July 29, 2015.
For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Natalie Greve.
Making headlines:

Members of Parliament move with haste to stop parliamentary disruptions.

US President Barack Obama tells Africans to build democracy and create jobs to thrive.

And,  South African Minster of Trade and Industry Dr Rob Davies says the Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill will promote and protect investors.

 

Parliament is moving with haste to pass a set of interim arrangements to deal with disruptions to its business. The legislature’s rules committee adopted the stop gap measures on Tuesday.

The rule changes spell out what happens when MPs are expelled from the House by a presiding officer, but refuse to leave.

During the meeting, all parties except the EFF agreed to a set of rules clarifying what happens when MPs refuse to leave parliamentary chambers when ordered to do so by Speaker Baleka Mbete and her fellow presiding officers. 

These included that the presiding officers be allowed to call in unarmed members of the Parliamentary Protection Services to remove errant MPs.

 

US president Barack Obama told African nations that they should respect democratic rules and create jobs to avoid a slide into disorder.

In the first speech by a serving US president to the 54-nation African Union, he said violence unleashed in Burundi by the president's bid for a third term in office showed the risks of ignoring constitutional rules.

"Africa is on the move, and a new Africa is emerging," he said at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, adding that the continent's rapid economic growth was changing "old stereotypes" of a continent of war and poverty.

While in Ethiopia, Obama held talks with regional African leaders on the conflict in South Sudan. He called for tougher measures against the world's newest nation if its warring factions failed to reach a peace deal by August 17.

 

South African Minster of Trade and Industry Dr Rob Davies says that the Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill will promote investments and protect investor interests.

The bill is viewed as the latest set of rules governing foreign direct investment.

The Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday morning after months of public consultation.

Davies says the Bill seeks to promote investments and clarify the level of protection that an investor may expect in South Africa, ensuring that the country remained open to foreign investment.

 

Also making headlines:

A glitch in a law that would halt the issuing of vehicle licence discs to drivers with unpaid e-toll bills means non-compliant Gauteng road users won’t have anything to fear – for now.

Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom said that Cabinet has appointed a task team to look into the damage being caused to tourism by tough new entry requirements imposed by Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba. 

And, the price of electricity generated by nuclear power was expected to be higher than that from any other technology except for gas and diesel.

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That’s a roundup of news making headlines today.