MPs challenged him on skewed spending, saying the poor suffered while billions went to protecting politicians
Hit by the pandemic, unrest and load-shedding, the province’s economy has suffered a chronic decline
This weekend the Democratic Alliance will choose between two starkly different visions for its future
John Steenhuisen is the DA’s new interim Federal Leader while Ivan Meyer was elected the new party chairperson on Sunday
John Steenhuisen, Bonginkosi Madikizela and Makashule Gana will contest the position for interim party leader
The embattled mayor of Tshwane, who has lost favour with some in his caucus, may step down to focus on the 2019 elections
The party is turning to new voters to reverse a decline in its support ahead of the 2019 general elections
With the party eyeing control of three provinces, there is no shortage of takers for the top positions
The DA’s member of the Gauteng legislature believes he has what it takes to be premier
The party leaders boasted that it had emerged more united and diverse then ever, but its newly elected leadership did not reflect the same diversity
The race to become the Democratic Alliance’s official candidate for premier of Gauteng has begun in earnest
The Tshwane mayor says he did not join the DA for positions and will continue active participation in whatever capacity he can
A plurality of ideas is more important than targets for race and gender, some members maintain – but this does not tally with the need for redress
‘Newcomer’ Ghaleb Cachalia believes he can win over ANC members dissatisfied with the party
‘We need somebody who understands the strategy and who’s got the battle scars to take Gauteng away from the ANC,’ said the Tshwane mayor
He’s ambitious but says his move to the province was not motivated by a desire to become premier
The Democratic Alliances’s black caucus is out to challenge party leader Helen Zille’s culture of annointing ‘yes men and women’.
The race is on for Lindiwe Mazibuko’s Parliament position between the opposition’s golden boy, Mmusi Maimane, and its black caucus’s Makashule Gana.
At the DA’s election manifesto launch, members of the opposition party have used the platform to address SA’s jobs issue and corruption.
The DA is gearing up for national elections in 2014 in which it plans to win at least 30% of the votes from the 17% it obtained in 2009.