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/ 19 November 2008
ANC’s vision of a developmental state is detrimental to the poor, the unemployed and the politically unconnected.
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/ 18 November 2008
Marianne Thamm, Open Society Research Fellow for 2008, reports on new electoral volatility that poses a threat to the ANC’s overwhelming majority.
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/ 10 November 2008
The Democratic Alliance is to ”relaunch” itself in order to grow its support base, party leader Helen Zille said on Monday.
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/ 5 November 2008
ANC president Jacob Zuma’s decision to turn down an invitation to a public debate is regrettable, says Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille.
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/ 5 November 2008
Millions of South Africans are expected to register this weekend for the 2009 elections, the country’s electoral authorities said on Wednesday.
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/ 4 November 2008
The Democratic Alliance on Tuesday urged Health Minister Barbara Hogan to convene a meeting on the public healthcare budget crisis.
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/ 3 November 2008
African National Congress splinter group leaders who recently served the ruling party with ”divorce papers” are guilty of bigamy, says Jacob Zuma.
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/ 27 October 2008
DA leader Helen Zille has called on the Public Service Commission to probe allegations the ANC is interfering in public-service appointments.
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/ 24 October 2008
The appointment of Mnyamezeli Booi as the ANC chief whip in the National Assembly showed the ANC had lost its moral compass, the DA said on Friday.
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/ 23 October 2008
The DA has called on the Independent Electoral Commission to act and quell political violence and intimidation, the party said on Thursday.
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/ 17 October 2008
The ANC should pay back the R10m it received from businessmen Robert Gumede in the face of allegations that the donor was under police investigation.
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/ 16 October 2008
DA leader Helen Zille has written to the SABC requesting the broadcaster give the opposition the same platform afforded to Jacob Zuma.
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/ 14 October 2008
The DA has criticised allegations that Gauteng has responded to only seven of 195 corruption cases reported to an anti-corruption hotline.
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/ 14 October 2008
Nosimilo Ndlovu and Thembelihle Tshabalala asked ordinary South Africans to share their views on the possibility of a new political party.
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/ 10 October 2008
The new ‘coalition of the wounded’ will frighten but not dislodge the ANC at next year’s polls.
An offer to buy back voucher claims at the centre of Travelgate was considered the best option for dealing with the matter, Parliament said.
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/ 30 September 2008
The ANC should focus on addressing weaknesses in legislation governing the Scorpions instead of seeking to disband the unit, the DA said on Tuesday.
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/ 28 September 2008
The ANC and opposition DA are neck and neck among urban South Africans ahead of an election due next year, according to a survey.
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/ 24 September 2008
Elections should be held immediately, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Wednesday.
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/ 19 September 2008
Jacob Zuma must accept the decision of the prosecutors to appeal the ruling of Judge Chris Nicholson, says DA leader Helen Zille.
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/ 16 September 2008
The DA has threatened to consider private prosecution of ANC leader Jacob Zuma if the NPA declines to act further against him.
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/ 15 September 2008
The DA on Monday submitted a motion to Parliament calling for a debate on the establishment of a commission of inquiry into the arms deal.
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/ 5 September 2008
Cape Town mayor Helen Zille has accused cellphone giant Vodacom of helping the ANC-controlled Western Cape government to illegally spy on her.
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/ 4 September 2008
The Democratic Alliance on Thursday raised concerns over the South African Police Service’s ability to undertake complex investigations.
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/ 4 September 2008
The DA has raised concerns over the South African Police Service’s ability to undertake complex crime investigations.
The ID in Cape Town on Wednesday blocked a bid to fine an errant DA councillor on the grounds that the punishment was too light.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Wednesday called for the unconditional and immediate scrapping of the two Bills that aim to disband the Scorpions.
The election fodder was wheeled out for a photo-opportunity at the Inkatha Freedom Party’s offices in downtown Durban this week.
African National Congress president Jacob Zuma’s ascent will not bring a new era of ”openness”, said Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille on Friday.
While Blade Nzimande attacks the media and judiciary, South Africans must heed the words of the Constitution’s caretakers.
Sotyu proclaimed that the Scorpions would be dissolved because the ANC had decided to do so, despite public hearings into the issue.
The sector education and training authorities (Setas) should be scrapped and replaced with a tax-rebate scheme for skills development, the DA says.