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/ 27 February 2009
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema is a product of the ANC’s failed education policy, DA leader Helen Zille said on Friday
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/ 26 February 2009
South African voters will get their first introduction to political advertisements on television this weekend.
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/ 25 February 2009
The police are making up stories about Durban businessman Prince Sifiso Zulu, his attorney Wandile Mahlungulu said on Wednesday.
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/ 24 February 2009
The DA on Tuesday said Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and government’s new economic task team must act faster to save local jobs.
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/ 24 February 2009
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille stands by her remark made on Sunday that Julius Malema is an ”inkwenkwe”, which refers to an uncircumcised boy.
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/ 23 February 2009
The Gauteng Economic Development Agency (Geda) has dismissed claims that it gave former chief executive Carl Niehaus a hero’s farewell.
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/ 20 February 2009
Gauteng Premier Paul Mashatile accused the DA on Friday of using apartheid tactics in what is fast becoming a war of words between the two parties.
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/ 18 February 2009
Gauteng Premier Paul Mashatile had previously warned the ANC leadership about its former spokesperson, Carl Niehaus, he said on Wednesday.
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/ 18 February 2009
A City of Cape Town disciplinary committee has found DA councillor Frank Martin guilty of encouraging people to invade homes at Delft in the city.
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/ 14 February 2009
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said all the right things when unveiling the party’s election manifesto in Johannesburg on Saturday.
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/ 13 February 2009
The Democratic Alliance on Friday called for a forensic audit into the Gauteng Economic Development Agency while Carl Niehaus worked there.
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/ 13 February 2009
The DA is to propose to Parliament next week that the JSC should be involved in the selection of the country’s top prosecutor.
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/ 12 February 2009
The Democratic Alliance will not be intimidated by political thugs, party leader Helen Zille said on Thursday.
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/ 10 February 2009
It will be a ”logistical nightmare” for the IEC to prepare for elections if expats are allowed to vote, it was reported on Tuesday.
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/ 6 February 2009
There were some interesting hats at Friday’s opening of Parliament, but nothing to scare the pigeons as much as the 21-gun salute did.
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/ 3 February 2009
An attempt to get the arms deal inquiry reopened is to be made in Wednesday’s meeting of the standing committee on public accounts in Parliament.
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/ 3 February 2009
Signal failure is the likely cause behind the two train crashes on Monday, Railway Safety Regulator spokesperson Kwazi Kwaza said on Tuesday.
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/ 2 February 2009
The DA is calling for the immediate resignation of Khaya Ngqula, the chief executive of South African Airways.
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/ 29 January 2009
The African National Congress triumphed in 23 of the 27 wards contested in six provinces in Wednesday’s by-election.
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/ 27 January 2009
Battle lines were drawn between the opposition and the ANC when the committee deciding the future of Vusi Pikoli began its formal deliberations.
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/ 26 January 2009
Oopposition parties want the courts to change the electoral Act in a bid to give millions of expatriates the right to vote in upcoming elections.
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/ 23 January 2009
Helen Zille accused the ANC on Friday of rewarding crime by putting Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and Tony Yengeni on its election nomination lists.
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/ 22 January 2009
The National Prosecuting Authority’s R5-million agreement with fraud convict Schabir Shaik was ”normal”, it said on Thursday.
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/ 22 January 2009
The NPA will respond late on Thursday afternoon to media reports that it has made a ”secret deal” with fraud convict Schabir Shaik.
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/ 21 January 2009
Hijacking schools for political rallies during school hours is irresponsible, the Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday.
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/ 21 January 2009
The Democratic Alliance has proposed far-reaching changes to governance policy, including the direct election of the president, premiers and mayors.
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/ 20 January 2009
It will be JZ versus HZ in the coming elections, if DA leader Helen Zille has her way.
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/ 19 January 2009
Government needs to say how it plans to protect the local economy from the effects of the global financial crisis, the DA said on Monday.
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/ 19 January 2009
Teachers affiliated to the SA Democratic Teachers Union were sacrificing the teaching of children for electioneering, the DA said on Monday.
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/ 16 January 2009
The ANC’s 2009 election manifesto — described by some commentators as ”pro-poor” — is in fact pro-poverty and pro-unemployment, the DA says.
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/ 15 January 2009
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will launch its 2009 election campaign on January 31 in Soweto, the party announced on Thursday.
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/ 15 January 2009
An ANC lurch to the left is bound to throw the country off course, said Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille on Thursday.