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Greatest AfricansAfricaEducationJoburgSouth AfricaGreatest AfricansThe DA calls on Minister Patricia De Lille to respect the decision of the General Public Service Sector Bargaining Council and reinstate 65 contract employees of the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) in accordance w...
·almost 2 years ago
The opposition party the Democratic Alliance has announced its plan of putting forward its Parliamentary Caucus Chairperson Dr. Annelie Lotriet as their candidate for the election of the new Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Lotr...
·over 1 year ago
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) are already facing opposition in the lead up to its National Shutdown that is set to take place next week. This is as the Democratic Alliance (DA) and ActionSA have raised their concerns respectively.T...
·6 days ago
The court battle between the Democratic Alliance and African National Congress has seen the DA edge one point forward as the court ordered the ANC to release all cadre deployment-related documents.Following what has been weeks on end of ...
·about 2 months ago
The Leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), John Steenhuisen delivered the party’s alternative to the State of the Nation Address today. Dubbed the ‘True State of the Nation Address’ (TSONA), the speech was presented in a bid to address ...
·about 1 month ago
With just a day left until President Cyril presents the State of the Nation Address (SONA), the Democratic Alliance has issued yet another blow. The party issued a letter of demand to Parliament today.Following their version of the SONA ...
·about 1 month ago
The Democratic Alliance says they are extremely concerned that the Gauteng Department of Social Development now has to pay R500 000 for repairing the structural defects at the Tembisa Home for the Aged as the contracted company no longer...
·almost 2 years ago
The countdown for the Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) led- National Shutdown, is currently underway, with the EFF having held a media briefing to give insight on the party's plans for next week Monday's protest.The EFF seems to be going a...
·6 days ago
The day all Democratic Alliance ( DA) members have been waiting finally dawned and after a neck on neck contest. The DA finally has a new leader . Voting for Leadership Candidates took place using the online OpaVote platform and ...
·over 2 years ago
Democracies are precarious endeavours, as events around the world are showing. In most, political parties hold sway over whether the system delivers the will of the people, or doesn’t. So how political parties are organised plays a bi...
·over 2 years ago
The Democratic Alliance (DA) calls on Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, to confirm or deny comments by Deputy Director General of Health, Anban Pillay, suggesting that the National Treasury was the primary culprit in delaying vaccine ac...
·about 2 years ago
The DA is taking the ANC to court over the governing party’s cadre deployment. In papers that will be lodged with the South Gauteng High Court this week, the DA will ask the court to compel the ANC to hand over complete records of all de...
·almost 2 years ago
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will lay a complaint with Parliament’s Ethics Committee against the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, after he appeared to issue unlawful operational instructions to South African Police Service (SAPS) official...
·over 2 years ago
The Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister for Higher Education, Science & Technology Chantel King says the The DA has written to the University of South Africa (UNISA) and the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) asking them ...
·about 2 years ago
The DA has submitted parliamentary questions to Minister Lindiwe Sisulu requesting the details of the agreement between South Africa and Cuba which saw 24 engineers being brought to the country to assist the Department of Human Settlemen...
·almost 2 years ago
The Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen has denied claims of being to forming a coalition with the ANC. They have filed a complaint with the Press Ombudsman following a Sunday Times article that appeared in the newspaper yesterd...
·about 2 years ago
South Africa's leading opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) has come out guns blazing, pointing many loop holes in President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the nation address. The DA says once again the SONA has unworkable plans ro...
·about 2 years ago
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is calling for the suspension of the South African Police Service (SAPS) National Commissioner General Khehla Sitole pending the outcome of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) investigatio...
·about 2 years ago
The Democratic Alliance (DA) calls on the inter-ministerial committee (IMC) headed by Deputy President, David Mabuza, to provide an urgent and honest report back on South Africa’s vaccine rollout programme which is yet to begin in the mi...
·about 2 years ago
In the spirit of Human Rights Day, the Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday launched a petition to protect the right to mother tongue education at Stellenbosch University (SU) against persistent attacks by university management.
·almost 2 years ago
The DA has revealed that 29 140 students currently owe money to universities as a result of inefficiencies at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). In response to a DA parliamentary question, Minister Blade Nzimande conf...
·almost 2 years ago
On Tuesday, 22 June 2021, the DA will host South Africa’s largest virtual Firearms Summit focussing on the recently published Firearms Control Amendment Bill. In a show of unity, we will bring together civil society organisations, ac...
·almost 2 years ago
The Democratic Alliance ( DA) has announced it will be taking legal steps to have the decision to grant medical parole to Jacob Zuma reviewed, as we believe this decision to be patently unlawful. We will, by way of an application to the...
·over 1 year ago
The second day of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) Debate concluded yesterday, with the opposition parties having a bone to pick once again with President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ANC. This is as Ramaphosa presented the SONA last we...
·about 1 month ago
The Democratic Alliance together with Accountability Now hosted a joint media briefing to announce the introduction of new legislation which will create a new, independent Chapter 9 Institution, called the Anti-Corruption Commission. ...
·over 1 year ago
The Democratic Alliance says they are planning on submitting a Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) application to the Presidency to obtain access to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) report into the Minster of Health, Dr Z...
·over 1 year ago
The Democratic Alliance has calleded on the Surgeon-General, Lieutenant-General Zola Dabula, to update the nation on Deputy President David Mabuza’s health, following his month-long medical treatment in the Russian Federation. The op...
·over 1 year ago
Premier Lesufi is very big on promises in his State of the Province Address (SOPA), which will no doubt raise the hopes of Gauteng residents. At the same time, he has placed an enormous responsibility on his shoulders to deliver on his p...
·28 days ago
The Council drama in Tshwane seems to be very far from over as the DA-led coalition, decided to not show up to the City’s Council sitting today.The Democratic Alliance (DA) and its coalition parties in Tshwane were a no-show at the Counc...
·14 days ago
The Minister of Finance's annual budget speech is yet another missed opportunity for South Africa. While he claims that bold action is necessary, the truth is that there is nothing bold about this budget. The Minister has failed to annou...
·26 days ago
The DA accepts the decision of the Constitutional Court today, and its ruling that the IEC may re-set the candidate registration deadline for the 2021 election. The DA had challenged the IEC’s attempt to re-open the candidate regis...
·over 1 year ago
The DA has noted the drawn-out statement released by the Speaker of the Joburg Council, Cllr Colleen Makhubele, in which she attacks the multi-party coalition and myself and Leah Knott in particular.This statement is regarding the move t...
·25 days ago
Criticism from opposition political parties has already started coming in following the announcement of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s new cabinet. The parties have since expressed their dissatisfaction with the new appointments, with some ...
·13 days ago
The Council sitting in Ekurhuleni is still underway following what has been almost five hours of proceedings. The sitting which is the third of its kind this year saw the rejection of the Adjustment Budget by the ANC, EFF, and PA which c...
·25 days ago
Following more than half a day of proceedings, the Tshwane City Council elected the new Speaker of Council. African Transformation Movement councillor Mncedi Ndzwanana, was elected via secret ballot in a special council sitting yesterday...
·6 days ago
Addressing the media on Monday Morning the Leader of One SA (OSA) Mmusi Maimane announced that his organisation will be recruiting independent candidates for this year’s local government elections. The former leader of the Democratic ...
·about 2 years ago
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called the police to arrest and fine the Premier of Mpumalanga, Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane, following her non-compliance in wearing a mask. Jane Sithole who is the DA's MPL in Mpumalanga says it is ridic...
·about 2 years ago
The DA is calling on the South African Police Service (SAPS) to take action against the EFF after yet another of their marches has broken numerous lockdown regulations to which ordinary South Africans are required to adhere. Pictures ...
·over 1 year ago
The Democratic Alliance is not letting the comments of MEC Panyaza Lesufi slide. This follows reports of a clandestine meeting held by the MEC with his team and other stakeholders, where Lesufi discussed the awarding of his department te...
·almost 2 years ago
Former president Jacob Zuma is in for another defeat, today the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein dismissed Zuma's appeal against a judgment which ruled that the state is not liable to cover his legal costs. The Democrati...
·almost 2 years ago
On this week's feature of the ‘Power of Words’, we analyse the words of Gayton McKenzie, the President of the Patriotic Alliance. McKenzie had quite a lot to say about the DA and how it ought to be seen by black people and people of colo...
·about 2 months ago
Following a fake qualification saga the Western Cape Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela has been suspended for 14 days until the investigation has been concluded. The matter is being investigated by the DA’s Federal Legal Commission. ...
·almost 2 years ago
Self-proclaimed Prophet Shepherd Bushiri was allegedly spotted in South Africa, despite him being a fugitive in the country. Bushiri fled the country after being granted bail for crimes including fraud, money laundering, and corruption ...
·over 1 year ago
The DA calls on the chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on sports, arts and culture, Beauty Dlulane, to request that the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) appear before Parliament as a mat...
·over 1 year ago
The DA applied to be joined to the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) application to the Constitutional Court, in which it seeks a postponement of the October 2021 election to early 2022. The deadline for our submission is today, a...
·over 1 year ago
The President is scheduled to appear before the National Assembly this afternoon, to reply to oral questions on a wide range of issues
·7 months ago
The DA and ANC are set to square off once again regarding the ANC’s Cadre Deployment Policy. The two parties convened in court yesterday and each brought their own arguments forward regarding the governing party’s policy. Court proceedin...
·about 2 months ago
The battle between the blue and green-yellow, and black took form once again, this time at the ANC’s home, Luthuli house. In what was declared as the National Day of Action by the Democratic Alliance, the official opposition took to the ...
·about 2 months ago
26 January 2023 is D-day for City of Johannesburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse. This is as she faces yet another motion of no confidence, that is set to be on the agenda for Joburg City Council Meeting today. Joburg Mayor, Mpho Phalatse, who has ...
·about 2 months ago
The Johannesburg City Council Meeting has halted proceedings once again following another caucus break being granted to the members by Speaker, Colleen Makhubele. This is the third caucus break granted since the meeting commenced. With t...
·about 2 months ago
A battle well fought by Dr. Mpho Phalatse, saw her removed once again as the mayor of Johannesburg. In what was a lengthly procedure, filled with caucus breaks and singing all around, the results proved the predictions of disgruntled opp...
·about 2 months ago
Another day with no mayor once again in Tshwane. This is as the only matter on the Council sitting agenda- the voting of the new mayor of the City did not take place. The Tshwane Council has been left in shambles once again, following ho...
·3 days ago