Suboptimal conditions in prison hospitals is not a valid basis for releasing fraud convict Schabir Shaik on medical parole, experts said on Tuesday.
ANC president Jacob Zuma cannot be president of the country because he cannot be trusted, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on
Saturday.
DA leader Helen Zille has challenged Cope to say whether it plans to enter into a coalition with the ANC after the April elections.
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.
The African National Congress on Wednesday denied distributing fake Democratic Alliance pamphlets in Mpumalanga.
Judges worked late into the night after intense argument by lawyers fighting over whether all South Africans living abroad should be allowed to vote.
South Africans should never again be denied the right to vote, the Freedom Front Plus said in the Constitutional Court on Wednesday.
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.
The ANC, DA and Cope submitted their candidate lists for the coming general election before the 5pm cut-off on Monday.
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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.