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/ 9 December 2010
The DA will push Parliament’s rules committee to introduce measures to make the president and his ministers more accountable to questions from MPs.
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/ 7 December 2010
The R1,2-million spent by Eskom on a ceremony to mark the reopening of its Camden power station was not all spent on lunch, the utility said.
The DA has requested that the minister of justice appear before the portfolio committee of trade and industry.
If 50% is a pass mark, President Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet of 2010 has failed, according to the Democratic Alliance (DA).
The DA has applied for leave to appeal a judgement dismissing its attempt to have the appointment of Menzi Simelane as prosecutions boss set aside.
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/ 1 December 2010
Menzi Simelane may have effectively defeated the Democratic Alliance’s challenge to have him removed from office.
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/ 25 November 2010
The DA sent a letter to government regarding SA’s vote to delete the basis of sexual orientation from a resolution condemning unjustified executions.
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/ 22 November 2010
Local politicians and lobbyists vowed to continue their fight for a South African entry visa for the Dalai Lama following meetings with him in India.
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/ 18 November 2010
The DA has laid charges with the Office of the Speaker against Mpumalanga Education Minister Reginah Mhaule over outstanding matric results.
The failure of the DA to remove prosecutions boss Menzi Simelane has cleared the way for him to focus on his duties, the government said on Wednesday.
The DA may challenge the appointment of the prosecutions boss in the Constitutional Court, after its application was rebuffed in a high court.
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/ 4 November 2010
The declining rankings of SA in key development and competitiveness indicators points to a massive policy failure by government, the DA said.
Cosatu urged newly appointed Cabinet ministers on Monday to bring down "unacceptable" levels of unemployment, poverty and inequality.
The DA said on Monday that it has laid charges for breach of the Companies Act against the former chief whip of the ANC, Tony Yengeni.
The DA is to lay charges against ANC veteran Tony Yengeni after reports he accepted company directorships in contravention of the Companies Act.
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/ 27 October 2010
The toilets-without-walls saga in Makhaza, Khayelitsha, continued on Wednesday with the release of a report by the City of Cape Town.
Janet Love’s appointment to HRC is a case of cadre deployment, says Zille.
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/ 21 October 2010
The ANC is concerned that the media barely reported on the resignation of a senior DA leader in KwaZulu-Natal, the party said on Thursday.
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/ 20 October 2010
The debate about biofuel has largely been silent since the advent of the recession but as the economy slowly recovers the talk has begun again.
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/ 17 October 2010
The DA will ask the Standing Committee on Public Accounts for an urgent special hearing into the termination of the investigation into the arms deal.
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/ 15 October 2010
The ANC is on a political drive to "destroy" South Africa’s provinces, DA leader Helen Zille said on Friday.
If you think there is no evidence of the politicisation of the HRC, then read this.
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/ 13 October 2010
The DA will inspect one of the seven “mud schools” in the Eastern Cape that have launched legal action against the state during a visit on Friday.
The DA on Tuesday delivered a petition containing 28 710 signatures, protesting the Protection of Information Bill, to Tuynhuys.
There is little doubt, according to the opposition Democratic Alliance, that the ANC is trying to advance its agenda of nationalisation by stealth.
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/ 11 October 2010
The DA on Monday renewed its call for teaching to be declared an essential service and urged teachers belonging to Sadtu to resign from the union.
The evidence doesn’t stack up in WC Premier Helen Zille’s accusation that the Human Rights Commission is being used as a "political hit squad".
Helen Zille on Friday stepped up her protest that an HRC probe was being used by the ruling party to target the opposition.
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/ 24 September 2010
President Jacob Zuma said on Friday that South Africans should draw a lesson from the World Cup with regards to national unity.
The Protection of Information Bill and the proposed media appeals tribunal were tools to mask corruption, DA leader Helen Zille said on Saturday.
The economic growth path outlined by Cosatu is "out of touch" and an "impractical wish list of discredited ideas", the DA says on Wednesday.
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/ 15 September 2010
The DA’s theory of an ulterior motive in the appointment of Menzi Simelane as prosecutions boss is "simply nonsense", a court heard on Tuesday.