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Public ire over Karpowership contract can’t be dismissed — MPs

Environmental groups say the controversial deal means South Africa will be tied to fossil fuels for the next 20 years

Change: DA head of policy Gwen Ngwenya says she has put the climate crisis and driving economic growth through alternative energy at the centre of the DA’s policy discussions. (Felix Dlangamandla)

Calls for climate change to top DA policy conference agenda

Some people in the Democratic Alliance apparently have a narrow view of what sustainability means, but voters are concerned about the climate crisis

DA calls for probe over Kumba debacle

DA calls for probe over Kumba debacle

The DA is calling for a probe into the mineral resources department following its handling of "the mineral rights debacle involving Kumba and ICT".

DA says ANC’s mining super tax will kill jobs

The Democratic Alliance has come out strongly against the ANC’s proposed mining tax, saying it would discourage investment and kill jobs.

DA: Motlanthe’s plane may have been unfit to fly

The DA on Friday questioned whether Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe’s plane, which made an emergency landing in the DRC, should have flown at all.

DA points to ‘dire’ shortage of teachers

Shortages of teachers and textbooks and belated efforts to enrol children were some of the problems plaguing public schools on the first day of term on Wednesday, the Democratic…