The greatest challenge the city of Cape Town still faced was poverty, Democratic Alliance mayoral candidate Patricia de Lille said on Saturday.
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The people of Johannesburg deserve Democratic Alliance governance, the party’s leader, Helen Zille, said in the city on Monday.
Jacob Zuma on Monday called for a society free of ethnic dominance amidst division in the ANC over Jimmy Manyi’s comments on coloured people.
Western Cape acting premier Patricia de Lille was booed and shown "hand signals" while making a Human Rights Day speech in Cape Town on Monday.
The battle for control of Cape Town will be an even playing field if the ANC pits Cosatu leader Tony Ehrenreich against the DA’s Patricia de Lille.
The DA’s newly nominated candidate for mayor of Cape Town, Patricia De Lille, was not surprised when she heard Jimmy Manyi’s comments.
Patricia de Lille is the Democratic Alliance’s mayoral candidate for Cape Town, party leader Helen Zille said on Monday.
Dan Plato, the Cape Town mayor, will soon be standing for re-election — and the rival candidate is likely to be Patricia de Lille.
Liquor advertising ought to be banned, Western Cape social development minister Patricia de Lille said on Friday.
Any agency probing the arms-deal matter would be assisted in their investigations if it is requested, national police said on Monday.
The Protection of Information Bill and the proposed media appeals tribunal were tools to mask corruption, DA leader Helen Zille said on Saturday.
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/ 3 September 2010
ID leader Patricia de Lille will join the Western Cape government as social development minister, provincial Premier Helen Zille said on Friday.
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/ 2 September 2010
Road travel has proved a rewarding experience for some MPs, according to a list of travel expense claims tabled on Thursday by Patricia De Lille.
It is probably mean to be disparaging about the chances of newlyweds staying together long after the honeymoon bliss has worn off.
The DA said on Saturday it would merge with the Independent Democrats to better challenge the ruling African National Congress in the 2014 election.
Will the much publicised "engagement" between the DA and the ID at the DA Federal Congress last week result in a coalition, merger, or partnership?
Patricia De Lille and her Independent Democrats have entered into a period of courtship with the DA in a bid to "realign" opposition politics.
The signs were good for taking the relationship between opposition parties to the next level, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Saturday.
An ID conference to be held on the weekend could turn out to be a significant event in the realignment of SA politics, DA leader Helen Zille says.
African National Congress Youth League leader Julius Malema might be stealing from the poor through tax evasion said Patricia de Lille on Sunday.
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/ 1 February 2010
Leaders of opposition parties will gather in Cape Town in March to talk about forming a united front in next year’s municipal elections, the ID says.
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/ 1 February 2010
The president should not have the power to grant pardons, Independent Democrats Leader Patricia De Lille said on Sunday.
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/ 29 January 2010
The two opposition party leaders have been in talks about forming an alliance to fight 2011 elections.
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/ 22 January 2010
arliament has released a statement outlining and defending the current system of travel allowances for MPs.
Despite feisty election-time rhetoric, the majority of the smaller opposition parties in Parliament are beginning to warm to President Jacob Zuma.
Unity talks between opposition parties are under way in bid to challenge the ruling party at the polls, they said on Sunday.
Icasa has agreed that there is a need to look into high cellphone rates, says Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille.
Competition Commissioner Shan Ramburuth has told Patricia de Lille that he shares her concern over the high costs of telecommunications.
Cellphone call costs in South Africa are among the highest in the world and need investigating, ID leader Patricia de Lille said on Wednesday.
Preparations began before dawn on Monday to welcome members of South Africa’s fourth Parliament for a session likely to be more robust than the last.
Patricia de Lille takes a seat, far away from the other political parties, watching as the overseas voter results appear on the screen at the IEC.