The Democratic Alliance on Tuesday called on Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to clarify Eskom’s latest threat of further rolling blackouts. Spokeswoman on public enterprises Natasha Michael said Ramaphosa had to disclose the reason four generators stopped working on Tuesday, the impact it would have on South Africans and what contingency[…]
President Jacob Zuma has failed to lead South Africa, especially when it comes to the economy, the DA said on Monday. “It’s clear… in our view that President Jacob Zuma has failed exceptionally in his job,” Democratic Alliance parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane told reporters at Parliament in Cape Town. He[…]
The DA would never enter into a deal that jeopardised its mandate, the party’s leader Helen Zille vowed on Thursday, during a protest on the steps of Parliament. “When [Deputy President] Cyril Ramaphosa says a deal was done — the DA would never, and has never, and will never, enter[…]
Opposition parties intend to ratchet up the pressure on Speaker Baleka Mbete on Tuesday when the National Assembly reconvenes after riot police were called into the Chamber last week. “If she walks in there and thinks it is going to be business as usual, then it is not going to[…]
The DA will demand an investigation by the parliamentary oversight authority (POA) into the chain of events that saw riot police sent into the National Assembly last week, the party’s chief whip said on Monday. “Where possible, officials’ heads must roll. In addition there needs to be a multi-party committee[…]
The DA will no longer recognise National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete, the party’s parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane said on Friday. Briefing the media at Parliament the morning after a raucous sitting of the House culminated in fisticuffs and scuffles, he said what happened had prompted a “fundamental change” in the[…]
Opposition parties should work with government and not cause “hysteria” on issues relating to Eskom, Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown said. “Eskom is an easy target and can be bullied by all and sundry, while it, as a state-owned company, is required to take the blows without being permitted to[…]
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown should freeze the “exorbitant pay” Eskom’s executives get, the DA said on Wednesday. “Eskom paid its top executives a total of R60 million in the 2014 financial year, up from R57.4m the year before,” Democratic Alliance MP Natasha Michael said in a statement. “With nine[…]
A background screening process commissioned by the DA has provided more proof that SABC chairwoman Ellen Tshabalala does not have a degree, the party said on Thursday. “The DA enlisted the services of Managed Integrity Evaluation to check Ms Tshabalala’s qualifications against the National Qualifications Register, a process referred to[…]
Al Jam-ah political party leader and councillor, Ganief Hendricks has once again come under fire for allegedly contravening the City of Cape Town’s code of conduct by forcing City officials to act against the Open Mosque. Hendricks is accused of portraying the Open Mosque founder, Dr Taj Hargey in a[…]
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