Two days after DA leadership candidate Mmusi Maimane publicly expressed his support for a referendum on the death penalty, he has backed down. “I would stand up straight and say I don’t support a referendum on the death penalty. We shouldn’t have a referendum,” Maimane told Netwerk24 in an interview[…]
DA Parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane won popularity points during a debate with his opponent Wilmot James, but the latter won on merit, a social media analyst said on Wednesday. “They said Wilmot had a better case and he debated really well. However, Mmusi has charm and charisma,” media monitoring group[…]
The Democratic Alliance’s (DA) public debate between leadership candidates Wilmot James and Mmusi Maimane represents a more contrasting approach to what is the norm in South African politics, according to political analyst, Prof. Andre Duvenhage. The two squared off in a televised debate on Monday night – a rare show[…]
The top two candidates for the position of DA leader, Mmusi Maimane and Wilmot James, expressed differing opinions on certain pertinent rights issues during a televised debate on Monday night. A section of the 30-minute debate, which aired on kykNet, was spent discussing their stances on the death penalty, the[…]
The Democratic Alliance on Sunday said it wants Eskom to explain to Parliament why the cash-strapped parastatal is spending a fortune on food subsidies for employees. “The food subsidy bill must be brought before the committee to allow Parliament to comprehensively scrutinise if such expenditure is warranted,” DA MP Natasha[…]
More than half of the Gauteng delegates who will be at the DA’s federal congress have backed Mmusi Maimane, giving the parliamentary leader a hefty chunk of the vote from the party’s second-largest province. Of the roughly 1 500 delegates attending next weekend’s congress, 373 come from Gauteng. The party’s[…]
The Western Cape chapter of the ANC has launched an offensive against the DA-run City of Cape Town in a bid to gain answers over allegations the City, and several of its members may have had illegal dealings with local drug lords and gang bosses. The party has called on[…]
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela was accused in Parliament on Wednesday of working hand in glove with the DA. Madonsela spent more than three hours dodging insults and attacks from ANC MPs and the chairperson of the parliamentary committee on justice during her appearance in Parliament. DA, ACDP and EFF MPs[…]
Democratic Alliance (DA) federal chairperson Wilmot James has challenged the party’s Parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimaine to a public debate, as both men vie for the leadership of the party. “As the DA we need a new direction. At the moment we are not speaking for the poor… We must unite[…]
Cape Town mayor Patricia De Lille was named the Democratic Alliance’s Western Cape leader on Saturday, after the party’s provincial vote saw her appointed to the post ahead of counterpart Lennit Max. The results were read out at a packed His People’s Church in Goodwood, Cape Town, at 16:25, with[…]
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