The African Transformation Movement (ATM) wants a secret ballot to be used in voting on the Section 194 Committee recommendation for the removal of the suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. The ATM leader Vuyo Zungula has written to the National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula on the issue. Mkhwebane’s fate is expected[…]
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the North West has lodged an urgent court application against Eskom to compel it to address the power supply disruptions in Lichtenburg. The area has been without electricity for weeks. The second transformer was damaged and later vandalised, after a pylon fell on it. Eskom[…]
By Daanyaal Matthews Source: Democratic Alliance The Democratic Alliance’s Federal Congress has concluded with no significant changes as John Steenhuisen remains DA leader after beating party peer Dr. Mpho Phalatse. Steenhuisen retaining his position has come as no surprise but has revealed a problem within the official opposition. Speaking on[…]
LOCAL The Democratic Alliance (DA) called on the Minister of Police, General Bheki Cele, to resign after his latest comments about the victims of crime in Cape Town. According to the party, Cele tried to blame “potholes” for SAPS’ failure to combat hijackings in Cape Town. The party’s Gordon Hill-Lewis[…]
The Democratic Alliance says it will announce its new leader on Sunday afternoon following its first-ever virtual elective congress which will begin on Saturday. This year, the official opposition party lost three provincial leaders with one saying it’s no longer the party he joined 20 years ago. This was preceded[…]
The Democratic Alliance’s (DA) interim leader John Steenhuisen and its KwaZulu-Natal member of provincial legislature, Mbali Ntuli have been officially nominated as candidates for the position of party leader. The party will be holding its Elective Federal Congress virtually at the end of October. In a statement, the party said[…]
The DA is in sharp disagreement with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to extend the country’s lockdown. Other political parties mostly welcomed the decision announced on Thursday night. Ramaphosa said the lockdown, which was due to end 16 April would now be in effect until 30 April. The intervention came into[…]
The Democratic Alliance is shooting itself in the foot with policies perceived as unsympathetic to black people. This is according to the World Institute of Leadership and Development. The institution said the DA’s new parliamentary leader, John Steenhuisen, has a mammoth task to quell the race claims against the party. READ: Steenhuisen urges those[…]
Less than 24 hours after his resignation as leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) opposition party in South Africa, Mmusi Maimane has now tendered his resignation from parliament and the party entirely. Joining Maimane in his resignation from leadership on Wednesday was former mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay and party[…]
Mmusi Maimane has announced his resignation from the DA and as a member of Parliament. In a tweet on Thursday morning, Maimane said it has been the “greatest honour to serve” the country, before he announced his resignation from the party and Parliament. DEVELOPING | DA in crisis: Meetings in[…]
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