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Democratic Alliance

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/ 26 March 2009

DA wins by landslide in Cape by-elections

The DA won victories in two by-elections held in Cape Town on Wednesday, a sign, the party says, that it is on track to win the Western Cape.

By Stuart Graham
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/ 25 March 2009

DA, ANC refuse to lift lid on budgets

The African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance remained unwilling to reveal the size of their election budgets on Tuesday.

By Natasha Marrian
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/ 23 March 2009

IEC dismisses Winnie objection

ANC veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela will be allowed to represent the ANC in Parliament, the Independent Electoral Commission said on
Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 23 March 2009

DA expects to win 40% of Western Cape vote

The DA will win at least 40% of the vote in the Western Cape next month, party chief executive Ryan Coetzee said on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 23 March 2009

DA: Govt backtracking on fight against crime

The DA said on Monday it would be irresponsible to delay the release of crime statistics as they help police respond to localised crime situations.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 23 March 2009

Zille challenges Zuma to visit stinky Free State town

ANC president Jacob Zuma should face the people of the Matjhabeng municipality where raw sewage flows through the streets, Helen Zille said on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 March 2009

Zuma could know his fate soon

African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma might know his fate before the end of this month, it emerged on Friday.

By Mail Guardian Online Reporter, Sapa Author, Boyd Webb and Agencies Author
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/ 20 March 2009

Zille: Zuma saga rattling investors

Reports that the NPA is considering dropping charges against Jacob Zuma are rattling investor confidence, said DA leader Helen Zille on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 19 March 2009

‘No food shortages in Gauteng hospitals’

The Gauteng health department faced “some admin challenges” but that did not affect food supply to state hospitals, an official said on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 March 2009

Opposition slams reports of dropping Zuma charges

Opposition parties have been quick to hit out at the reported intention of the NPA to drop charges against ANC president Jacob Zuma.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 March 2009

IEC mum on objections to candidates

The IEC said on Wednesday it would not reveal how many objections it had received to candidates nominated on the provisional election list.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 March 2009

Could Cope be the sea change?

There is space in the electoral market. The only question is whether any opposition party can exploit the opportunity.

By Richard Calland
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/ 17 March 2009

DA objects to Winnie nomination

The DA said on Tuesday it has asked the IEC and ANC to remove Winnie Madikizela-Mandela from the party’s election list because of her fraud conviction

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 March 2009

Missing dockets: ‘The minister cannot stay silent’

There has been a 56% increase in the number of missing police dockets over the past year, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 March 2009

ANC tells defectors that all is forgiven

African National Congress defectors were free to come back and rejoin the organisation, said ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe on Sunday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 15 March 2009

Zille: ‘I will keep on telling the truth about the ANC’

Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille promised on Sunday to attack ”ANC corruption” no matter what the international consequences.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 13 March 2009

Zille on blessings of a DA win in W Cape

The leader of the DA, Helen Zille, has outlined an idyllic picture of what life will be like if her party wins the April 22 election.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 12 March 2009

DA to propose new expat voting law

Having won the greater part of what it went to court for, the DA is now proposing new legislation to clean up the whole business of the expat vote.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 12 March 2009

DA: Vote ruling will change election result

The DA predicted on Thursday that the court ruling allowing expatriates to vote would improve the party’s performance in the April 22 elections.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 March 2009

Cope denies coalition plans with ANC

The Congress of the People says it is not considering forming a coalition with the African National Congress after the coming elections.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 March 2009

Boesak warns Zille over army threat

Cape Town mayor Helen Zille’s threat to call in the army to quell taxi violence was reminiscent of the apartheid era, Allan Boesak said on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 March 2009

DA asks Motlanthe to probe Shaik parole

The Democratic Alliance has urged President Kgalema Motlanthe to order an investigation into the medical parole of fraudster Schabir Shaik.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 March 2009

Zille: ‘Only the DA is big enough to stop Zuma’

The Democratic Alliance is the party to stop the ANC’s bid to gain a two-thirds majority, its leader Hellen Zille said on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 10 March 2009

Experts slam medical evidence in Shaik’s release

Suboptimal conditions in prison hospitals is not a valid basis for releasing fraud convict Schabir Shaik on medical parole, experts said on Tuesday.

By Qudsiya Karrim and Sapa Afp
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/ 8 March 2009

Zille: Why Zuma and Boesak can’t be trusted

ANC president Jacob Zuma cannot be president of the country because he cannot be trusted, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on
Saturday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 6 March 2009

Zille challenges Cope to speak out on coalition

DA leader Helen Zille has challenged Cope to say whether it plans to enter into a coalition with the ANC after the April elections.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 6 March 2009

No campaign, no votes

Voter support for the Congress of the People could have fallen to between 6% and 8%, suggest surveys conducted by pollster Markinor and the DA.

By Mandy Rossouw and Mmanaledi Mataboge
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/ 5 March 2009

ANC denies distributing false DA pamphlet

The African National Congress on Wednesday denied distributing fake Democratic Alliance pamphlets in Mpumalanga.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 4 March 2009

Overseas vote case intensifies

Judges worked late into the night after intense argument by lawyers fighting over whether all South Africans living abroad should be allowed to vote.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 4 March 2009

Don’t disenfranchise South Africans, FF+ tells court

South Africans should never again be denied the right to vote, the Freedom Front Plus said in the Constitutional Court on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 March 2009

Zille: DA saved Cape Town

DA leader Helen Zille on Monday dismissed claims by Cope that her party has not made a difference to the lives of the people of Cape Town.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 2 March 2009

ANC, DA and Cope make candidate list cut-off

The ANC, DA and Cope submitted their candidate lists for the coming general election before the 5pm cut-off on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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