DA leader, John Steenhusinen, sat down with the Mail & Guardian’s Lizeka Tandwa, for a one-on-one interview.
Plans like the one announced by employment and labour minister Thulas Nxesi won’t move the needle on joblessness
John Steenhuisen and Velenkosini Hlabisa cast a line in the water to exploit the ANC’s weaknesses
Opposition parties are aiming to use the ANC’s water infrastructure failures to garner votes
The speaker’s attempts to stall her arrest resulted in the state revealing the damning charges she faces
This week we sat down with Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen. We focus on that party, where they are at, what they want and a dash of where they have come from.
The Democratic Alliance leader said he respected people for getting a degree but university could not have taught him what he knows after 23 years in politics
The federal council chair said despite her previous views that her party could work with the ANC, she now believed this would destroy the DA
The Democratic Alliance wants the motion to be debated next week
Many if not most South Africans welcome the decline of electoral support for the ANC. But the alarming reality is that the alternatives could be far worse
Cabinet will be cut to a maximum of 20 posts and deputy minister positions done away with
The embattled speaker seems to be at loggerheads with her attorney, who wrote an email to the NPA saying she would present herself to the police
The National Prosecuting Authority confirmed the search and seizure operation a fortnight after Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula denied any wrongdoing
Some blame labour protections and unions for South Africa’s economic malaise. But this claim lacks evidence and stands to leave us in an even worse position
South Africa’s political narrative is mired in a swamp of inadequacy and hypocrisy
The ruling party believes the DA is ‘compelled’ to go public on how it took decisions on top appointments where it governs
While some members of parliament attended as many as 20 meetings, others have attended none
This is the second nuclear challenge the government will be fighting after they lost against NGOs in 2017
With the country’s economy on the brink, the ‘Big Three’s’ employment and growth promises hold more weight than ever
The party is also aiming for gains in two provinces, says president on the eve of its manifesto launch
The energy crisis has worsened SA’s existing economic challenges, prompting ratings agencies, the IMF and SARB to flag load-shedding as a significant barrier to recovery
Dube-Ncube says province will have 1 000 social crime wardens on the beat
The lawyers demanded that the DA give Kgosi Maepa documents on its ‘fit for purpose policy’ from September 2016 to January 2024
The Democratic Alliance said key provincial departments such as health and education do not have the funds to meet the wage increases
The opposition’s constitutional challenge on the ANC’s cadre deployment was spun out of conjecture and speculation, a full bench found
The elections offer us the choice between the liberal/conservative group that offers no real benefits for the poor and working-class, and a populist, authoritarian form of kleptocratic nationalism
The election comes at a time when the governing ANC is at its weakest since 1994
A precedent has already been set by former president Jacob Zuma’s contempt of court order, opposition MP Siviwe Gwarube said
One of the party’s core proposals is to replace broad-based black economic empowerment, which it says has only enriched ‘a tiny, connected elite’
The ANC is hoping to use the former president’s popularity among coloured voters to destabilise the Democratic Alliance
The debate on the State of the Nation address, predictably, became a campaign stump for all parties
Some believe the Red Berets could pull the government too far to the left, but its lack of ideological clarity suggests otherwise