at short notice”.

Still, a total of 18 120 people attended sittings of the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces, which beat its target of four special parliamentary events by nine extra ones, including Mandela Day and an NCOP public lecture.

On the legislative front not all bills which were tabled were passed in the National Assembly, although the NCOP clocked up an 83 out of 83 track-record in passing draft laws before it, according to the annual report.

A total of 55 bills were introduced in the National Assembly in the 2013/14 financial year.

Political Bureau

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