The National Assembly has decided to adopt a proposal that will see Parliament setting up an ad hoc committee to lead a process of drafting a bill that will allow for Section 25 of the Constitution to be amended. In a sitting of the House on Thursday, Jackson Mthembu, the Chief Whip of the majority […]
The Democratic Alliance and Mayor of Cape Town, Patricia de Lille, have reached an agreement about her ongoing issues with the Party. Both parties have agreed to a speedy disciplinary process including a hearing that will take place over 3 days in August. In line with the agreement, the Motion of No Confidence against Mayor […]
Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane led over a thousand people on a march through Cape Town townships on Thursday. They urged the national government to deploy the army in crime-ridden communities. Dubbed the #SendTheArmyNow protest, they walked from Manenberg Police Station to Nyanga Police Station. Last year former Minister of Police, Fikile Mbalula said that […]
Public Works Minister Thulas-Nxesi has confirmed that rental payments for a number of ministerial residences have not been paid and that some of the debt is more than three months old. Nxesi was asked by the Democratic Alliance’s Malcolm Figg for details of the outstanding amount owed on each residence as well as the names […]
Do you have a passion for your community and believe in the principles of freedom, fairness, opportunity and diversity? If you a registered voter in Kouga, you can apply for the position of a Proportional Representative (PR)Councillor for the Democratic Alliance. The position is vacant following the death of former Kouga Mayor Elza Van Lingen. […]
Kouga was blue yesterday as the DA celebrated Freedom Day with beach cleanups, door to door meetings, braai’s and a public meetings. Freedom Day is an annual celebration of South Africa’s first non-racial democratic elections of 1994. The 1994 election paved the way towards a new democratic dispensation and a new constitution for the country. […]
In 2016 the Democratic Alliance (DA) achieved what was previously thought to be impossible: the political disruption of South African politics, says Athol Trollip. Led by a capable national leadership team, elected at its elective conference one year earlier, the DA won a two thirds majority in Cape Town and emerged to lead coalition governments […]
The EFF will present a motion of no confidence in Mayor Athol Trollip in Port Elizabeth on 29 March 2018. Yet none of the opposition parties in support of the motion are making any mention of what policy changes they are proposing. Nor is there any mention of how they will better service delivery in […]
The Democratic Alliance stronghold of Ward 5 proved unassailable for all opposition candidates as Wilma Coenraad claimed a resounding victory for the party in yesterday’s (13 December 2017) by-election. In addition to winning the ward, the DA showed strong growth in Vaaldam, which traditionally was an ANC dominated voting station. The DA received the majority […]
The Democratic Alliance wants Finance Minister, Malusi Gigaba, to assure the South African public that two mega-contracts between government and Chinese parastatals will not go ahead without the procurement laws being adhered to. “According to reports, the Water and Sanitation Department as well as the Passanger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) are in the […]