The biggest challenge for the next leader of the Democratic Alliance will be to get politicians like Mbali Ntuli onside
The Democratic Alliance is likely to lose Tshwane when residents vote again
"The ANC’s long history and continued survival is something to marvel at. But celebrating the mere fact of survival is really not enough"
Helen Zille’s favourite cartoonist is a case study of a right-wing con artist inspired by Donald Trump
The white liberal establishment, both inside and outside the DA, holds onto its race-blindness by distorting the South African idea of “non-racialism”
The decision, made public by EFF president Julius Malema at a briefing in Johannesburg yesterday, effectively ends the coalition
John Steenhuisen is the DA’s new interim Federal Leader while Ivan Meyer was elected the new party chairperson on Sunday
The likely interim leader of the DA says he wants to listen to members who may leave following Mmusi Maimane’s resignation
The DA’s John Steenhuisen is reasonable but he shares Helen Zille’s ‘race doesn’t matter’ mantra
The Democratic Alliance’s problems can be traced back to the politicisation of race, which has persisted even after the dawn of democracy in 1994
John Steenhuisen, Bonginkosi Madikizela and Makashule Gana will contest the position for interim party leader
The mayor of Durban avoids almost all the questions whereas Gwede ducks and dives amid his tiger tales
Mmusi Maimane’s resignation highlights a core problem: the assumption that the only way to do anything is the way white men did it in the past
With Maimane and Trollip gone, it seems the DA trying to turn back the hands of time to 2015 — or even 1652
The party was meant to challenge the ANC, not fall apart
Despite her winning by just seven votes, Zille’s return has led to the resignation of her opponents and revealed cracks in the party over policies
Maimane stepped down, citing a “coordinated attempt” to “undermine” his leadership
The embattled DA leader is set to announce his resignation on Wednesday afternoon
Right wing elements, Zille’s election, forced the mayor to choose between party and country
A showdown is now inevitable, with the DA’s top two officials at odds on things such as BEE policy
The former Democratic Alliance leader has been elected as the party’s Federal Executive chairperson
Zille looks on course to seize critical position, with early party conference to decide Maimane’s future
With an internal vote a week away, leaks and public fights, the party is grappling for direction
Four people are contenders for the second most powerful position in the DA
With an internal election weeks away, and increasing leaks and public fights, the party is trying to find a way forward
The former DA leader plans to contest for the party’s second most powerful position
"I wonder why Zille and her ilk find it okay to speak of “black privilege” a mere 25 years after black people got the vote without reparations."
White monopoly capital and the Zille privilege tweets are reasons we need logical discourse
With elections out of the way Zille has returned to stoking racial tensions
To win back support, the DA should conduct a brutally honest assessment of its governance failures in the metros it still controls.
Despite being tagged ‘relatively unknown’, the Western Cape politician says his track record speaks for itself
There have been suggestions that Helen Zille has been sidelined from party activities, but the DA say that is not the case