The newly-elected leadership team of the Democratic Alliance’s Western Cape branch has expressed its backing for Mmusi Maimane in his candidacy for party leader. Just under 1 000 people, including delegates, party supporters and journalists, were present at His People’s Church in Goodwood, Cape Town for the DA’s Western Cape[…]
Mmusi Maimane, after a week of speculation, has accepted nomination to stand as the DA’s leader, saying it is his chance to “restore hope” in the country’s future. “It has not been an easy decision,” he said in a letter sent to the DA’s public representatives on Saturday morning. “I[…]
The DA tried to cool tensions between Speaker Baleka Mbete and the EFF during a questions session in Parliament on Thursday. EFF leader Julius Malema had demanded that President Jacob Zuma answer the “pay back the money” question, but Mbete responded that it had been agreed by all parties that[…]
Opposition parties have applauded Helen Zille’s decision to step down as leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), in what was a surprise announcement on Sunday. The African National Congress (ANC) and the Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU) believes her decision was a coercive one in a bid to[…]
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille will not be available for re-election as DA leader after eight years at the helm. Zille made the announcement in Johannesburg on Sunday following a federal executive meeting. Zille has led the DA since 2007. The announcement comes a month before the party holds its[…]
The African National Congress retained nine wards in by-elections held in six provinces, while the Democratic Alliance retained its two wards in the Western Cape, according to results released by the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) on Thursday. By-elections were held on Wednesday in KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, Mpumalanga, North West,[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa must provide the country and Parliament with a comprehensive report on the state of Eskom, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday. DA Parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane said in a statement he had written to Ramaphosa requesting that Parliament be provided with an accurate comprehensive report on[…]
The National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) should decline any more tariff increases for Eskom in 2015, the Democratic Alliance said on Monday. Nersa confirmed Eskom was formalising an application to reopen the multi-year price determination, allowing for a further increase in electricity tariffs, DA MP David Ross said. The[…]
The DA will not take part in a “secret process” to cover up President Jacob Zuma’s financial liability regarding the security upgrades to his private home in Nkandla, the opposition party said on Sunday. “We will not be co-opted, behind closed doors, into agreeing to a sanitised version,” Democratic Alliance[…]
President Jacob Zuma owes South Africans R52.9 million for non-security upgrades at his private Nkandla homestead in KwaZulu-Natal, DA parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane said on Friday. “Based on her [Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s] report ‘Secure in Comfort’, the DA has calculated that the president is liable for at least an[…]
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