Thoko Didiza

South Africa’s parliamentary delegation to the 153rd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in Arusha, Tanzania, has called for legally binding international rules on the military use of artificial intelligence. The demand came on Monday during proceedings of the Standing Committee on Peace and International Security, where the delegation argued that AI-enabled systems must never operate beyond meaningful human control. Oversight and accountability sit at the centre of the position.

FACTS ON THE SPEAKER’S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT JUDGMENT Parliament, Friday, 26 June 2026 – The Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Thoko Didiza, has noted with concern the campaign of misinformation, selective interpretation of facts and deliberate attempts to portray her implementation of the Constitutional Court judgment on the Section 89 process as being inconsistent with the work of the Impeachment Committee.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER FILES NOTICE TO ABIDE IN THE PRESIDENT’S URGENT INTERDICT TO STAY THE WORK OF THE IMPEACHMENT COMMITTEE. 21 June 2026 Parliament, Sunday, 21 June 2026 – Speaker of the National Assembly Ms. Thoko Didiza has resolved to file a notice to abide by an explanatory Affidavit alongside the Impeachment Committee’s opposition papers.