Government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi has hit back at Cosatu and the DA, saying those opposing the Gauteng tolls "must get used it".
Despite reduced rates, Cosatu and the DA have again rejected the implementation of toll fees on Gauteng’s freeways.
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/ 17 February 2012
A DA by-election victory in Limpopo this week was a blow for the ANC but it would take decades to unseat the party in the province.
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/ 17 February 2012
The ANC has met Western Cape premier Helen Zille’s state of the province speech with doubt, saying she failed to give immediate solutions to poverty.
Kemp J Kemp SC goes into battle to protect his long time client Jacob Zuma at the Supreme Court of Appeal.
The DA says Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder needs to be reminded about the "real history" of South Africa after his comments on land.
President Jacob Zuma’s counsel has conceded his dropped corruption charges "can be revisited at any time", but tried to ensure this would not be done.
A 2009 decision to discontinue the legal prosecution of President Jacob Zuma was reviewable, the Supreme Court of Appeal heard.
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/ 15 February 2012
The DA has asked the Supreme Court of Appeal to follow a broad approach to give the DA legal standing to get records from the NPA.
The DA has readied itself for its pursuit of the records that led to the suspension of corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma.
Responding to the State of the Nation, the DA says an inability to reach reconciliation through economic redress is the cause of national discontent.
President Jacob Zuma will have to return to court on Wednesday in an attempt to prevent an investigation into his alleged corruption.
The DA is calling for a probe into the mineral resources department following its handling of "the mineral rights debacle involving Kumba and ICT".
Glynnis Breytenbach is convinced she is being targeted for pushing ahead with an investigation into suspended crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli.
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/ 11 February 2012
The Press Council’s Ombudsman has reported to editors a 70% increase over the last three years in the number of complaints about newspaper reports.
The DA has detailed 10 broken promises since the President’s State of the Nation speech last year, and thinks this year will be "more of the same".
DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko says her political career and great hair have made her a role model for young girls of all races.
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/ 5 February 2012
The DA in Plettenberg Bay has allegedly given a company run by a resident in the area a R4.3-million short-term IT contract without a tender.
Two DA members have been nominated as the party’s Gauteng leader and national spokesperson Mmusi Maimane is not on the list.
Inspired by the DA’s poster campaign, the <i>M&G</i> wondered what it would be like if other political parties went "posterl".
Kgalema Motlanthe has agreed to work with Lindiwe Mazibuko to ensure government ministers adequately answer questions from opposition parties.
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/ 24 January 2012
Vote DA, and you’ll be able to pomp people who are not like you, writes <b>Chris Roper</b>.
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/ 24 January 2012
A DA Student Organisation poster showing a young mixed race couple in a passionate clinch is "shocking", says the Christian Democratic Party.
The DA has accused Sactwu of shielding Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel from the fallout of R100-million worth of workers’ pension funds.
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/ 23 January 2012
DA spokesperson Mmusi Maimane says he still hasn’t made a decision on whether to run for the position of Gauteng premier.
The DA leader’s labelling of musician Simphiwe Dana as a ‘professional black’ smacks of racial insensitivity and cheap political point-scoring.
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/ 20 January 2012
SEZ offer little detail and don’t clarify government’s policy, say critics.
The DA will begin a probe into the fitness of government spokesperson Jimmy Manyi to be a member of the Media Development and Diversity Agency board.
Hout Bay residents are fighting tooth and nail to stop the construction of an office block on Chapman’s Peak drive by the operators of the toll road.
Cope’s former spokesperson Philip Dexter denies he left for financial reasons, despite a Facebook appeal for donations to help fight a court case.
Philip Dexter says his return to the ANC, three years after defecting, was due in part to the Cope’s quest for cooperation with the DA.
DA MP Masizole Mnqasela says his support for ousted party parliamentary leader Athol Trollip is behind the charges laid against him this week.