The party has a lot to do after the spectacular failure of its much-vaunted strategy to govern
The ruling party and Economic Freedom Fighters may cosy up after metro battles leave the Democratic Alliance bloodied
The crisis in the Democratic Alliance cannot solely be blamed on external factors
The DA will meet with the EFF to discuss the red berets’ “ongoing co-operation with the ANC in attacking coalition governments across the country”
Embattled Knysna mayor Mark Willemse is facing the axe after he voted with his conscience instead of toeing the party line
Mbalula said the ANC’s partnership with other political parties was not a coalition but issue-based co-operation
The Tshwane mayor will know on Thursday whether he will remain at the city’s helm or be removed by parties
EFF leader Julius Malema on Tuesday warned his party would not support the DA if the party did not put a different candidate other than Solly Msimanga
In the early hours of Wednesday morning the community of Bonteheuwel will shut down
The party believes the Municipal Structures Act was violated when Trollip was ousted
The DA has described the meeting as a mock council sitting which was illegal, insisting it would challenge the validity of Trollip’s removal.
DA councillor Victor Manyathi’s refusal to vote against the motion of no confidence led to council speaker Jonathan Lawack being voted out on Monday
This follows revelations made by former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas at the state capture inquiry on Friday
The DA is split between those who back Alan Winde and Bonginkosi Madikizela’s supporters
The DA wants to probe Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s decisions in office since being appointed in 2016, which it says have been ‘incompetent’
In a two-day meeting held over the weekend, the party’s federal executive set out the process it would use to select Patricia de Lille’s successor
Around the Cape Flats, communities have been agitating for the Western Cape and national governments to help them clamp down on gang violence
Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane says Msimanga represents ‘a new generation of leaders’ in the party
Civil society groups fear President Cyril Ramaphosa is being lobbied about not signing the Political Party Funding Bill until after the 2019 election
‘If Mashaba was intending to out himself as a disciple of the orange bloat filling the US presidency, he did extremely well’
This year the ANC Youth League is to elect its new leadership
The party says that the public broadcaster’s inability to pay its bills and legal fees shows that it’s ‘on the verge of insolvency’
President Ramaphosa’s administration is planning to lay off 30 000 public servants in the next three years. More in this week’s unembargoed.
The Cape Town mayor’s supporters and her critics feel disappointed by her resignation deal
Staff say Benedicta Monama knows little about the agency and highlight her controversial past
‘Land reform has never been just a nice-to-do. Both for reasons of equity and to provide a base for economic growth, it has always been a have-to-do’
With only a few months left until the 2019 national elections, the Democratic Alliance this week found itself beset by a new crisis
Helen Zille says that retirement is not an option for her as she approaches her 13th year in an executive post in government
The DA plans to make a complaint against the SABC for broadcasting President Ramaphosa’s land expropriation announcement
Bonginkosi Madikizela has taken himself out of the running for Cape Town mayor, saying he is already running for the position of Western Cape Premier
On Saturday it was revealed that the DA’s federal council had decided to ditch black economic empowerment, claiming the policy was ‘just not working’
Patricia de Lille says she is not finished with pursuing legal action against 12 people whom she says defamed her