The signs were good for taking the relationship between opposition parties to the next level, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Saturday.
An ID conference to be held on the weekend could turn out to be a significant event in the realignment of SA politics, DA leader Helen Zille says.
The Transport Department spent over R75-million on four conferences in two years, the Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday.
The DA has asked the Public Protector to investigate why President Jacob Zuma has not declared his assets and interests to Parliament.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Wednesday proposed a five-point plan to "clean up" the South African Police Service (SAPS).
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/ 18 February 2010
The DA’s objections to Mokotedi Mpshe’s appointment as acting judge stand, despite his resignation as deputy NDPP, the DA said on Thursday.
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/ 17 February 2010
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has suspended MP Dianne Kohler Barnard for five days for swearing in the National Assembly, the party said on Wednesday.
Menzi Simelane’s CV — President Jacob Zuma’s only point of reference in appointing him NPA head — was "shoddy", the DA said on Tuesday.
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/ 5 February 2010
President Jacob Zuma is misleading the nation on job creation, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Friday.
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/ 1 February 2010
Leaders of opposition parties will gather in Cape Town in March to talk about forming a united front in next year’s municipal elections, the ID says.
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/ 1 February 2010
A commission of inquiry is the only way to sort out the "critical mass of maladministration and mismanagement" at Eskom, the DA says.
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/ 27 January 2010
The police are "unwittingly fuelling the illegal arms trade" by ordering new guns to replace those that have been lost or stolen, the DA says.
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/ 27 January 2010
White extremists stuck in 1972 and Women’s League Cardigans. Hayibo’s take on the news of the day.
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/ 26 January 2010
Payouts to "failed" departing chief executives of parastatals have cost the SA public at least R262,1-million over the last decade, the DA says.
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/ 25 January 2010
Ahead of the Reserve Bank’s interest-rate decision, the DA has insisted that financial stability requires that the bank remains vigilant on inflation.
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/ 22 January 2010
Reacting to reports that the release of convicted apartheid-era killer Eugene de Kock is imminent, the DA has insisted that he should not be released.
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/ 20 January 2010
The DA says the ANC’s "full-scale assault" on eNews to force the channel to identify criminals interviewed on air is an attempt to muzzle the media.
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/ 19 January 2010
The DA on Tuesday again urged Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to review fraud convict Schabir Shaik’s medical parole.
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/ 14 January 2010
The Democratic Alliance on Thursday called on the new SABC board to appoint a politically impartial head of news.
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/ 13 January 2010
After many mixed messages, the presidency has confirmed receiving an application for a presidential pardon from convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik.
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/ 13 January 2010
In order to avoid accusations of bad faith being made against the president, the DA has put forward a private member’s Bill on presidential pardons.
The Democratic Alliance wants Barbara Hogan and Siphiwe Nyanda to explain whether Sentech is operating outside its mandate.
The DA has urged Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica to give urgent attention to making regional water boards sustainable.
Possible pardons for fraud convict Schabir Shaik or former Vlakplaas death-squad leader Eugene de Kock would be unwarranted, the DA said on Tuesday.
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/ 30 December 2009
The Democratic Alliance in Gauteng on Wednesday proposed a ”value-for-money” system in determining public-sector bonuses.
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/ 20 December 2009
South Africa’s political opposition and environmentalists have slammed the controversial Copehagen agreement reached by five powers, including SA.
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/ 18 December 2009
The DA on Friday demanded that government officials be called back to their posts to make up for the reported discrepancy in teachers’ pay increases.
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/ 15 December 2009
The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday called for a new national recruitment strategy to fill vacant doctors’ and nurses’ posts.
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/ 14 December 2009
President Jacob Zuma’s view on the NPA demonstrates a lack of constitutional understanding, said DA leader Helen Zille on Monday.
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/ 13 December 2009
The government is not doing enough to punish those who rape, murder and assault women, the Democratic Alliance said on Saturday.
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/ 11 December 2009
The ANC on Friday urged DA leader Helen Zille to start with a report card of her own cabinet in the Western Cape before criticising the government.
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/ 11 December 2009
The DA on Friday expressed concern at the Airports Company South Africa’s proposed 132,9% tariff hike.