The only municipality in Gauteng governed the Democratic Alliance is accused of discrimination by the ruling party’s mayoral candidate.
It started with a mere complaint about a neighbourhood issue. But it may turn into defamation charges – and some unexpected campaigning for the EFF.
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An election advert using Mandela’s voice has elicited the ire of his grandson who says he shouldn’t be affiliated with the ‘betrayal of our struggle’.
The Treasury issued a report to the Constitutional Court on Monday, saying that the president must pay back R7.8-million.
On Thursday, the Western Cape High Court ruled in favour of the DA and its leader Mmusi Maimane and ordered the committee to be reconstituted.
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says plane is also meant for other members of the executive.
The party is hoping its strong mayoral candidate will help it win power in Zuma’s rural base.
Ramaphosa called for the party to hold hands and strategise a battle plan to win back the province and the city from the Democratic Alliance.
The Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that the local government elections can go ahead on August 3 this year.
The Democratic Alliance’s candidate lists in KZN are contested as leaders are accused of nepotism, racism and not following party guidelines.
DA leader Mmusi Maimane said the ANC’s dropping of the ‘state capture’ probe showed the ruling party was never serious about investigating the issue.
The Democratic Alliance accused the public broadcaster of censorship for delays in airing the party’s election campaign advertisements.
After causing chaos in Parliament on various occasions, the EFF members have been requested by the Democratic Alliance to pay.
The Jo’burg mayoral candidate led a DA jobs march in Diepsloot on Tuesday and explained his plans to reduce crime in the city.
The Democratic Alliance said it planned to submit a budget amendment in Parliament that could save the country R9-billion in total.
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Deputy Speaker Lechesa Tsenoli ruled that DA leader Mmusi Maimane’s calling President Jacob Zuma an “accused criminal” in Parliament was out of order.
The DA already rules out the possibility of a coalition with the EFF due to “different values”.
In their competition for local votes the ANC, DA and EFF have interesting ideas of what ‘the people’ want.
ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu warned Julius Malema that, like the right-wing group that tried to overthrow government, prison would be his ‘home’.
During a heated exchange in Parliament on Tuesday, EFF MP Nazier Paulsen referred to DA MP Yusuf Cassim as a “Zionist sell-out kaffir”.
The DA is evading to address the issue of whether secret Freemasonry membership can mix with transparent candidate list procedures.
If there are hung local councils after the August 3 elections, minnow parties could play kingmakers.
Alleged ties to freemasonry and other conflicts have caused red faces in the Democratic Alliance ahead of municipal elections.
Businessman and DA mayoral candidate Herman Mashaba said this week that he couldn’t wait to win the Jo’burg mayor’s office and transform the city.
“It’s Freedom Day and then you have this kind of political intolerance,” said DA councillor Heinz De Boer.
Last week President Jacob Zuma said that letters of reprimand were sent to the ministers accused of misconduct with regards to Nkandla.
The DA revealed that Oakbay Investments chief executive wrote to the party leader requesting a meeting, but the DA “firmly rejected” the proposal.
But perhaps the DA is working on the theme of a morally bankrupt ANC and promising well-run municipalities should it take them in the local elections.
On Saturday the Democratic Alliance held its Manifesto Launch at the Rand Stadium in Jo’burg, and focused on ‘change that moves South Africa forward’.