Long time foes became friends, and even each others’ praise singers, as former Eastern Cape premier Nosimo Balindlela joined the DA on Tuesday.
Former Congress of the People and ANC MP Nosimo Balindlela has joined the Democratic Alliance, the party’s leader Helen Zille has announced.
Zuma plans his reign after Mangaung, while opposition parties table a motion of no confidence in the president in Parliament.
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/ 9 November 2012
Students at the Eastern Cape’s Walter Sisulu University are still waiting for their loans from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme to be paid.
The ANC has dismissed the vote of no confidence tabled against Jacob Zuma by a coalition of opposition parties in Parliament as a waste of time.
President Jacob Zuma may face court action over the financing of upgrades at his rural residence in Nkandla if the Democratic Alliance gets its way.
Helen Zille goes Nkandla bashing in the KZN. She’ll stop at nothing – except a police-sponsored ANC roadblock – but can she handle the truth that lurks inside?
Government’s disregard for court orders shows there’s little chance of civil society holding anyone accountable for the expenditure on Nkandla.
The Democratic Alliance has given President Jacob Zuma 72 hours to answer questions on his new home or face legal action.
The ANC will fracture before the decade is out, pulled apart by tension between big business and labour, opposition leader Helen Zille said.
The SACP has condemned the DA’s planned inspection of Zuma’s R200-million upgrade in Nkandla, saying it is part of a "racist right wing agenda".
We look back at the 10 years since the M&G first revealed that the Scorpions were investigating then-deputy president Jacob Zuma.
The DA has announced a plan to uncover alleged impropriety related to the upgrades on President Jacob Zuma’s rural homestead in Nkandla.
The ANC has poured water on the DA’s plan to uncover alleged impropriety related to the upgrades on President Jacob Zuma’s rural homestead in Nkandla.
The ANC’s core base is alienated by a president who marshals the rhetoric of social justice, writes the Democratic Alliance’s Lindiwe Mazibuko.
Public protector Thuli Madonsela has lashed out at allegations made by her deputy, Mamiki Shai, that she is biased against the ANC.
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille will continue to lead the party until such time as ‘someone else can do this job better than I can’.
President Jacob Zuma should answer all the questions surrounding the costs of his private home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, says the DA.
The Democratic Alliance has announced the candidates who will contest elections at the party’s federal congress in November.
Speaking at the DA Western Cape conference, Zille has said that "unlike the ANC Western Cape congress … there will be no foul play or vote rigging".
The DA says expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema’s assets must be frozen after it was found that he benefited from an unlawful tender.
Two new road networks worth R582-million have been built in President Jacob Zuma’s village in KwaNxamalala, Nkandla – thanks mostly to state funds.
The DA wants a probe into allegations that R203-million of taxpayers money would be used in the revamping of President Zuma’s Nkandla homestead.
Controversy is brewing within the Democratic Alliance about outgoing leader Theuns Botha’s desire to be the new leader’s second-in-command.
The opposition is rebuilding, but the Democratic Alliance says it is still divided ahead of the Mangaung elective conference.
Julius Malema received special treatment from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) during a Limpopo by-election, says the Democratic Alliance.
Cape Town shack dwellers’ anger is about a lack of service delivery and is not politically motivated.
President Jacob Zuma’s remarks earlier in the week about the majority ruling in a democracy were "misconstrued", the presidency has said.
"It is pretty obvious that there is now open warfare between President Zuma and Julius Malema. It’s all about power," says the DA’s Mmusi Maimane.
The Democratic Alliance has held a picket at the Union Buildings and called on President Jacob Zuma to back the youth wage subsidy.
The Democratic Alliance says the basic education department is not using standard procedures for the purchasing of 2013 textbooks for Limpopo.
Despite an alleged three schools having been burnt down and schoolchildren continually being intimidated, no arrests have yet been made claim the DA.