Letter

Dear Editor Minister Thulas Nxesi’s outburst yesterday in the budget debate on Vote 31: Employment and Labour reveals a ruling party on the ropes. The ANC government is so evidently floundering – so overwhelmed by its own incompetence – that in sheer desperation it has started to ratchet up the rhetoric against minorities. It has …

Today the parliamentary portfolio committee on health concluded its clause-by-clause deliberations on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill. It should come as no surprise that the ANC members in committee refused to effectively engage with the content of the Bill, as well as the concerns and contributions of opposition party members in the committee and …

Dear Editor The DA calls on the Special Investigating Unit to speed up its investigations into allegations of maladministration and corruption at Fort Hare University. It is crucial that those individuals or organisations responsible for the danger that persists at the University be brought to book as a matter of urgency. The DA’s oversight to …

Dear Editor Minister Mondli Gungubele, when asked about the costs of data and data coverage, stated that South Africa have the most expensive mobile data in the region and ranked 34th out of 47 countries in the Research ICT Africa Mobile Pricing (RAMP). According to the Minister, only 77.5% of all households have access to …

Dear Editor Earlier this year, the DA wrote to the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza, requesting her to present a report of the Ministerial Task Team (MTT) that she established in August 2021 to investigate animal biosecurity with an emphasis on foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), African swine fever (ASF), and highly …

Dear Editor The DA is launching its End School Pit Toilets campaign and petition. Sadly, pit toilets in schools have claimed the lives of far too many children, as it did earlier this year when four-year-old Langalam Viki was tragically found dead in a pit toilet at her school. Learners and teacher are forced to …

Dear Editor In March 2023, on behalf of the DA, I submitted a PAIA (Promotion of Access to Information Act) application to South Africa Tourism (SAT) for all documentation on the then-proposed R1 billion Tottenham Hotspur deal. The objective of the PAIA application was to obtain information that may have justified the original campaign to …

Dear Editor Build One South Africa (BOSA) notes, with shock, today’s response by Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Public Enterprises, to the Eskom court ruling in our favour handed down by the Gauteng North High Court, ordering him, as Government’s shareholder representative, to instate electricity supply to all public hospitals, schools and police stations, during loadshedding …

Dear Editor The DA is calling on the Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, to update the nation on whether Eskom has adequate engineering and technical expertise at its disposal to deal with the high rates of coal power stations that have been taken offline, either due to breakdowns or for maintenance. Eskom’s latest system …

Dear Editor Police Minister Bheki Cele may have misled Parliament when he stated that he was not involved in the unlawful procurement of phone call interception and surveillance devices. This allegation comes after City Press this weekend reported that they obtained email confirmation that suggests the National Prosecuting Authority had not yet cleared Cele of …

Dear Editor The DA is encouraged by the turn-out to this past weekend’s public participation hearings in Gauteng and the level of engagement from participants. It seemed that the majority of participants share the DA’s concerns regarding the Bill, particularly the so-called ‘Lesufi-clauses’ which seeks to put power in the hands of the department and …