Cape Town ratepayers will foot the bill for a court wrangle in which the DA turned on one of its own.
A fight over planning permission may not sound like a major issue, but the fear is that it could be a straw in the wind.
Matuma Letsoalo speaks to the Democratic Alliance leader as he puts out fires.
Incidents like this don’t help the DA to look like the inclusive party it wants to be seen as.
The DA is appealing to Parliament to replace the National Key Points Act with the Protection of Critical Infrastructure Private Member’s Bill.
Patricia de Lille has responded to allegations made in court that CPT favoured DA donors.
The Democratic Alliance believes it has a good chance of winning widespread support in South Africa’s key metros.
MPs will debate a motion of impeachment against the president on September 1 for allowing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to leave South Africa.
The city council is accused of favouring a political donor by bending strict heritage rules
The DA hopes to get Police Minister Nathi Nhleko’s report on Nkandla set aside by the courts and for the public protector’s findings to be enforced.
The safety of South Africans depends on President Jacob Zuma firing police commissioner Riah Phiyega, the DA said in Parliament.
The five parties want the public protector’s report on upgrades to the president’s home to be included in the ad hoc committee’s programme.
The Democratic Alliance paints a rosy picture in its Vision 2029, which observers say is fanciful. But this is the dream Mmusi Maimane is selling.
President Jacob Zuma has been accused by opposition MPs of "cheapening" the lives of those who died at Marikana by refusing to release the report.
Some of those who abhor classical liberalism are in fact liberals at heart – they just don’t know it.
With Mmusi Maimane’s rise to leadership comes a new brand of liberalism that would gain the approval of previous incarnations of the DA.
Twitter users went to work on the new DA leader during his first online Q&A session, but he has made a good start.
There’ll be no lounging around for the former leader of the Democratic Alliance. She’ll be focusing on educating opposition party representatives.
The DA’s new leader hosted an online Q&A session today to answer some pressing political questions, but obviously Twitter had no chill. Take a look.
Has Mmusi Maimane really altered South Africa’s history by becoming elected leader of the official opposition party, asks Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
The Western Cape High Court has ruled that the Powers and Privileges Act is only applicable to non-members of Parliament.
The Mail & Guardian’s political reporters have some words of advice for the DA’s new leader. Let’s take a look.
Newly elected Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane has a story to tell, but it still needs to be written.
The SABC denies accusations from the DA that it won’t cover the party’s congress this weekend, but says it will only be shown on its DSTV channel.
DA contenders for the leadership and the federal chair posts are trying to win delegates’ votes before the national congress this weekend.
The party insists the email alleging that Mmusi Maimane and other top officials use women as "playthings" is merely a "disinformation smear".
DA leadership candidates Mmusi Maimane and Wilmot James have agreed to participate in a debate chaired by Rapport editor Waldimar Pelser on Insig.
Big changes are not on the cards in the opposition party’s constitutional amendment document.
Patricia De Lille was overwhelmingly elected as the new leader of the Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape on Saturday evening.
Mmusi Maimane has accepted nomination to stand as the Democratic Alliance’s leader, saying it is his chance to "restore hope" in the country’s future.
The president claims in court papers that his predecessor offered him R20m to go quietly.
James Selfe’s apparent bid to decide the next leader of the party by introducing a new rule has not gone down well.