AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo has announced he has joined the Democratic Alliance, says the party’s Eastern Cape leader.
The AbaThembu king has travelled to the Union Buildings to tell Jacob Zuma that he is joining the DA and wants the president to vacate office.
Pro-Zuma supporters within the Gauteng ANC say the body is undermining the party’s election campaign and is ill-prepared for next year’s polls.
A meeting meant to resolve issues between the DA in Tlokwe municipality and ousted mayor Maphetle Maphetle has ended in threats of land grabs.
The DA is a cringe-worthy option for those who fancy themselves informed and sensitive. But it has grown on the most unlikely of people.
Even though the ANC should have acted faster on corruption claims against Tlokwe’s former mayor, he should not have been voted out, says the party.
The DA’s Lindiwe Mazibuko wants an investigation into whether President Jacob Zuma misled Parliament about the upgrades to his Nkandla homestead.
A DA youth activist lost all his clothing when his home in Gugulethu, Cape Town, was set alight in an allegedly politically-motivated attack.
The launch of a new political party by Mamphela Ramphele is another step in building a new majority in South African politics, says the DA.
The South African government knew that British spooks were spying on it at the 2009 London G20 summit, say international relations sources.
After uproar from the opposition and gender activists, ANC MP John Jeffery says the comment made to the DA’s Lindiwe Mazibuko was misunderstood.
There was no news from Parliament on the health of Nelson Mandela on Thursday, although Jacob Zuma mentioned him several times in a 46-minute speech.
Sanral has welcomed the DA’s announcement that it would donate R1-million to Outa to help continue the legal battle against e-tolls.
The ANC almost lost control of Oudtshoorn municipality to the Democratic Alliance while its provincial leaders were bickering over positions.
The DA will continue to roll out its airtime voucher campaign, despite a call by the ANC to boycott the cellphone networks involved.
The City of Cape Town will not be distracted from delivering sanitation services by "thugs" within the youth league, says mayor Patricia de Lille.
But African National Congress chairperson in KwaZulu-Natal says the party is just trying to win hearts and minds.
Despite the Gauteng premier’s claims unemployment has increased since Nomvula Mokonyane took over, the Democratic Alliance has said.
A controversial BBC report on white South Africans has been condemned by the ANC and the DA for being incongruent with the reality in the country.
The DA and the Mpumalanga education department has condemned an alleged incident of racial segregation at Hendrina Combined School, near Middelburg.
Cosatu has rejected claims by Helen Zille that it is keeping people unemployed by influencing government not to implement the youth wage subsidy.
Why did Helen Zille cry? This was the question as the image of the DA leader "sobbing" in the provincial legislature surfaced on social networks.
Helen Zille led a rally to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the DA’s march for the youth wage subsidy, which resulted in clashes with Cosatu.
The DA’s campaign to take control of Gauteng began in Orange Farm with a promise by its leader Helen Zille to introduce the youth wage subsidy.
The year is 2040 and the Democratic Alliance rules the country. A new history has been written and taught in schools. Here is the edited version.
A report into spending on President Jacob Zuma’s private home at Nkandla will be discussed behind closed doors, says the DA.
Referencing Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s recent article in the M&G, Helen Zille has said that the DA has stood for the truth and reconciliation in SA.
A debate on the use of the Waterkloof Air Force Base by the Gupta family last week will be held in Parliament, the ANC has said.
There is no crisis at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, the Gauteng health department has said.
Criticising President Jacob Zuma and the ANC, the Democratic Alliance has blamed the ruling party for the country’s high unemployment levels.
Youth in South Africa have grown ‘disillusioned’ to politics after 1994, DA leader Helen Zille has said as the DA Youth elected a new leadership.
Far from legitimising an unjust order, Helen Suzman was unequivocal in her opposition to apartheid, writes Francis Antonie.