Ramaphosa meets opposition parties
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was on Tuesday meeting leaders and MPs of a number of political parties represented in Parliament in Cape Town.
The meeting, at Tuynhuys and closed to the media, was convened by Ramaphosa as leader of government business in Parliament.
Eleven party leaders were believed to be in attendance.
Among those present were African National Congress chief whip Stone Sizani, Economic Freedom Fighters MP Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala, United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa, Democratic Alliance parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane, and African Christian Democratic Party leader Kenneth Meshoe.
The meeting convened at 8am and was expected to end at 10am.
A room full of journalists, photographers and videographers waited patiently in an adjoining room for a media briefing detailing the meeting outcomes.
The presidency said the purpose of the meeting was to "strengthen and consolidate parliamentary democratic processes" and to open lines of communication between Parliament and government.
Last week, during a filibuster ahead of a motion to table a report on money spent on President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla home, things came to a head when the police entered the National Assembly after an EFF MP refused to leave after being ordered to. Questions have been asked about the presence of the police in the House and the way proceedings were handled.
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