The National Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of South Africa, located in Cape Town, Western Cape Province. It is made up of four hundred members who are elected every five years.
The National Assembly is presided over by a Speaker, assisted by a Deputy Speaker. The current Speaker is Thandi Modise who previously served as the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces. She was elected on 22 May 2019.
National Council of Provinces
The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) is the upper house of the Parliament of South Africa under the (post-apartheid) constitution. It replaced the former Senate, but is very similar to that body. Its purpose is to represent the governments of the provinces.
Martha Mmola
Martha Phindile Mmola (died 18 July 2020) was a South Africa politician. He was a permanment delegate to the National Council of Provinces from 2019 to her death in 2020. She was in the National Assembly of South Africa from 2014 to 2019. Mmola was a member of the African National Congress.
From 20 June 2014 to 7 May 2019, she was a member of the Portfolio Committee on Police.
On 18 July 2020, Mmola died from COVID-19.
Joy Villa
Joy Angela Villa (; born April 25, 1986) is an Argentine-American singer-songwriter and actress.
Villa has guest roles on "Heroes", "", "The Valley Girls" and MTV "Next".
She is known for wearing large attention grabbing dresses at the Grammy Awards.
Villa is a supporter of Donald Trump, having joined Donald Trump's Campaign Advisory Board.
On October 27, 2017, Villa announced on "Fox & Friends" that she is thinking about running for United States Congress as a Republican. Appearing again on "Fox & Friends" on December 13, 2017, Villa clarified that she intends to run for Congress in the state of Florida.
Carrie Prejean
Caroline Michelle "Carrie" Prejean Boller (; born May 13, 1987) is an American model and writer. She won Miss California USA in 2009 and was the Miss USA 2009 first runner-up.
Prejean was stripped of her Miss California USA crown for alleged breaches of contract.
On July 2, 2010, Prejean married former NFL quarterback Kyle Boller. They have two children.
Muhammad Aslam (judge)
Sardar Muhammad Aslam (; 10 March 1947 – 20 July 2020) was a Pakistani politician and lawyer. He was born in British Raj. From 2008 to 2009, Aslam was Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court. From 2009 to 2012, he was Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. From 2003 to 2008, he was an Associate Justice of the Lahore High Court.
Aslam died on 20 July 2020 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan of COVID-19, aged 73.
Kanye West 2020 presidential campaign
Kanye West announced his 2020 presidential campaign through Twitter on July 4, 2020, Independence Day.
The idea of West's candidacy began when he first announced his plans to run in August 2015. He entered the election after missing at least four states' deadlines to appear on the ballot as a third-party candidate.
West has picked Michelle Tidball, a preacher from Wyoming, as his running mate. West's rhetoric has been described as right-wing, along with having "a Republican-leaning, pro-Black religious platform".
On July 16, 2020, the campaign filed a Statement of Candidacy with the Federal Election Commission. West has qualified for ballot access in Oklahoma and held a rally in South Carolina.
John Doman
John Doman (born January 9, 1945) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Deputy Police Commissioner and Major William Rawls on HBO series "The Wire" from 2002 to 2008, Colonel Edward Galson on "Oz" in 2001, and as Dr. Deraad in "ER" (1999-2003).
He also starred as Rodrigo Borgia in the international television series "Borgia" from 2011 to 2014, and Don Carmine Falcone in Fox's show "Gotham" in 2014.
Odd Squad
Odd Squad is an American and Canadian educational TV series that premiered on TVOKids and PBS Kids in November 2014. The series involves child characters using mathematical concepts to advance each episode's plot. The series was created by Tim McKeon and Adam Peltzman and is co-produced by Fred Rogers Productions and Sinking Ship Entertainment in association with TVOKids and Ici Radio-Canada Télé. The series features child actors (whose characters are the employees of the "Odd Squad") who use indirect reasoning and basic math to solve and investigate strange happenings in their town.
Ngultrum
The ngultrum () is the currency of Bhutan. It is subdivided into 100 chhertum ().
Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyel
Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyel, known colloquially as The Bearded Lama, was a Tibetan Buddhist lama and the unifier of Bhutan as a nation-state. In addition to unifying the various warring fiefdoms for the first time in the 1630s, he also sought a distinct Bhutanese cultural identity separate from the Tibetan culture from which it was derived.Amabie
Amabie is a mermaid or merman with three legs in Japanese myths. It is believed that it will emerge from the sea and make prophecies about harvest or epidemic.
It is believed that an amabie appeared before a officer and gave a prophecy that good harvest will get for six years, if disease spread draw its picture and show to the people affected by disease and they will be cured. Believers argue that similar events are reported in different places also.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, amabie become popular in Twitter in Japan. Manga artists (e.g., Chica Umino, Mari Okazaki and Toshinao Aoki) published their cartoon versions of amabie on social networks.
Seydou Diarra
Seydou Elimane Diarra (23 November 1933 – 19 July 2020) was an Ivorian politician. He was the Prime Minister in 2000 and again from 2003 to 2005. Diarra was born in Katiola, French West Africa.
Diarra died on 19 July 2020 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire at the age of 86.
Shane Tuck
Shane Tuck (24 December 1981 – 20 July 2020) was a professional Australian rules footballer. He played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) between 2004 to 2013. Before, he played with Hawthorn Football Club from 2000 to 2001. Tuck was born in Victoria, Australia.
Tuck died on 20 July 2020 at the age of 38.
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Between its creation in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
Richmond joined the Victorian Football League (now known as the AFL) in 1908 and has since won twelve premierships, most recently in 2019.
Richmond traditionally wears a black guernsey with a yellow sash. The club song, "We're From Tigerland".
Dave Matthews
David John Matthews (born January 9, 1967) is a South African-born American singer-songwriter, musician, actor and record label owner. He is best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band (DMB).
During the period from 2000 to 2010, his band sold more tickets and earned more money than any other act in North America.
Matthews has had multiple acting roles. He has also won two Grammy Awards: one with the Dave Matthews Band in 1997 for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("So Much to Say") and one in 2004 for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ("Gravedigger") from his solo album.
Bella Abzug
Bella Savitzky Abzug (July 24, 1920 – March 31, 1998), nicknamed "Battling Bella", was an American lawyer, activist and politician. She was known as a leader of the Women's Movement.
In 1971, Abzug joined other leading feminists such as Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm, and Betty Friedan to found the National Women's Political Caucus.
In 1970, Abzug's first campaign slogan was, "This woman's place is in the House—the House of Representatives."
From 1971 to 1977, she was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Abzug died on March 31, 1998 in New York City from heart surgery-related problems, aged 77.
Carol Greitzer