Frequently Asked Questions
Free Alerts (2)
Free Alerts keep you updated with the activities of Committees of the South African Parliament.
Alerts are emailed to registered members of PMG.org.za when new Committee content is posted (eg. Minutes, Audio, Bills status, etc).
You must register for an account to receive PMG Free Alerts.
If you were a member of our old web site (prior to February 2008), you already have an account on our new web site. Simply request a one-time login link using your email address so that you may login to determine your account's username and edit your user password, and adjust your PMG Free Alert settings.
Once logged in, browse to My Account, then to Edit, then to Free Alerts Subscription. Once there, check the boxes corresponding to the Committees to which you would like to receive Free Alerts, and click Submit at the bottom of the page to save your settings. Your email address will be included in the distribution of Free Alerts for the Committees you have chosen.
When users of the PMG web site log in, their email address is automatically checked against organizational records on file at PMG. These records store information about your organization and your subscription with PMG: your Premium Access settings, the expiry of your subscription, and your corporate email domain name (eg. everything after the '@'). When a match is found, the Premium Access settings are automatically synchronized with the user's account and the user will then have Premium Access.
New and existing users from your organization can access Premium Content simply by registering for an account, or by logging in if they have an account already.
Organizations may also register more than one email domain name with PMG.
No.
Subscription fees are not calculated based on the size of your Organization.
"Premium Access" encompasses access to reports of various Committees deemed to be "Premium Content". Those committees include:
| National Assembly Committees | - | Communications |
| National Assembly Committees | - | Finance |
| National Assembly Committees | - | Foreign Affairs |
| National Assembly Committees | - | Health |
| National Assembly Committees | - | Justice and Constitutional Development |
| National Assembly Committees | - | Labour |
| National Assembly Committees | - | Mineral and Energy Affairs |
| National Assembly Committees | - | Provincial and Local Government |
| National Assembly Committees | - | Public Enterprises |
| National Assembly Committees | - | Safety & Security |
| National Assembly Committees | - | Trade & Industry |
| National Assembly Committees | - | Transport |
Other access considered "Premium":
For any Organization subscribing to "Premium" Committees above, access is automatically granted to Bills Status and Committee Programme content.
If your Organization is registered with PMG as having Premium Content Access, but when logged in you still do not have access to Premium Content, your Organization's record at PMG may be out of date or expired.
Contact PMG at access@pmg.org.za and we will attempt to make the necessary corrections to ensure your personal account is granted access.
Go to http://www.pmg.org.za/user.
You will need to choose a user name and enter a valid email address. If your Organization has arranged for the access of Premium Content from PMG and you wish to view this content using your new account, you must use your corporate email address when registering.
If your Organization was registered for Premium access prior to February 2008, a single user account has been created in your Organization's name, and your premium access settings have been preserved. A new password has been generated, however.
To access your account, you must request a one-time login link. Further instructions will be mailed to the email address registered with PMG.
If your organization was not registered as a Premium Content Subscriber prior to February 2008, please register for a user account. Then, contact PMG to request Premium Access as per PMG's Subscription Policy.
In any case, you must share a user account if your Organization does not have email addresses personalized to a private domain name. For receiving PMG Free Alerts, however, you must register for a personalized account using an alternate email address.
No. The New PMG website requires each user to have their own user account to access premium content. Passwords will no longer be shared between users, with the exception of Organizations subscribing to Premium Content who do not have a private domain name for email addresses.
If you previously accessed PMG Premium Content with a shared password but were not registered to receive PMG Email Alerts, you will need to register for a new user account. Register Here. Make sure to do so with your personal email address provided by your Organization.
If you have received PMG Email Alerts to your email account at your Organization in the past, you already have an account on our new web site. Simply use the Request new password form with your Organization's email address to be sent a one-time login link.
User Accounts (2)
Go to http://www.pmg.org.za/user.
You will need to choose a user name and enter a valid email address. If your Organization has arranged for the access of Premium Content from PMG and you wish to view this content using your new account, you must use your corporate email address when registering.
If you have received PMG Email Alerts in the past, you already have an account on our new web site. Simply use the Request new password form with your Organization's email address to be sent a one-time login link.
Website Issues (1)
Try a different web browser. The new PMG was designed to work with all modern web browsers, but certain security settings set on your browser may prevent you from logging in.
Cookies must be enabled to log in to PMG.org.za