Thursday marks 3 years since Parliament’s main buildings were gutted by fire

CAPE TOWN – Thursday (2 January 2025) marks three years since Parliament’s main buildings were gutted by fire.  
Parliament said the rebuilding and construction of a new Parliament can be expected to begin in earnest in 2025 after it’s spent the past year on demolition and redesigning the new-look legislature of the future.  
In the meantime, a dome structure last used for Nelson Mandela’s funeral will be used as an interim chamber until the rebuilding is completed at the end of 2026.  
Parliament said the demolition work within the old assembly building is now complete.  
The…