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DA parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane has been referred to as a broken black man in a "broken blue sea of white conservative males".
The Freedom Front Plus has confirmed that three Democratic Alliance MPs are among the top 25 names on its national elections candidates list.
Co-operation between different groups is needed to stop the ANC, said Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder at his party election manifesto launch.
President Jacob Zuma will have many tunes to sing to in his final State of the Nation address for this term. Here’s what opposition parties wish for.
The US agriculture department has met with Agriculture Deputy Minister Pieter Mulder to discuss trade opportunities with sub-Saharan Africa.
The IFP and Freedom Front Plus have marked their youth day events with speeches criticising the state of the country and its leading party.
Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder has defended his controversial remarks on land in an interview.
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/ 24 February 2012
The land questions continues to be a sensitive issue and must be handled with care because it can sow racial divsions.
Pieter Mulder’s controversial take on land reform will win him few friends, especially among the far right.
Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder has expanded on his comments about land reform, saying the real issue is ensuring food security.
The Young Communist League has called for deputy agriculture minister Pieter Mulder to resign after comments he made about land reform redistribution.
President Jacob Zuma has slammed FF+ leader Pieter Mulder for his controversial views on land reforms, telling him he needed a lesson in history.
The DA says Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder needs to be reminded about the "real history" of South Africa after his comments on land.
FF+ leader Pieter Mulder gave the hornet’s nest on land ownership a poke when he said "bantu-speakers" had no historical claim to 40% of the country.
Julius Malema has urged hundreds of Bantu Bonke township residents not to vacate the mineral rich land they occupy should anyone want them to move.
It is "unacceptable" to publish "party political propaganda" using taxpayers’ money, the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) said on Monday.
Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address contains mixed messages, Pieter Mulder said, while Gwede Mantashe was "comfortable" with it.
The Freedom Front Plus says Deputy Police Minister Maggie Sotyu is creating "racial tension" with her comments that courts are racist.
Plans by Cosatu to stage a solidarity strike triggered a chorus of warnings from politicians on Wednesday.
Two opposition leaders took potshots at ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema during a special Human Rights Day debate on Tuesday.
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/ 6 November 2009
The Freedom Front Plus was divided over its leader’s appointment to executive, writes Mandy Rossouw.
The ANC on Tuesday commended the FF Plus for making available its president, Pieter Mulder, to serve in President Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet.
FF Plus leader Pieter Mulder’s acceptance of a deputy ministerial post is a betrayal of all opposition party voters, the DA said on Monday.
FF Plus leader Pieter Mulder on Friday asked Public Protector Lawrence Mushwana to investigate expenses incurred in Jacob Zuma’s prosecution.
DA leader Helen Zille owes the FF Plus an apology for her ”shockingly untrue statements”, the party’s leader Pieter Mulder said on Friday.
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/ 23 February 2009
The DA’s youth leader on Monday dismissed his ANC counterpart Julius Malema as ”a petty little man” who is too cowardly to take him on in debate.
Some people simply lack a sense of occasion. It gets worse when these are public representatives. There was Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder smiling to the cameras this week. Feeling good about himself that he had got ”his people” the attention of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation whom he hoped would extend recognition to the Afrikaners.
The deployment of the army to areas hit by xenophobic attacks was long overdue, opposition parties said on Wednesday after President Thabo Mbeki’s nod to South African National Defence Force ”involvement”. South African police say 42 people have been killed in violence in Johannesburg that has raged for more than a week and 16 000 have been displaced.
Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri expressed ”great concern” on Wednesday about the suspension of South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) CEO Dali Mpofu and head of news Snuki Zikalala. ”All will be done on [the minister’s] part to ensure the ability of the SABC to carry out its mandate,” she said.
The draft Expropriation Bill will undermine property rights and could scare off foreign investors, the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) said on Thursday. The proposed Bill, tabled on Wednesday, also goes against United Nations guidelines on eliminating racial discrimination, said party leader Pieter Mulder in a statement.
Racism, discrimination and the cultural divide were causes for concern in South Africa, political parties and organisations said on Human Rights Day. Western Cape acting premier Leonard Ramatlakane said a number of projects would be implemented to combat racial discrimination in the province.