Every person, including Jacob Zuma, must be equal before the law, opposition leader Helen Zille said on Saturday, also calling for a crime charter.
The Jacob Zuma court case remains as divisive as ever following this week’s Constitutional Court ruling.
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille has been denied permission to visit the Jeppestown police station as part of the DA’s anti-crime campaign.
Launching her party’s anti-crime campaign on Friday, Helen Zille, leader of the Democratic Alliance, said: ”Today we say: enough is enough.”
Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool’s removal from office is bad for the provincial government and the City of Cape Town, mayor Helen Zille says.
The DA’s Helen Zille says the ANC is divided — as the National Party once was — between verligtes and verkramptes.
The bullet-proof vests issued to police members are ”too bulky, heavy and impede movement”, DA leader Helen Zille said on Thursday.
Birthday wishes for Nelson Mandela started trickling in on Thursday, a day before South Africa’s most-adored politician celebrates his 90th.
Opposition parties reacted on Sunday to the apparent firing of the Eastern and Western Cape premiers by the African National Congress.
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille on Friday lambasted the African National Congress for itself being counter-revolutionary.
DA leader Helen Zille is calling for the head of Minister of Sport and Recreation Makhenkesi Stofile following the leaking of the Pillay report.
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille, the mayor of Cape Town, has again called for a realignment of politics.
If Jacob Zuma becomes president and is then convicted, a number of tactics can be used to protect him from losing the job, DA leader Helen Zille says.
Zimbabwe’s Morgan Tsvangirai, who has pulled out of a presidential run-off election because of violence, sought refuge overnight in the Dutch embassy.
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Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille has argued against a government of national unity in Zimbabwe, saying it will allow Mugabe to stay in power.
ANC president Jacob Zuma’s vague statements on issues of national importance render him unfit to be the country’s leader, the DA said on Thursday.
DA leader Helen Zille on Friday strongly criticised Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe, saying he ”behaves like an ANC deployee”.
The Western Cape government and the City of Cape Town have locked horns over the handling of xenophobia victims.
A rebuke of President Robert Mugabe might not be enough to save Zimbabwe, but it could allow South Africa to salvage some national pride.
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille on Friday urged President Thabo Mbeki to ”speak out” on Zimbabwe before it was too late.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe should step down from his post until the latest complaint against him has been resolved, according to the Cape Bar Council. ”It would be untenable for Judge Hlophe to continue in office pending the determination of the complaint by the Judicial Services Commission,” the council said on Tuesday.
No date has yet been fixed for the Judicial Services Commission’s (JSC) meeting to consider new allegations against Cape Judge President John Hlophe, the JSC’s secretary said late on Monday. ”Right now they are still trying to find a date,” said commission secretary Vuyelwa Masangwana.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has not given up on the parliamentary process dealing with the Expropriation Bill, party leader Helen Zille said on Monday. She said the fact that DA MP Sydney Opperman last week staged a walkout during public hearings on the measure does not mean that the party will no longer participate in further parliamentary processes.
There were a few tense moments on Monday when a crowd of several hundred refugees marched to Parliament to air their grievances over the recent xenophobic violence. After being addressed by, among others, Zackie Achmat of the Treatment Action Campaign, sections of the crowd surged towards a small line of police officers outside the main gates of Parliament.
Cape Town Judge President John Hlophe must step down, political parties said on Sunday. Hlophe is accused of attempting to influence the Constitutional Court’s decision over search-and-seizure raids carried out by the Scorpions on properties of Jacob Zuma and French arms manufacturing giant Thint.
President Thabo Mbeki has failed to provide leadership and should be recalled from the presidency to make way for early elections, the South African Communist Party (SACP) said on Sunday. The SACP blamed Mbeki for a recent wave of violence against foreigners in which 62 people have been killed.
The African National Congress (ANC) said on Saturday that its president, Jacob Zuma, had nothing to do with a judge accused of trying to influence members of the Constitutional Court in cases involving him. Media reported on Friday that the court said Cape Judge President John Hlophe had approached several members of its bench to influence them.
Cape Judge President John Hlophe has been accused of attempting to influence the Constitutional Court’s decision over search-and-seizure raids carried out by the Scorpions on properties of African National Congress president Jacob Zuma and French arms manufacturing giant Thint.
President Thabo Mbeki has brushed off criticism that he failed to show compassion by not visiting areas affected by violent attacks against foreigners around the country, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Thursday.
The government has denied deciding to set up refugee camps for foreigners displaced by xenophobic violence. Reports suggesting such a move were ”baseless and therefore not true”, it said on Wednesday. ”The government has noted with concern media reports that the Cabinet has taken a decision to establish refugee camps,” a statement said.
Opening South Africa’s borders to facilitate the entrance and exit of Southern African Development Community residents would be disastrous, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Tuesday. ”This ‘come one, come all’ approach is likely to dramatically increase the number of people entering our borders and exacerbate existing tensions,” she said.