ANC MP Thandi Modise will go up against the DA's Thembekile Majola in a secret vote to be settled after lunchtime which will determine the new Speaker of the National Assembly.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially been sworn in as a member of the South African Parliament.

Former Environmental Affairs Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has declined her position as House chairperson in the National Assembly.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially been sworn in as a member of Parliament.

The Eastern Cape legislature will have its first sitting for the sixth administration, with 63 members representing six different parties expected to be sworn in.

The first sitting of Parliament is currently taking place in the National Assembly, where about MPs are being sworn in by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.

More drama continues to unfold in Parliament with developments that former Environmental Affairs Minister Nomvula Mokonyane will also not be sworn-in on Wednesday.

Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo will on Wednesday preside over the nomination and election of speaker and premier of the province.

Deputy President David Mabuza won’t be sworn-in on Wednesday as a member of Parliament.

About 400 MPs will be sworn in by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng at the first sitting of the National Assembly on Tuesday.

Relatives of former ANC MP Yolanda Botha are fighting the NPA’s attempts to force them to pay for her involvement in corrupt leases worth R81 million.

DA leader Mmusi Maimane said appropriate action was being taken by the federal executive against outgoing Western Cape premier Helen Zille

Pieter-Louis Myburgh, author of the controversial “Gangster State: Unravelling Ace Magashule’s Web of Capture” has challenged the ANC SG to sue him.

French arms’ company Thales was adamant it would not receive a fair trial in the fraud and corruption case it was facing with former president Jacob Zuma.

Speculation has continued to grow ahead of the first sitting of Parliament and about who President Cyril Ramaphosa will pick to join his new Cabinet.

Parliament was a hive of activity as many of the 400 politicians elected to serve in the National Assembly registered with the institution ahead of their swearing-in.