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DA interim leader John Steenhuisen. (Delwyn Verasamy/ M&G)
CAPITALISM

DA’s policy proposals are counter-transformative

The DA is stuck in classical liberalism when there are new ways of thinking about capitalism and the role of the state – and its denial of race as a concept is disingenuous

  • Siyabulela Tsengiwe
9 min read
Good Leader Patricia De Lille said she stands by her comments that her party will cooperate with government when it is performing well.
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

GOOD welcomes Minister De Lille

Good Leader Patricia De Lille said she stands by her comments that her party will cooperate with government when it is performing well.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille has sent a letter to the Independent Development Trust board notifying the chairperson of her decision to dissolve the entity. (David Harrison/M&G)
CABINET

How Auntie Patty became Minister De Lille

The appointment is a massive boost to De Lille who resigned from the DA in October last year

  • Lester Kiewit
3 min read
Good Leader Patricia De Lille said she stands by her comments that her party will cooperate with government when it is performing well, and not just oppose government for the sake of it. (David Harrison/M&G)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

GOOD welcomes Minister De Lille

Former Cape Town mayor Patricia De Lille was announced as President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Public Works Minister in Pretoria on Wednesday.

  • Lester Kiewit
2 min read
Parliament’s adoption of the long-awaited Public Procurement Bill is not only a positive sign of the government tackling what has been the epicentre of state capture and corruption. (David Harrison/M&G)
2019 ELECTIONS

South Africa, this is your new Parliament

More parties than ever will share the country’s 400 parliamentary seats

  • M&G Data Desk
2 min read
The GOOD party told the M&G it would not preempt the final results, but is feeling positive. (David Harrison/M&G)
2019 ELECTIONS

Elections 2019: With 4.6-mil votes counted, GOOD is feeling good

South Africans headed the polls on Wednesday to elect the country’s sixth democratic administration

  • Sarah Smit
2 min read
The DA take an early lead in the Western Cape. (Paul Botes/M&G)
AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY

EARLY DA LEAD SET TO HOLD IN THE WESTERN CAPE

Speaking at the Western Cape results centre, the DA’s Premier candidate Alan Winde says his party is not celebrating just yet

  • Lester Kiewit
2 min read
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has urged eligible citizens to make use of its online registration platform to minimise long queues . (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ACM

​Record number of political parties contesting 2019 polls

Forty-eight parties will appear on the national ballot in 2019, 19 more than those registered in 2014

  • Natasha Marrian
2 min read
Patricia de Lille’s new party, Good, may disrupt the Democratic Alliance’s hold on the Western Cape if it forms a coalition with other opposition parties. (Esa Alexander/Business Day/Gallo Images)
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

De Lille still miffed by DA’s actions

But she has stepped back from making a direct challenge while her Good party weighs its chances

  • Lester Kiewit
4 min read
Regarding corruption, De Lille said: “All criminals should be put in jail, and not in Parliament. If we do that now, half of Parliament will be gone.” (David Harrison/M&G)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

De Lille’s party wants to turn government on its head

​Patricia de Lille announced the leadership of her GOOD party on Sunday and shed some light on what policy directions her party will take

  • Jan Gerber
3 min read
Patricia de Lille’s GOOD party will be contesting the 2019 elections nationally and in all the nine provinces. (Netwerk24/Adrian de Kock )
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

De Lille is back for ‘GOOD’

The former Cape Town mayor dismissed concerns over the viability of her new political movement

  • Agency
4 min read