Two MPs have been kicked out of the Democratic Alliance following a meeting by the party’s Federal Executive on Friday evening to discuss internal matters. Dianne Kohler Barnard and Juanita Terblanche had their membership to the party terminated, national spokesperson Phumzile van Damme said. Former shadow minister of police, Kohler[…]
Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane and 10 other DA Members of Parliament should face harsh sanctions for failing to declare all campaign donations, the ANC said in a statement. This after DA chief whip John Steenhuisen admitted on Thursday that 11 MPs had not declared campaign donations for the party’s[…]
The ANC has approached the public protector to probe the DA-run City of Cape Town for what it labelled “wasteful” expenditure in hosting the ill-fated Cape Town Cup. The party’s Western Cape branch has asked Thuli Madonsela to investigate expenditure into the soccer tournament hosted at Cape Town Stadium over[…]
An ANC Western Cape ward councillor who was suspended by the party on Saturday has joined the Democratic Alliance just a day later. The ANC announced on Saturday that Kraaifontein Ward 101 councillor Siseko Mbandezi was suspended with immediate effect for not performing – and on Sunday the DA welcomed[…]
The DA’s deputy North West leader, Petro Nel, went missing while on a sightseeing flight in Nepal on Thursday. “She is on holiday there and went on a sightseeing tour earlier this morning [Thursday] and didn’t return on time,” former DA North West leader Chris Hattingh said. A search and[…]
The fate of former DA shadow minister for police, Dianne Kohler Barnard will be decided on Friday when the party’s disciplinary hearing sits to hear her response to charges laid against her following her sharing of a controversial social media post. Kohler Barnard courted controversy last week when she shared[…]
Three DA members have renounced their membership and pledged allegiance to the ANC in the Western Cape, amid claims of racial prejudice from within the party. Former DA Councillor Cyril Mack, his son Grant and Danny Bolton, all residents of Atlantis, claim the party’s racist undertones have become unbearable in[…]
The Democratic Alliance shadow minister of police, Diane Kohler Barnard, has been removed from her position, the official opposition party announced on Saturday. Kohler Barnard has been moved to shadow deputy minister of public works in a reshuffle that saw several big names moving within the party. A social media[…]
There was little sympathy among the South Africans who took to social media on Friday after DA MP Dianne Kohler Barnard shared a Facebook comment praising apartheid president PW Botha. “Dianne Kohler Barnard should be fired. Posting that PW Botha thing means she’s very racist, very stupid, or both. Whichever,[…]
The Democratic Alliance will take disciplinary action against its MP Dianne Kohler Barnard for sharing a post on Facebook praising PW Botha. “I have requested our disciplinary body… to take steps to investigate,” DA leader Mmusi Maimane told News24. This was part of the party’s internal processes which had to[…]
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