Murders increased for the third year in a row in South Africa, according to crime statistics released by police on Tuesday. “These are figures I would expect from a country at war,” DA MP Dianne Kohler-Barnard said. She was commenting after national police commissioner General Riah Phiyega had presented the[…]
Communications Minister Faith Muthambi’s silence on SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s almost R1m salary increase was deafening, the DA said on Friday. The official opposition welcomed the ANC’s statement on Thursday condemning the R912 000 pay rise to R3.7m. “This will not be the first time the minister appears[…]
The DA has laid a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) against the country’s largest teacher union claiming it has violated children’s right to education. This comes after the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) tried to stop the annual national assessments (ANAs) from going ahead this[…]
While opposition parties welcomed the inquiry into national police commissioner Riah Phiyega, they questioned why she should be given time to motivate against being suspended. The Democratic Alliance said it was worried Phiyega would “use her powerful position to tamper with the inquiry as the NPA found she had already[…]
Deputy national director of Public Prosecutions Nomgcobo Jiba might be up for an inquiry into her fitness to hold office if a DA court application is successful. The opposition party filed an affidavit at the Western Cape High Court after ultimatums to President Jacob Zuma to initiate an inquiry were[…]
The DA is set to file court papers on Monday for direct access to the Constitutional Court relating to the Public Protector’s report on Nkandla. The party’s chair of the Federal Executive, James Selfe, said that the powers of the Public Protector needed to be safeguarded. “Legal certainty about the[…]
The ANC and the City of Cape Town continue to battle over the city’s adoption of a new logo, a move the ANC has described as ‘arrogant’. The party’s application to have the city’s adoption of a new logo declared null and void, was heard in the Western Cape High[…]
National police commissioner, Riah Phiyega should not go down alone for the events that unfolded in Marikana three years ago, the Democratic Alliance said on Saturday. The Presidency on Friday announced that an inquiry had been instituted into allegations of misconduct and/or whether Phiyega is fit to hold office. This[…]
The DA will propose a motion in the National Assembly on Tuesday to have Police Minister Nathi Nhleko’s report on Nkandla substituted with a report that the party drafted with other opposition parties. The DA said the opposition report found that Nhleko misinterpreted his mandate and only concentrated on four[…]
OPINION by Nabila Ismail – The Democratic Alliance (DA) controlled Cape Town City Council must be reminded that Freedom of Expression in our country is protected by our constitution. Furthermore, any attempt to re-introduce an Apartheid /oppressive style regime in our country will be vehemently opposed by all South Africans.[…]
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