Patricia de Lille and mayoral committee member JP Smith on "special leave" after a public spat has resulted in the two being investigated.
Cape Town’s mayor faces allegations over corruption in the construction of her home in Pinelands.
The Democratic Alliance’s Lennit Max believes his fourth attempt at the party’s Western Cape provincial leadership may
Parliament has 18 months to amend the Promotion of Access to Information Act so that political parties can disclose their sources of private funding.
Opposition parties have become “divided down the middle" after the motion of no confidence vote
The DA on Wednesday announced that it intends to table a motion to dissolve Parliament on Thursday.
The Democratic Alliance leader says the outcome of the vote of no confidence in the president proves the rot is in the ANC and not only in Jacob Zuma.
Ramaphosa, as leader of government business must encourage his MPs to show their interests "lie with the people of South Africa, not with Jacob Zuma."
The DA will not support a motion of no confidence in Premier Helen Zille when it is debated in the Western Cape legislature on Thursday.
The DA is also looking at whether a criminal case can be opened against the Guptas in the United Arab Emirates.
With the ANC in crisis, the Democratic Alliance seemed to be getting it right. But then came a flurry of inexplicably tactless tweets.
During the round, Zuma landed a subtle jab at opposition parties, accompanied by his trademark laugh
"We need people in public power who are ethically minded and technically competent"
Last week the party announced its decision to suspend Zille pending the outcome of her disciplinary hearing
Despite suspension from party activities, Zille has remained Premier because of the separation between party and state
The party wants to grow its black support by 2019. But what will happen if Zille survives?
Zille’s suspension will, however, be temporary. The suspension will end once disciplinary hearing against her have concluded.
"Helen Zille has responded to the Democratic Alliance saying it has no right to suspend her."
"Western Cape Premier Helen Zille will be served a notice of suspension from the Democratic Alliance for tweets she posted on colonialism"
Opposition leader Mmusi Maimane said in a statement that the party consulted its lawyers, on Sunday, with a view to taking legal action.
Both SADC and the African Union have been silent on Hichilema’s arrest, as has the South African government.
The DA leader was on his way to show support to Hakainde Hichilema, who is being persecuted by his government.
The revenue service has taken three years to investigate the president’s tax liability on his home, which the DA estimates to be about R64-million.
The DA leader said on Tuesday that the party was in talks with other opposition parties to deepen co-operation ahead of the national elections.
Across the region, governments are cracking down on political opposition, and treason charges are the leaders’ weapon of choice
Mmusi Maimane dismisses suggestions that DA protests will simply bring the ANC closer together
The DA’s FedEx concluded that Zille violated the party’s federal constitution
As the premier faces sanction, some DA officials want her to face action over her tweets.
Is Zille ignorant? I do not think so. She is well read and educated. Her problem is not ignorance.
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille must be “dealt with” for her praise of colonialism and expelled from the party, several DA leaders have said.
Maimane’s comments alluded to tweets sent last week by DA Western Cape Premier Helen Zille.
The DA leader said the Western Cape premier had been referred to a disciplinary hearing after she tweeted that colonialism wasn’t entirely bad.