Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane on Sunday announced the party would get involved in court action to ensure the public protector’s report on alleged ‘state capture’ is released. “The DA has taken the decision to become an intervening party in the matter to be heard before the North Gauteng High[…]
There is still hope for President Jacob Zuma when it comes to the DA’s court case to have the decision to drop corruption charges against him overturned. On Friday, the DA announced that the Constitutional Court had dismissed an application by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for leave to appeal[…]
Krish Naidoo stunned not only members of Parliament, but also his SABC colleagues as he turned on the board he served on for three years, branding it amateurish and dysfunctional and calling for its dissolution on Wednesday. Naidoo also resigned during the heated meeting in Parliament, which was held to[…]
The case of DA Member of Parliament and former NPA senior prosecutor Glynnis Breytenbach and her lawyer Gerhard Wagenaar will resume in the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday after it was postponed on Monday. Integrity Management Unit acting senior manager Hercules Wasserman is expected to testify. Breytenbach and Wagenaar[…]
The DA says Parliament has the responsibility to protect South Africans’ right to information. The party has responded to the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal that the jamming of telecommunications signals during the 2015 State-of-the-Nation-Address, as well as the cutting of the live television feed, was both unconstitutional[…]
DA leader Mmusi Maimane on Sunday pledged to help the IEC cope with the ANC’s alleged “bullying” following this year’s local government elections. He would ask to meet Independent Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) leaders to address these threats, he said in a statement. He wanted to help ensure the[…]
After the recent local government elections produced 27 hung councils, there was a matchmaking fest between political parties to see who would swipe left and who would swipe right in the scramble to hold sway in the council chamber. Parties have a number of options available to them, ranging from[…]
The first meeting of the new Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Council had to be postponed briefly on Thursday as ANC members demanded to be let into the Feather Market Hall. The members earlier accused security guards of not allowing them through the doors. Municipal manager Johann Mettler then called for[…]
The EFF’s refusal to enter into coalitions with the ANC or DA will give it extraordinary power in local government, but could slow down decision-making, political analysts say. “It will get the two bigger parties to do the dirty work for it, effectively getting to do what governments do without[…]
In an unexpected development, rival councillors from the DA and the ANC have jumped into bed in the Kannaland municipality, seemingly without the knowledge of their political leadership, opting to vote out controversial Icosa leader, Jeffrey Donson and keep his party out of power. The odde alliance comes despite the[…]
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