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/ 2 September 2010
The DA has questioned the department of basic education’s ability to ensure that the no-work, no-pay rule for striking teachers is enforced.
The Democratic Alliance has won a long-held ANC ward in Stellenbosch in a by-election, the Independent Electoral Commission confirmed on Thursday.
The "swallowing" of the Independent Democrats by the Democratic Alliance is not a threat to the ANC, a spokesperson for the ruling party has said.
The DA said on Saturday it would merge with the Independent Democrats to better challenge the ruling African National Congress in the 2014 election.
The DA on Wednesday called on ANC chief whip Mathole Motshekga to apologise for "false claims" he made about the DA.
ANC attempts to centralise government undermine the letter and spirit of the Constitution, DA parliamentary leader Athol Trollip said on Tuesday.
The ANC has come to its senses by drafting a Bill which would stop cadres from holding senior municipal jobs, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday.
The DA says it is dismayed by information presented to Parliament committee showing SA had provided millions to "rogue" African states.
Will the much publicised "engagement" between the DA and the ID at the DA Federal Congress last week result in a coalition, merger, or partnership?
Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda needs to appear before Parliament’s communications portfolio committee, the DA said on Tuesday.
The race for federal deputy chairperson within the Democratic Alliance has been won by Anchen Dreyer, Dianne Kohler Barnard and Ivan Meyer.
Seham Areff — niece to the famous Shaik brothers — has stepped out of the family mould and joined the Democratic Alliance.
Patricia De Lille and her Independent Democrats have entered into a period of courtship with the DA in a bid to "realign" opposition politics.
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille has slammed political analysts who argue the DA should remain a party that represents minorities.
In a bid to shake off its white, elitist image, the new mix of DA youth leaders will include born-frees and township residents.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe should not be allowed to continue to flout the basic legal principles of SADC, the DA said on Monday.
DA leader Helen Zille on Monday slammed the ANC Youth League for its role in the Makhaza toilets saga.
Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille will not be the star of the show at next month’s national congress of the Democratic Alliance.
President Jacob Zuma’s lawyer has urged the high court in Pretoria to dismiss a bid to have the president prosecuted as it would be unconstitutional.
The DA says its application overturn the decision to drop a corruption case against President Jacob Zuma has been unnecessarily delayed.
It’s taking eight years to process toxicology samples at the government’s forensic laboratory in Johannesburg, the DA said on Tuesday.
NPA boss Menzi Simelane has been forced to climb down after he restructured the Specialised Commercial Crimes Unit, the DA said on Thursday.
As President Jacob Zuma marked his first year in office on Monday, opposition parties said he had failed to show leadership.
The DA on Sunday described the re-appointment of Paul Mashatile as Gauteng’s ANC chairperson as "bad new" for the province.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is calling on President Jacob Zuma to apologise for his transgression in failing to declare his interests on time.
Allegations that the DA is failing to transform itself internally have resurfaced in the wake of the party’s Gauteng provincial conference.
An "email" allegedly recording racial slurs by a senior official of the Western Cape provincial government is a fake, say forensic investigators.
Government has squandered more than R1-billion of taxpayers’ money over the past eight months, the Democratic Alliance said on Thursday.
The ANC stands to earn R1-billion if the World Bank grants Eskom a loan to finance work on the Medupi power station.
The Democratic Alliance and the Independent Democrats have taken the first tentative steps towards a possible coalition at national level.
The DA asks: If the minister for performance evaluation cannot meet his deadlines, how can he expect to keep other ministers up to the mark?
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will oppose the adoption of a government land plan that proposes placing productive land under the control of the state.