The Democratic Alliance on Tuesday dismissed “ANC-inspired rumours” that coalition agreements have been reached, saying negotiations were ongoing. “This includes Luthuli House’s desperate spin that the DA was horse-trading control of metros. These are the last kicks of a dying horse, desperate to cling onto power using misinformation,” said James[…]
Cape Town mayor-elect Patricia de Lille has defended her choice of mayoral committee, saying they were the team that led the DA to a two-thirds majority victory in the city in last week’s municipal polls. De Lille has chosen to leave her mayco of 11 members largely unchanged, making two[…]
Part of the team that helped establish pillars for South Africa’s new democracy and new Constitution in the early 1990s, Dr Yvonne Muthien has come a long way, using her academic expertise to build institutions in government and guide business decisions. Intent on pursuing an academic career, Muthien said she[…]
Remember those dark days when load shedding wreaked havoc on households and businesses? Well, it was a year on Thursday since large parts of South Africa was plunged into darkness. And Eskom is patting itself on the back for doing its job of keeping the country’s lights on, thanks to[…]
While DA leader Mmusi Maimane says his party has won the Tshwane metro in the local government elections, he did not want to comment on Johannesburg. “I will wait a bit till I have a clearer picture,” he told reporters in Pretoria. On the capital city, a beaming Maimane was[…]
EFF leader Julius Malema has two conditions for any coalition partnership between his party and would-be suitors: that the deal will “change the life of the African child” and an agreement to “give the people the land”. With the party currently neatly placed to play the kingmaker role in three[…]
Suspended SABC journalist Vuyo Mvoko could know by Friday whether the SABC will reinstate him. The high court in Joburg was expected give a verdict on the matter between the veteran journalist and the public broadcaster on Friday morning. The ruling could see Mvoko either being reinstated or being told[…]
It was a bitter-sweet, emotional victory for the families of three ANC candidates who were gunned down in KwaZulu-Natal in the run-up to this week’s municipal elections. The Umuziwabantu Municipality’s Ward 1 candidate Bongani Skhosana, Newcastle’s Thembi Mbongo (Ward 6) and Ladysmith’s Khanyisile Ngobese-Sibisi (Ward 20) all emerged victorious in[…]
With a quarter of the results from South Africa’s local government elections still needing to be revealed, the country’s second-largest political party had already topped its performance in the 2011 elections. Those elections, which were at the time marked as a milestone for the Democratic Alliance, saw the party grab[…]
As the count down to the local election final results announcement draws near, certain political parties are waiting patiently to begin the celebrations. One such party is the Democratic Alliance (DA), which as current results indicate will enjoy a landslide victory within the Western Cape. Speaking to VOC, premier of[…]
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