John Steenhuisen and Mbali Ntuli both acknowledged the problems faced by the party over the past year, with each of them offering their own leadership vision.
This weekend the Democratic Alliance will choose between two starkly different visions for its future
The party and AfriForum staged protests outside the magistrate’s court during the bail application by two men accused of killing a farm manager in the eastern Free State
In response to Ryno Geldenhuys’s piece Under Mbali Ntuli the DA would offer South Africans a new political home, published in the Mail & Guardian on 13 October
The KwaZulu-Natal MPL, who is running against John Steenhuisen for the post as party leader, embodies the hopes and dreams of the majority of citizens
With reference to Eusebius McKaiser “The DA’s next leader should have a diverse political toolkit” (Mail&Guardian, September 23)
But in the battle of John and Mbali, the way things are going, the party will crucify the better option
The leader of the new One South Africa Movement says his former party has set itself on a course away from multiracialism after its recent policy conference
Despite growing disgruntlement and a string of high-profile resignations, often by black members, DA rank and file don’t appear to be jumping ship
The official opposition said current ANC policies to undo historic economic injustices have only benefited an elite few
Party’s policy conference could provide clarity on its future direction and clues about the likely contenders for leadership positions
The DA says former Gauteng leader John Moodey resigned from the party amid allegations that he was conspiring against fellow party members ahead of crucial party meetings
In a robust meeting of the hybrid sitting of National Assembly, President Cyril Ramaphosa met MPs face to face for the first time since questions over lockdown corruption arose
Gauteng chairperson, Mike Moriarty, says the party needs stability, not controversy, at its helm
Sani the barber and uBaba risk their lives, while Helen, Queen of the Karens, fires off another salvo
President Cyril Ramaphosa tells MPs he expects tough economic times ahead for South Africans, but the crisis is a chance to ‘look at the way we’re doing things’
The Democratic Alliance’s court case is about much more than an esoteric question of constitutional law
The postponement of the policy conference and elective congress would result in slight delays in preparations for the 2021 poll.
The state of politics and geopolitics has been exacerbated, rather than stabilised, by the coronavirus crisis
Court declares that the Gauteng premier’s decision to place the metro under administration was unlawful and sets it aside — after the Covid-19 lockdown ends
The president and political parties put their differences aside as South Africa tackles what has been described as one of its biggest post-apartheid challenges yet
Hundreds of legislators won’t be able to meet in parliamentary chambers after restrictions on gatherings to curb the spread of Covid-19 disease
The biggest challenge for the next leader of the Democratic Alliance will be to get politicians like Mbali Ntuli onside
The Democratic Alliance is likely to lose Tshwane when residents vote again
The head of the Democratic Alliance in Gauteng says he wants to take his experience to the national level
‘If you want a guarantee buy a toaster. This is politics’
ANC MPs test the EFF’s disruptive tactics on the leader of the Red Berets in Sona reply
People who know John Steenhuisen, the DA’s interim leader, say he has what it takes to lead
People who know John Steenhuisen, the DA’s interim leader, say he has what it takes to lead
John Steenhuisen is the DA’s new interim Federal Leader while Ivan Meyer was elected the new party chairperson on Sunday
The likely interim leader of the DA says he wants to listen to members who may leave following Mmusi Maimane’s resignation
The DA’s John Steenhuisen is reasonable but he shares Helen Zille’s ‘race doesn’t matter’ mantra