The payment of about R10.8 million in “incentives” last year to 10 top Eskom officials was challenged by the DA on Tuesday, with the party calling for the executives to pay back the money. The Democratic Alliance also wants Public Enterprises Minister Lynn Brown to explain to parliamentarians why the[…]
The DA was expected to appear in the Cape Town High Court on Monday to challenge the legislation which allows for the arrest and removal of people who create a disturbance in the National Assembly. The DA filed papers in the Western Cape High Court following the removal of Economic[…]
The SA Communist Party on Sunday criticised the Economic Freedom Fighters, calling it a “proto-fascist” party. Taking about disruption to President Jacob Zuma’s state-of-the-nation address on February 12, SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande said it was important “to counter proto-fascist anarchy”. The EFF were escorted out of the House after[…]
The DA on Thursday will challenge legislation allowing for the arrest or removal of people who create a disturbance in the National Assembly. The party approached the Western Cape High Court after the removal of Economic Freedom Fighters MPs from the National Assembly during the state-of-the-nation address on February 12.[…]
Charges of public violence against four DA members were withdrawn in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said on Thursday. “The NPA can confirm that the charges were withdrawn in court today due to insufficient evidence,” spokesman Velekhaya Mgobhozi said. Democratic Alliance MP Marius Redelinghuys, DA[…]
The DA will bring a court challenge against legislation allowing for the arrest or removal of people who create a disturbance in the National Assembly, it said on Wednesday. The DA filed papers in the Western Cape High Court following last week’s removal of Economic Freedom Fighters MPs from the[…]
President Jacob Zuma has spent the past six years flipping the finger to the Constitution, Parliament and the people of South Africa, DA MP David Maynier told MPs on Tuesday. Speaking during a joint-sitting debate on the state-of-the-nation address, he said Zuma had shattered the vision set out 21 years[…]
Security forces had no right to forcibly remove all EFF MPs from Parliament on Thursday night, the DA said, and demanded that Speaker Baleka Mbete be held to account for the incident. Democratic Alliance chief whip John Steenhuisen made the point at a media briefing on Friday that the majority[…]
An annual event filled with pomp, protocol and a charming ceremonial appeal devolved into chaos on Thursday evening, as members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) were forcibly removed from the National Assembly for disrupting President Jacob Zuma’s 2015 State of the Nation Address. Journalists and broadcasters watched in shock[…]
DA Parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane demanded to know if the police were used to remove EFF MPs from the National Assembly on Thursday. “To remove the members of the EFF… if by police… I request we cannot allow police to enter this chamber,” he said. “We want to be here[…]
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