SThe National Prosecuting Authority has informed the DA that it will oppose the party’s application to review the dropping of charges against President Jacob Zuma. “The NPA is aware of the court date that the DA has set down on the unopposed court roll,” NPA spokesman Velekhaya Mgobhozi said. “The[…]
Cape Town mayor Patricia De Lille announced on Monday that she would be standing for the position of Democratic Alliance leader in the Western Cape. “I am pleased to announce that I’m standing to be leader of the DA in the Western Cape,” she wrote on social networking site Twitter.[…]
The DA on Wednesday dismissed allegations by the Western Cape ANC that it paid children to campaign in a by-election in Ceres. Head of the Democratic Alliance constituency in Witzenberg, under which Ceres falls, James Vos, said in a statement: “As usual the ANC’s accusations are utter rubbish”. The African[…]
The ANC in the Western Cape on Tuesday welcomed a High Court ruling that set aside and ordered the re-evaluation of a R113.5 million tender to rehabilitate sewers in Cape Town. “One would have expected from the ‘best-run’ Cape Town to have sufficiently adapted its internal workings in order to[…]
The ANC plans to either approach the SA Human Rights Commission or Parliament over how it was treated by the city of Cape Town in the run-up to its 103rd anniversary celebrations. “Conditions were imposed on us by the city to frustrate us to ensure our rally did not succeed,”[…]
The Democratic Alliance on Sunday called for a parliamentary review of the police minister’s decision to suspend Hawks head Anwa Dramat. “The DA…wants Parliament to review Minister [Nkosinathi] Nhleko’s decision to suspend Dramat, in contravention of a Constitutional Court ruling,” said DA leader Helen Zille in a statement. “We believe[…]
African National Congress (ANC) top brass have been taking the streets of Democratic Alliance (DA) run Western Cape by storm ahead of its 103rd birthday celebrations on Saturday. The event hasn’t come without its fair share of political squabbles however, with ANC secretary general, Gwede Mantashe calling out the City[…]
The ANC must reclaim the Western Cape, President Jacob Zuma told residents of Nyanga in Cape Town on Tuesday. “We must take back this province,” Zuma told commuters at the Nyanga Junction train station. Zuma went on a walkabout in Nyanga and Philippi on Tuesday to promote the African National[…]
The Democratic Alliance on Sunday said it was concerned with a lack of clarity about the current state of South Africa’s power supply system as the new year took off. “The power utility and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa must… let us know exactly what the current state of affairs is,[…]
There has been widespread shock over the precautionary suspension of Hawks boss, Anwa Dramat, pending an investigation into allegations he oversaw the illegal rendition of Zimbabwean nationals in 2010. However, a lawyer for the crime head has suggested the suspension is down to his refusal to hand over certain case[…]
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