Chairman of the State Capture Inquiry Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo officially handed over the first part of the Commission’s report to President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Buildings on Tuesday. @SABCNews
Ramaphosa: "Government will therefore not make pronouncements on the findings, nor the recommendations of the Commission’s report, before having received all parts of the report and having considered all three parts of the report.”
The fire originated in a room of the National Assembly and affected several upper floor offices and committee rooms. Certain parts of the lower floor, while not affected by fire, were left flooded due to the activation of the fire sprinkler system.
This is not the first time in recent years South Africa's Parliament has been set ablaze. On March 17, 2021, a fire broke out at Parliament's Old Assembly building. @SABCNews
4) The chamber which currently holds the National Assembly was originally built to house joint sittings of the Tricameral Parliament established in 1983.
A Brief history of the construction of Parliament:
1) In the late 1800s, the Public Works Department of the time commissioned one of its architects, Charles Freeman, to design the parliamentary building.
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