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Democratic Alliance

What exactly is the DA’s problem?
Opinion
/ 1 April 2023

What exactly is the DA’s problem?

The Democratic Alliance’s federal congress must decide not only who should lead the party during the critical phase in the democratic evolution, but how it should be led, and with what strategic objectives

By Richard Calland
Steenhuisen is likely to get a second term as DA leader at congress
Politics
/ 31 March 2023

Steenhuisen is likely to get a second term as DA leader at congress

Nearly 2 000 delegates will vote in a new leadership to take the party into the 2024 elections

By Paddy Harper
Lights on for Putin, as South Africa visit beckons
Opinion
/ 31 March 2023

Lights on for Putin, as South Africa visit beckons

The Russian leader has more chance of being arrested at home than he does in Mzansi

By Paddy Harper
Hard choices over coalitions loom as DA chooses new leadership
Politics
/ 31 March 2023

Hard choices over coalitions loom as DA chooses new leadership

Will the official opposition consider doing business with the ANC after the 2024 elections?

By Lizeka Tandwa, Paddy Harper and Emsie Ferreira
Power battle between the DA’s Zille and Steenhuisen still lurks
Politics
/ 31 March 2023

Power battle between the DA’s Zille and Steenhuisen still lurks

Party insiders worry that Democratic Alliance federal council chair Helen Zille has centralised powers as the party has not had a chief executive for two years

By Lizeka Tandwa
De Ruyter ready to appear before parliamentary committee
National
/ 30 March 2023

De Ruyter ready to appear before parliamentary committee

The former Eskom chief executive has accepted an invitation to make submissions to the standing committee on public accounts

By Emsie Ferreira
Democratic Alliance’s Cilliers Brink elected Tshwane mayor
National
/ 28 March 2023

Democratic Alliance’s Cilliers Brink elected Tshwane mayor

Brink called for cooperation between parties, characterising the past weeks at the Tshwane council as unfortunate

By Lizeka Tandwa
DA elections: Phalatse calls Steenhuisen out on hypocrisy
Politics
/ 27 March 2023

DA elections: Phalatse calls Steenhuisen out on hypocrisy

The wannabe leader has asked the DA leader why the party was critical of the government’s ministerial handbook when its politicians also live in state house

By Lizeka Tandwa
Department misses its target for eliminating pit latrines at schools
National
/ 27 March 2023

Department misses its target for eliminating pit latrines at schools

However, minister Angie Motshekga says the department is fast tracking the improvement of infrastructure at schools

By Mandisa Ndlovu
Standoff as Steenhuisen accuses Phalatse campaign of dirty tactics
Politics
/ 26 March 2023

Standoff as Steenhuisen accuses Phalatse campaign of dirty tactics

Incumbent DA leader takes legal steps after former Johannesburg mayor’s campaign manager allegedly reported that he used donor funding for his benefit

By Lizeka Tandwa
Mashatile: We’re not shielding Ramaphosa on Phala Phala
Politics
/ 23 March 2023

Mashatile: We’re not shielding Ramaphosa on Phala Phala

The majority had made a decision and that was how democracy worked, the deputy president told the National Assembly

By Emsie Ferreira
The Democratic Alliance’s numbers fail to add up
Opinion
/ 17 March 2023

The Democratic Alliance’s numbers fail to add up

The party’s Tshwane metro contingent appears to have been asleep during councillor induction

By Paddy Harper
Businesses brace for EFF national shutdown amid fears of looting
Business
/ 17 March 2023

Businesses brace for EFF national shutdown amid fears of looting

The police service has said the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure is ready to deal with any criminality on 20 March

By Mandisa Ndlovu
Gauteng agriculture department fails to meet green job targets – DA
The Green Guardian
/ 16 March 2023

Gauteng agriculture department fails to meet green job targets – DA

Just 156 green jobs out of a target of 1 120 were created in 2021-022 financial year

By Sheree Bega
Cape Town taxi body backs EFF shutdown call but won’t take part
Politics
/ 15 March 2023

Cape Town taxi body backs EFF shutdown call but won’t take part

The South African National Taxi Council says its members can decide if they want to take part in the national shutdown planned for 20 March

By Eunice Masson
‘Record does not exist’ that $580 000 paid to Ramaphosa farm was declared on entry in South Africa
Politics
/ 6 March 2023

‘Record does not exist’ that $580 000 paid to Ramaphosa farm was declared on entry in South Africa

DA gets confirmation from Sars that ‘dirty dollars’ hidden inside couch on the president’s Phala Phala farm were not declared to tax agency

By Anathi Madubela
Democratic Alliance moves motion for ad hoc committee to probe Eskom corruption
Article
/ 28 February 2023

Democratic Alliance moves motion for ad hoc committee to probe Eskom corruption

The party says the committee should have the power to summons witnesses

By Emsie Ferreira
DA calls former Eskom chief executive De Ruyter ‘brave’, thanks him for his service
Politics
/ 23 February 2023

DA calls former Eskom chief executive De Ruyter ‘brave’, thanks him for his service

DA calls former Eskom chief executive De Ruyter ‘brave’, thanks him for his service

By Lizeka Tandwa
Eskom: interdicting necessary tariff hike will be catastrophic for the country
National
/ 22 February 2023

Eskom: interdicting necessary tariff hike will be catastrophic for the country

Power utility says the high court challenge to the increase is flawed in law, and could mean more load-shedding, or worse, a credit default

By Emsie Ferreira
DA in a position to disrupt ANC in Eastern Cape, top contender Andrew Whitfield says
Politics
/ 21 February 2023

DA in a position to disrupt ANC in Eastern Cape, top contender Andrew Whitfield says

Current chairperson hopes to take over from Nqaba Bhanga when the DA elects provincial leaders – and to deliver an upset in the 2024 election

By Lizeka Tandwa
For Cape Town – with love and squalor
National
/ 20 February 2023

For Cape Town – with love and squalor

Political rhetoric can’t plaster over the city’s divides and rewrite its haunted past

By Emsie Ferreira and Eunice Masson
Financial mismanagement and land grabs a Johannesburg political game
National
/ 20 February 2023

Financial mismanagement and land grabs a Johannesburg political game

Illegal land occupation and alleged corruption plague the city’s unstable administrations

By Khaya Koko
Burned by its 2019 ‘woke’ experiment, the DA is unlikely to follow the same path leading up to 2024
Politics
/ 20 February 2023

Burned by its 2019 ‘woke’ experiment, the DA is unlikely to follow the same path leading up to 2024

The party believes it has been able to ‘self-correct’ after alienating white voters in the previous national and provincial elections

By Paddy Harper
The USA, Maimane and the DA: How Mmusi Maimane’s plan to change the DA fell apart
Politics
/ 19 February 2023

The USA, Maimane and the DA: How Mmusi Maimane’s plan to change the DA fell apart

An internal report implicates Maimane as the mastermind in a plan to rid the party of its white leaders, thereby alienating white voters

By Paddy Harper and Lizeka Tandwa
Schweizer-Reneke saga comes back to bite DA leaders
Politics
/ 19 February 2023

Schweizer-Reneke saga comes back to bite DA leaders

Internal report finds former youth leader Luyolo Mphithi not to blame for party’s response to Schweizer-Reneke school ‘racist’ incident

By Lizeka Tandwa and Paddy Harper
Auditor General red flags eThekwini as city falters
National
/ 18 February 2023

Auditor General red flags eThekwini as city falters

Although the city seems to be stabilising politically, it is heading for an uncertain financial future

By Paddy Harper
Ramaphosa defends state of disaster, electricity ministry
National
/ 16 February 2023

Ramaphosa defends state of disaster, electricity ministry

In closing the debate on his State of the Nation address, the president said the country was not abandoning coal as a major power source

By Emsie Ferreira
State of the Nation address debate opens 2024 election season early
Politics
/ 14 February 2023

State of the Nation address debate opens 2024 election season early

DA leader says voters face a clear choice in next year’s national polls after president lost the opportunity to pull back from the brink

By Emsie Ferreira
Why Tshwane executive mayor Randall Williams resigned
Politics
/ 13 February 2023

Why Tshwane executive mayor Randall Williams resigned

Embattled mayor had been under pressure over the city’s adverse audit opinion in 2021-2022

By Paddy Harper
Democratic Alliance court challenge to Eskom disaster declaration is ‘quite confusing’, says presidency
Politics
/ 10 February 2023

Democratic Alliance court challenge to Eskom disaster declaration is ‘quite confusing’, says presidency

The presidency has described the decision by the Democratic Alliance (DA) to challenge the declaration of a national state of disaster over Eskom as “confusing” given that the party had been asking the president to do so since last year. DA leader John Steenhuisen confirmed on Friday that the party had already briefed its legal […]

By Paddy Harper
As waste piles up and the stench intensifies, Tembisa residents threaten protest
The Green Guardian
/ 9 February 2023

As waste piles up and the stench intensifies, Tembisa residents threaten protest

But the municipality has laid the blame for the filthy state of Tembisa at the feet of the community

By Lesego Chepape
Mpho Phalatse plans to continue Mmusi Maimane’s vision, if elected DA leader
Politics
/ 8 February 2023

Mpho Phalatse plans to continue Mmusi Maimane’s vision, if elected DA leader

The former mayor says the ‘culture of fear’ in the party needs to be dealt with and it needs to be more honest about its links with the EFF

By Lizeka Tandwa
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