PARLIAMENT will in the coming months consider a study on moving parliament from Cape Town to Pretoria, says speaker of the national assembly, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.
Presenting her budget speech on Tuesday (7 June), Mapisa-Nqakula said the proposed move is being given additional consideration after a fire gutted the houses of parliament at the start of the year.
“The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure has appointed an independent company (Coega) to assess the damages caused by the fire. Parliament will study the reports submitted after the assessment and a decision will be made on the best way forward.”
Currently, the Good-Hope Chamber is being used to house the sittings of the National Assembly, but there still remains a need to create additional space to accommodate full sittings for all members of the national assembly and the joint sittings of parliament, she said.
Mapisa-Nqakula added that parliament is considering various options
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