President Jacob Zuma’s response to a meeting requested by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng regarding attacks on the judiciary is “farcical”, the DA said on Thursday. It was “bizarre considering his term in office has been marred by the flagrant contempt he and his executive have demonstrated for our judiciary”, Democratic[…]
The government is spending public money to avoid taking responsibility for letting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir leave the country, the DA said on Monday. “Instead of government being accountable, once again we see more public money being spent on appeals to evade the consequences of unlawful actions,” Democratic Alliance federal[…]
he office of the ANC chief whip in Parliament on Tuesday accused the DA of abusing the Public Protector for its own political agenda. This was after the Democratic Alliance’s leader Mmusi Maimane announced that he had written to Public Protector Thuli Madonsela to investigate whether any state funds were[…]
A Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) application will be submitted on Thursday by the Democratic Alliance for all documents relating to the decision to pay former Concacaf president Jack Warner $10m. The party’s sports and recreation spokesperson Solly Malatsi said in a statement that the application would be[…]
The DA MP who was found guilty of sexual harassment by his party will not appeal his sanction and will remain an MP. While some female DA MPs were cautious to say whether the punishment for Archibald Figlan was enough, the DA federal executive chairperson James Selfe defended the punishment.[…]
Lawyers for President Jacob Zuma are on Wednesday expected to file their heads of argument in the DA’s application to review the decision to drop corruption charges against him. The case involves the so-called “spy tapes”, which the Democratic Alliance says contain enough information to proceed with a review application[…]
The Democratic Alliance has suspended a Western Cape ward councillor after he handed a letter to a high court judge asking for a lighter sentence for a convicted gang member and killer. Western Cape DA leader and City of Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille said in a statement that[…]
The DA has voted against the establishment of an ad hoc committee that is to consider Police Minister Nathi Nhleko’s report on security upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s private home at Nkandla, after it was prevented from making amendments to the committee’s terms of reference, the party said on Tuesday.[…]
There was chaos at Mitchells Plain Town Centre on Tuesday morning as new DA leader Mmusi Maimane embarked on a political rally. Despite the wet weather, hundreds of DA supporters came to out to hear Maimane, along with DA Provincial Leader and Mayor Patricia De Lille. The rally forms part[…]
The Democratic Alliance is claiming that SA Football Association’s constitution precludes Danny Jordaan from staying on as its president if he takes up the job of Nelson Mandela Bay mayor. According to article 3.1 of the constitution: “Safa is neutral in matters of politics and religion”. The opposition party was[…]
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