DA spokesperson Marius Redelinghuys and Cape metro chairman Shaun August were arrested by riot police on Thursday ahead of the eighth state-of-the-nation address, the party said.
“These are people who wanted make their voices heard about the electricity crisis facing … Read the rest
The MSM had been buzzing about their latest pompous American acronym, SONA, for weeks, but it seems that parliamentarians under the influence of High Tea, celebrated a rather classless opening of the once august institution.
Proceedings got off to … Read the rest
A fellow angler was shot dead in front of a friend while coming to his rescue during a horrific attempted robbery on Strandfontein beach.
Alvin Allies, from Northpine, was killed instantly after being hit by a bullet in the pancreas … Read the rest
On the grounds of Parliament, close to Tuynhuys in the heart of Cape Town, the Lodge De Goede Hoop is hidden behind a parking lot filled with expensive ministerial cars.
It is an old, white, plastered building, writes City Press.… Read the rest
Two parties? Rupert denies Malema’s claims
Julius Malema has accused billionaire businessman Johann Rupert of controlling the ANC and DA and being behind the EFF leader’s tax and political woes, the Sunday Times reported.
When Rupert was contacted for comment … Read the rest
Rampi the Joker?
DA leader Helen Zille announced that Agang SA’s Mamphela Ramphele will be the DA’s presidential candidate in the general elections, hoping to lure ANC voters away from the governing party.
“Good people in the ANC have reached … Read the rest
Helen Zille
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE STATEMENT BY HELEN ZILLE LEADER OF THE DA A NATION UNITED IN GRIEF
06 December 2013
Today, South Africa lost the greatest son of its soil. Today the rainbow nation lost its father.
Today, we are … Read the rest
Dirk Smit
A Coloured DA councillor in the City of Cape Town told a black security guard to go back to a black province. He has been found guilty of racism by a city disciplinary committee and now faces expulsion … Read the rest
DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko
Race remains a legitimate measure of disadvantage in South Africa, the DA said on Sunday.
“A non-racial society is a goal — it doesn’t exist today,” Democratic Alliance parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko told journalists, speaking … Read the rest
Mmusi Maimane
EFF leader Julius Malema was wrong to say that the ANC-led government is worse than the apartheid government, DA spokesman Mmusi Maimane said on Monday.
“You may have heard Julius Malema saying over the weekend that the ANC … Read the rest
Economic exclusion of blacks must first be addressed in the classroom and thereafter in the boardroom.
This is the view of the DA, which yesterday released a discussion document on black economic empowerment and equality in education.
Central to the … Read the rest
Helen Zille, supporting the ANC icon Mandela
Nelson Mandela moved into his Victor Verster in 1988. A few year later the world watched in awe as Mandela walked free from Victor Verster prison.
Western Cape premier Helen Zille says: “We’ve … Read the rest
Timothy Nast
Trade union federation Cosatu has condemned the appointment of a former Democratic Alliance leader to the Gauteng planning commission.
This was “the most reactionary and backward decision ever made in the history of the Gauteng government”, Cosatu Gauteng … Read the rest
Zuma surrounded by wives
The DA has stripped suspended Nelson Mandela Bay Metro DA councillor, Stanford Slabbert of his party membership after a disciplinary committee found him guilty of circulating an offensive and racist e-mail, criticising President Jacob Zuma.
In … Read the rest