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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DA goes head-to-head with SABC over Cyril Ramaphosa broadcast
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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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DA – Mmusi Maimane – officially confirms Patricia De Lille resignation
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Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane has announced the resignation of Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille effective October 31 after an agreement was reached.
“Mayor Patricia de Lille has agreed to resign as mayor of Cape Town effective October 31,” Maimane said on Sunday.
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Mmusi Maimane calls for urgent parliamentary sitting after ANC ‘jumped the gun’ on land
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Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane has written to National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete to convene an urgent parliamentary sitting to debate the ANC’s “deliberate undermining” of the process to amend the Constitution on land.
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Democratic Alliance challenges Ipsos poll report
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The Democratic Alliance (DA) has hit back at Ipsos’s latest poll which indicates it could potentially lose 9% of its support in the 2019 general election — taking just 13% of the vote.
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Mmusi Maimane betrayed me – Patricia De Lille
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Axed Cape Town mayor Patricia De Lille has accused Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane of leading the fight to oust her as head of the city and as a party member.
She said in an interview this week that Maimane had failed to ensure that she was treated fairly …….
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The DA terminates Patricia De Lille membership
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The Democratic Alliance’s Federal Executive has announced it has terminated Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille’s party membership.
The decision means that De Lille is no longer the mayor of Cape Town, according to the Municipal Structures Act, and deputy mayor Ian Neilson will now become acting mayor.
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DA leader feels pressure as ‘white privilege’ race row rocks DA
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Another race row has rocked the DA after senior party leaders took Mmusi Maimane to task over his comments on “white privilege”.
But this time Maimane is feeling the heat from his three most senior colleagues in Parliament. Some party insiders allege they mounted an “orchestrated attack on him” during a heated caucus meeting on Thursday.
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It’s D-Day for De Lille to defend her office
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Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille has until 3pm on Wednesday to make representations to the Democratic Alliance’s federal executive on why she should be allowed to remain mayor.
De Lille’s submission comes a week after the majority of the DA caucus in Cape Town voted in support of………..
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What white privilege Mr. Maimane?
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DA leader Mmusi Maimane seemed to have really opened a can of worms with his tactless remark on white privilege last week, using his own wife in the crudest manner imaginable as an example.
No wonder Times Live nominated him “Mamparra of the week” this morning.
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EFF and the DA may be able to establish a coalition at national level to oust the ANC from power
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Based on the experiences of other coalition-based societies, the section in my book, Coalition Country, titled Three Futures, introduces three scenarios of what it could mean in practice when coalitions become the norm in South Africa, although they are not the only possibilities.
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James Selfe:- Black people chose to elect white people at DA congress
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Democratic Alliance (DA) federal executive chairperson James Selfe has said that it was a majority black delegation at the party’s Federal Congress that elected the party’s leadership because it is a capable one.
In an interview on Monday morning following the DA’s elective congress at the weekend, Selfe responded to critics who said that the party’s leadership is not diverse.
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The DA says its recall clause will not affect Patricia De Lille
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Democratic Alliance federal leader Mmusi Maimane has confirmed that the party’s newly adopted recall clause won’t be implemented retrospectively and is therefore unlikely to affect Cape Town mayor Patricia De Lille.
The clause which was adopted at the party’s federal congress on Sunday, grants the organisation the power………
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Trollip will not finish his term: Malema
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EFF leader Julius Malema says Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Athol Trollip will not finish his five year term.
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has vowed to remove the mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Athol Trollip before the end of his term.
Malema told hundreds of EFF supporters who attended the party’s rally on Wednesday, a day prior to the voting on a no-confidence against Trollip which was postponed to a future date
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