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Democratic Alliance

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/ 16 August 2009

DA calls for minutes of govt arms trade meetings

The National Conventional Arms Control Committee must make available all minutes of its meetings over the past five years, the DA said on Sunday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 14 August 2009

On honeymoon with warm, virtual JZ

Despite feisty election-time rhetoric, the majority of the smaller opposition parties in Parliament are beginning to warm to President Jacob Zuma.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 13 August 2009

SABC should be privatised, says DA

The Democratic Alliance on Thursday called for the public broadcaster to be privatised.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 August 2009

DA revisits Schabir Shaik parole

The DA is taking legal advice on whether Shaik’s release on medical parole is reviewable after reported sightings of him driving around Durban.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 7 August 2009

Ngcobo’s nomination ‘unconstitutional’

Opposition parties have urged Jacob Zuma to withdraw his statement on the nomination of Sandile Ngcobo to replace outgoing Chief Justice Pius Langa.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 6 August 2009

Mugabe ‘preparing for war’, warns DA

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is stockpiling arms and ammunition and preparing for war, the Democratic Alliance warned on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 August 2009

DA: Education dept shows ‘relaxed’ attitude to crime

The Education Department’s ”relaxed” attitude towards school safety in Mpumalanga is contributing to escalating crime, the DA said on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 4 August 2009

Cele hits back over crime-stats criticism

New police National Commissioner Bheki Cele hit back at the opposition on Tuesday in a row over a mooted moratorium on crime statistics.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 3 August 2009

DA: ANCYL ‘setting an appalling example’

The DA has laid charges against the leadership of the ANCYL and board members of its investment arm, Lembede Investment Holdings.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 28 July 2009

Police boss should be independent, says DA

The Democratic Alliance on Tuesday urged President Jacob Zuma to appoint a national police commissioner with experience, expertise and independence.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 24 July 2009

Zille: Schools to blame for educational failures

South Africa’s collapsing school system is placing the nation at risk, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said in her weekly newsletter on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 22 July 2009

DA accuses Mthethwa of inventing Scorpions claim

Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa made up an accusation that R100-million of Scorpions funds was unaccounted for, the DA said on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 22 July 2009

Proper procedure followed in Lotto grant, says minister

The head of the Jazz Foundation, which has been paid out millions in Lotto grants, is also a member of the agency that considers grant applications.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 19 June 2009

DA: Lack of leadership has caused rape crisis

A lack of appropriate action by South Africa’s leaders has allowed the country to become the rape capital of the world, the DA said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 19 June 2009

IFP tables motion to suspend KZN speaker

The IFP on Friday tabled a motion in the KwaZulu-Natal legislature to suspend its speaker pending the outcome of her corruption trial.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 June 2009

Bring the love back to our politics

We are back to watching the familiar spectacle of the ANC and its alliance partners at each other’s throats over this and that.

By Rapule Tabane
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/ 17 June 2009

DA: The politically connected get the jobs

Government’s expanded public works programme benefits those with political connections, not the poor, DA MP James Masango said on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 June 2009

DA expresses concern over youth agency

The National Youth Development Agency seems set to repeat the mistakes of previous government youth initiatives, DA leader Helen Zille says.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 10 June 2009

DA calls on govt to lift the lid on health insurance

The DA demanded on Wednesday that the government unveil its plans for a National Health Insurance, saying secrecy would lead to a flawed system.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 7 June 2009

Zille shakes up SA politics

In apartheid times Helen Zille enraged South Africa’s white rulers, and lately she has ruffled South Africa’s black political establishment.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 5 June 2009

No more jobs for allies, Zille tells Zuma

Jacob Zuma should start transforming the public service by appointing the right people instead of political allies, Helen Zille said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 3 June 2009

Opposition: Zuma long on intentions, short on action

Opposition leaders were quick to dismiss President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address in Parliament on Wednesday as ”a wish list”.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 3 June 2009

Ellis quits as DA KZN leader

Long-serving DA politician Mike Ellis has resigned as leader of the party in KwaZulu-Natal.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 June 2009

Tackle economy, DA tells Zuma

The DA on Tuesday urged President Jacob Zuma to encourage viable industrial activity to create jobs as a way out of the country’s economic recession.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 June 2009

DA calls on KZN speaker to step down

The DA on Tuesday called on Premier Zweli Mkhize and the ANC to ask the provincial speaker to step down pending the outcome of her corruption trial.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 June 2009

ANC welcomes Zille’s ‘admittance of error’

The ANC said on Monday that it welcomed the ”admittance of error” by Western Cape Premier Helen Zille on her males-only provincial cabinet.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 1 June 2009

Second pre-election land transfer revealed in W Cape

Details of a second large transfer of prime land to national government by the Western Cape’s former ANC-led administration were revealed on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 30 May 2009

Zille: We will not be deterred by the ANC

The DA will not be deterred by ”the ANC’s plans” to disempower it through an orchestrated campaign to make the Western Cape ”ungovernable”.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 29 May 2009

Zille triumphalist, says ANC

Western Cape Premier Helen Zille’s speech at the opening of the provincial legislature on Friday had been ”aggressive and triumphalist”, the ANC said.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 26 May 2009

DA points to ANC over recession

The Democratic Alliance on Tuesday blamed the African National Congress for South Africa’s first recession since the end of apartheid.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 25 May 2009

ANC angry over timing of Zille’s address

Helen Zille has defended her decision to hold her opening address in legislature before Jacob Zuma delivers his first State of the Nation address.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 23 May 2009

ANC: Zille’s land conspiracy just more hot air

Western Cape Premier Helen Zille’s land conspiracy is misleading and just more hot air, the African National Congress said on Saturday.

By Staff Reporter
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