The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown have accelerated the need for South Africa to move its Parliament from Cape Town to Pretoria.
Pretoria - THE Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown have accelerated the need for South Africa to move its Parliament from Cape Town to Pretoria.
Parliament would have to use part of the budget for infrastructure development to construct a suitable building in Pretoria - but this cost in the long term is substantially less than continuing to operate with Cape Town as the legislative capital and Pretoria as administrative. He proposed that the vacant land opposite the Department of International Relations and Cooperation in Soutpansberg Road was ideally situated for the purpose of a new Parliament building.
Last year, Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi gave an update on the government’s proposed plans to relocate Parliament during a parliamentary Q&A session, He said the project was still a work-in-progress. Other factors include the impact on parliamentary staff who are resident, and strong opposition from Cape Town and the Western Cape government to such a move.
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