DA councillor Sam Pienaar has made his submission to the party on why he should not be suspended. The councillor was given until 17:00 on Monday to explain why he should not be suspended for failure to declare his participation in a massacre more than 30 years ago. He met[…]
Patricia de Lille is the DA’s mayoral candidate for the City of Cape Town for another term. Party leader Mmusi Maimane announced her candidacy on Monday. She was one of five party members nominated to stand for the position. The others were Guy Andrews, Daniel Jacobs, Peter Meakin and Ursula[…]
The DA in the Western Cape needs to scrutinise the pasts of all its white members, the ANC in the province believes. “The DA is consciously and intentionally choosing to evade scrutiny of its white members because they fear what they may find out,” provincial ANC spokesperson Yonela Diko said[…]
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane is due to address an open forum of journalists, opinion makers and party members at a meeting at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg on Tuesday to discuss the issues of race and identity. The DA has been in a verbal tug of war with[…]
The ANC Western Cape says it is vindicated by its position that the DA only put up a smoke screen around the suspension of Dianne Kohler Barnard in order to eventually absolve her. The African National Congress (ANC) in Parliament is threatening to find other ways of punishing Kohler Barnard[…]
The Democratic Alliance’s decision to keep Dianne Kohler Barnard in Parliament showed the party’s true colours, the African National Congress said on Tuesday. It said it was disturbed, but not surprised, by the outcome of Kohler Barnard’s appeal against her expulsion. “[It was] a hopeless attempt to dupe the public[…]
Dianne Kohler Barnard’s explusion from the Democratic Alliance has been lifted. This follows an appeal process on Tuesday, where the party decided to keep Kohler Barnard in her position until the end of the fifth Parliament. This is on condition that she is not found guilty of any transgressions during[…]
The ANC has reaffirmed that it is in complete denial over President Jacob Zuma’s “reckless and negligent” actions, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday. “The ANC has chosen to defend its beleaguered President, rather than standing up for South Africa’s interests,” the official opposition party said in a statement after[…]
There was a ruckus outside the ANC’s headquarters in Cape Town this afternoon as Democratic Alliance supporters protested against alleged relations between President Jacob Zuma, Marius Fransman and gangsters on the Cape Flats. This follows reports last month that President Jacob Zuma met with known gang members to mobilise support[…]
Minister of Communications Faith Muthambi plans to appeal a court decision to have SABC boss Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s appointment declared unlawful and irrational. Western Cape High Court Judge Dennis Davis handed down judgment on the matter on Friday amid a legal challenge from opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA). The DA[…]
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