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Dear Editor The DA is taking Parliamentary action to ensure that Major General Wally Rhoode, the Presidential Head of the Protection Services is held accountable for the shambolic handling of the joyride to Warsaw airport, Poland. It has been widely reported that the Presidential Mission, where the aircraft, carrying approximately 120-person entourage and alleged crates …
Dear Editor “One of the most troubling aspects of this scheme is the evidence that thousands of qualified individuals had their CVs discarded, while certain applicants were barred from even applying. This raises serious doubts about the fairness and transparency of the selection process.” It is becoming very clear that Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s Nasi …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) is in possession of a letter from the attorneys representing the African National Congress (ANC) in that party’s failed bid to hide its cadre deployment records from the public. In the letter, the ANC’s attorneys indicate to the High Court in Johannesburg that they have received instructions to petition …
Dear Editor South Africa has only 22 090 nurses to serve the country’s more than 50 million people dependent on the public health sector – one for every 2 300 people – and of these more than 30% will retire in the next 10 years. A further 38% will retire in the decade after. This, …
Dear Editor The DA expresses deep concern over the troubling revelations brought to light in a documentary released by Afriforum, which sheds light on critical issues within Netball SA and its president, Cecilia Molekwane. It is imperative for us to address pressing matters in sports, such as alledged sexual abuse, financial mismanagement, administrative dysfunction, and …
Dear Editor Since the dissolution of the previous South African Tourism (SAT) board, the DA, and every member of the Tourism Portfolio Committee, has been adamant about getting a proper replacement SAT board in place. Gazette Notice 1859 of 7 June 2023 (see attachment) inviting nominations for a new SAT Board was, therefore, most welcome. …
Dear Editor The DA is deeply concerned about the recent reports of an R18 million theft from the Guardians Fund in April. The Guardians Fund, established to manage money on behalf of individuals who are legally incapable of managing their own affairs, including minors, unborn heirs, and missing persons, plays a crucial role in protecting …
Dear Editor Minister Pandor has failed in her executive oversight, neglecting to address financial mismanagement and instead protecting incompetent and corrupt politicians and senior officials. The recent judgment by the Supreme Court of Appeals declared the unlawful nature of the infamous R118 million fruitless and wasteful expenditure on the New York Pilot Project tender linked …
Dear Editor The DA notes Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga’s comments yesterday, minimizing the horrifying Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) results, which revealed that only 1 in 5 grade 4 learners could read for meaning. It is distressing that the Minister and her Department fail to realise the travesty of nine and 10-year-olds …
Dear Editor During a Parliamentary questions session on 14 June 2023, Minister Naledi Pandor noted in response to an oral question from the DA, that South Africa’s invitation to Vladimir Putin to attend the BRICS Summit in August stands, and no decision has been taken by Cabinet to move the Summit elsewhere. In relation to …
Dear Editor During a session in the National Assembly, Minister of Defence Thandi Modise initially informed the DA that nothing was loaded onto the Russian cargo ship Lady R. Her claim was therefore that the ship had docked at Simon’s Town, a port without fixed cranes, which were later transported and set up during the …
Dear Editor A functional rail system is crucial for revitalising our sluggish economy. Unfortunately, South Africa’s rail infrastructure is rapidly deteriorating, and both the Department of Transport and Prasa have demonstrated their incompetence in utilising rail transport as a key driver of economic growth for both freight and passenger services. This was evident during the …
Dear Editor The DA has been vindicated by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), which declared the Department of International Relations and Cooperation’s (DIRCO) controversial contract to build a new multibillion-rand diplomatic headquarters for South Africa’s diplomats in New York as unlawful. Throughout this process, we have consistently maintained that certain factions within the ANC …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) has filed papers in the North Gauteng High Court yesterday to launch a constitutional challenge against the blatant social engineering and harmful racial categorisation contained within the most recent regulations introduced under the Employment Equity Act (EEA). This latest batch of regulations has turned the EEA into a Race …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) is deeply disappointed by the removal of the International Relations and Cooperation debate from the NCOP agenda, scheduled for June 20, 2023, in conjunction with Home Affairs . This decision was made without providing any explanation or consulting with opposition parties in …
Dear Editor The public hearings regarding the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill were concluded in the Eastern Cape this weekend. As with the other 8 provinces, Eastern Cape participants raised many of the same concerns the DA have with the Bill, particularly the clauses that seek to disempower schools and school governing bodies (SGBs) …
Dear Editor The DA expresses deep disappointment with Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Ms Thandi Modise, for her apparent lack of commitment in compensating the 822 men and women who serve in the Reserve Force and as Military Veterans. These individuals were called upon to support efforts during the July Unrest in 2021. The …
Dear Editor A formal request from a group of high-ranking congressmen to the United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, encouraging the State Department to reconsider hosting the upcoming AGOA Forum in South Africa is the clearest indication yet that patience in Washington is fast diminishing. The ANC government has now been presented with a …
Dear Editor The DA has today registered another victory against ANC cadre deployment corruption after the Johannesburg High Court rejected an ANC application for leave to appeal an earlier ruling, which had ordered the party to release complete records of its national cadre deployment committee dating back to 1 January 2013. The court found that …
Dear Editor A letter sent to me yesterday by the Department of Defence (DoD) makes it very clear that they are planning to cover up the truth regarding the Russian Lady R ship incident in Simon’s Town. Instead of providing the DA with the true facts, the Department decided to pass the buck and delay …
Dear Editor The DA today celebrates with thousands of South Africans abroad who had unknowingly lost their South African citizenship due to a draconian piece of apartheid legislation. The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) today declared that s 6(1)(a) of the South African Citizenship Act 88 of 1995 is inconsistent with the Constitution and is …
Dear Editor Yesterday, as residents of Westbury protested against the Employment Equity Amendment Act – or Race Quota Act, as the DA has dubbed it – Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi doubled down on his racial belligerence and intransigence. In a series of parliamentary questions, the DA had asked Minister Nxesi to explain the …
Dear Editor The National Lottery Commission spent R2.6 million on printing just 70 annual reports. “This ridiculous spending works out to R37 000 per annual report or R255 per page. This sort of grand scale corruption has come to define the NLC in recent years, which was vigorously defended by the ANC in Parliament.” The …
Dear Editor A reply to DA Parliamentary Questions has revealed that South Africans are forking out approximately R13 million a year for the salaries of the Minister of Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa and his staff. Such a budget would require that the Minister has a performance plan that is overseen by Parliament. Yet, the ANC made …