The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it is confident it will succeed in legal challenge of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s reappointment of Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba and Minister in the Presidency Bathabile Dlamini.
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DA is very ‘confident in finding success’ in challenging Malusi Gigaba and Bathabile Dlamini reappointments
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DA – Bathabile Dlamini, Malusi Gigaba ‘acted dishonestly’, not fit to hold office
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Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba and Minister in the Presidency Bathabile Dlamini have “acted dishonestly” and are not “fit and proper” to hold positions in Cabinet, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said in court papers.
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The DA outlines immigration plan to deal with our ‘porous borders’
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According to the Democratic Alliance (DA), the department of home affairs has failed in its mandate to secure the country’s borders because it is “crippled by corruption and inefficiency”.
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This is how election campaigns work in SA, you give a free T-shirt and the vote is yours
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The ANC hands out yellow t-shirts in areas where bread would be more welcome. And it works for them. Now we hear all the white voters who say: “Ai, so stupid! Next year they will vote ANC again.” It is not that bad. At least they get a T-shirt. The white voter gives his vote..
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Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille to sue Gauteng businessman for defamation
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Outgoing Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille on Sunday announced a campaign to clear her name, including suing entrepreneur Anthony Faul for R1-million for defamation.
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Alleged ‘Dros rapist’ appears in court and protests expected
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Mass protest action is expected in Tshwane on Tuesday as the man accused of raping a six-year-old girl at a Pretoria franchise of the family restaurant chain Dros will appear in the Pretoria magistrate’s court.
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DA wants #StateCaptureInquiry on more SABC platforms
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Johannesburg – The Democratic Alliance has asked SABC board chairperson Bongumusa Makhathini to request that the public broadcaster flights the Zondo Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on its terrestrial platforms, including television and radio, the DA said on Sunday.
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Another terrorist is honored, this time the mother of ‘necklacing’ Winnie Mandela, who walks away with the freedom of Johannesburg award
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The person who declared that she and the ANC would take over the land by means of a box of matches and tires, Winnie Mandela, was honored by the DA-controlled Johannesburg City Council with the, award Freedom of the City. Winnie Mandela achieved her fame by adding words to the act and was involved in..
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The DA is just as bad as the ANC party – Fire trucks under DA’s management, broken
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Claims that the DA are doing belter in managing their cities than the ANC are proven wrong. After the devastating fire that occurred in the Johannesburg city center, it became clear that it is not only the ANC who fails to maintain essential equipment. The DA mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba, had to admit that..
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DA goes head-to-head with SABC over Cyril Ramaphosa broadcast
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The SABC’s broadcast of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s late night announcement on land expropriation without compensation infringed on a section of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa’s (BCCSA) code of conduct, according to the Democratic Alliance.
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Athol Trollip (DA) ousted in ‘sham’ council meeting in NMB
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The Democratic Alliance’s Athol Trollip has been ousted from his position as mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay. The putsch happened during a contentious council meeting where DA caucus members and the municipal manager walked out of the chambers after the removal of its speaker, Jonathan Lawack.
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John Steenhuisen: “ANC-regime turned the state capture into state collapse”
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John Steenhuisen is perhaps one of the ANC’s biggest detractors. A firebrand in Parliament and an outspoken favourite in the DA, he’s no stranger to giving Mzansi’s ruling party the business. However, during a Cape Town press conference on Thursday, there was no wordplay – nor were there any trademark barbs. Indeed, the cigar handed..
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DA begins it’s search for a new Cape Town mayor
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The Democratic Alliance (DA) has begun accepting job applications to fill the seat of outgoing Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille for when she vacates her office in October. The party hopes to find a new mayor by the end of September.
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Democratic Alliance tests SABC impartiality claim
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The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) knew President Cyril Ramaphosa’s late night announcement on land expropriation without compensation was in his capacity as ANC president and not as president of the republic, according to the Democratic Alliance (DA).
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Democratic Alliance leaders pick sides amid confusion over party’s decision to ditch BEE
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The factional war within the Democratic Alliance (DA) has intensified, this time over the party’s position to dump what it calls a “disastrous” broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) policy.
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