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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.
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/ 11 December 2009
The Democratic Alliance on Friday strongly criticised Armscor’s ”big-spending bosses” for wasting R3-million on attending arms shows.
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/ 8 December 2009
The use of racial criteria to appoint state employees has caused a massive level of vacancies in state departments, a DA research report has found.
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/ 7 December 2009
The ANC on Monday condemned the disruption of a DA meeting in Pretoria, but rejected claims that those responsible were ”bone fide” ANC members.
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/ 3 December 2009
The DA on Thursday called for a probe into ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema’s handing out of food parcels in Cape Town.
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/ 26 November 2009
DA Gauteng finance spokesperson Mike Moriarty on Thursday accused the ANC of avoiding a debate on the provincial budget.
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/ 25 November 2009
Opposition parties expressed reservations on Wednesday about the appointment of Menzi Simelane as National Director of Public Prosecutions.
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/ 17 November 2009
New data shows the rot has set in at the SAPS and the government appears unconcerned about the most fundamental problems, the DA says.
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/ 11 November 2009
The ANC government ignores the picture painted by international indices as it believes it is the only party capable of telling the truth, the DA says.