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Statement by Michelle Clarke – DA Spokesperson on Health: The arrest of the most senior Health Department official for a corruption allegation shows that the National Health Insurance scheme will not work in South Africa. It would become the biggest pot of corruption feeding in decades. While the DA welcomes the arrest of the Department …
Noncedo Holiwe lives in a crumbling, two-roomed mud house with broken windows and a leaking roof
Dear Fellow South African, Last week, Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana presented a Budget that will accelerate the momentum of inclusive growth, create jobs and tackle poverty. Every budgetary allocation is a developmental choice: ensuring there are teachers in classrooms, nurses and doctors in clinics, electricity and basic services in homes and businesses, infrastructure to …
From the People of South Africa – Defend Our Wildlife, Uphold the Law and Halt the Trophy Hunting Quotas To the Minister and the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, We submit this representation in the strongest possible opposition to the proposed CITES export quotas for elephant, black rhinoceros, and leopard hunting trophies for …
Statement by Nazley Sharif MP – DA Spokesperson on Social Development: The DA is very concerned that the Departments of Women, Justice and Police are sitting idle around the classification of a Disaster in respect of GBVF, and are not preparing to fund or resource any Disaster measures. The DA will therefore put in urgent …
Statement by Henro Kruger MP – DA Spokesperson on Small Business Development: The DA welcomes the Minister of Finance’s decision to increase the Value Added Tax threshold in the 2026/27 Budget, as well as adjust other tax provisions to make the life of small businesses easier. We have fought long and hard to make taxes …
Statement by Damien Klopper MP – DA Deputy Spokesperson on Justice & Constitutional Development: The Democratic Alliance is deeply alarmed by the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development’s written replies to our parliamentary question on the state of the Master’s Offices. The DA will now request that the Master’s Office appear before Parliament to account. …
Statement by Adv. Glynnis Breytenbach MP – DA Spokesperson on Justice and Constitutional Development: The Democratic Alliance (DA) will conduct rigorous oversight at the Alexandra Magistrates Court to determine the extent of service delivery failures and investigate its impact on residents’ right of access to justice. Section 34 of the Constitution grants everyone the right …
Statement by Chris Hattingh MP – DA Spokesperson on Defence & Military Veterans: The Democratic Alliance (DA) has had sight of a “restricted internal” 2026 SANDF document that references a programme of structured military training engagements with Russian Ministry of Defence institutions. The Democratic Alliance now demands an urgent and clear public statement with answers …
Statement by Imaan Sayed Suliman – DA PR Councillor, Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality: The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Ramotshere Moiloa Municipality (RMLM), North West, which includes Zeerust and Madikwe, is fighting for urgent action from the ANC Mayor and government, as it is revealed that the entire municipality of 19 Wards and over 7,000 square …
Statement by Bonginkosi Madikizela MP – DA Spokesperson on Public Works and Infrastructure: The DA welcomes the action taken by Minister Dean Macpherson in directing the precautionary suspension and disciplinary proceedings against a senior DPWI director implicated in a R113 million Mpumalanga schools tender fraud scandal. This is exactly the kind of leadership South Africans …
Statement by Chris Hattingh MP – DA Spokesperson on Defence & Military Veterans: The Democratic Alliance welcomes President Ramaphosa’s decision to institute a panel of inquiry, led by Justice B.M. Ngoepe, into the command failure surrounding the Will for Peace Exercise. But this is no minor administrative step. When a President removes an inquiry from …
Statement by Beyers Smit MP – DA Member on the Agriculture Portfolio Committee: The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the intensifying rollout of vaccines to combat the spread of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) which has sprayed to all nine provinces in South Africa. Today DA Leader, and Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen participated in vaccine administration in …
More than 70 guards employed by Motane Investment blocked entry to Duduza Customer Care Centre, saying their salaries are repeatedly paid late
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink – DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate: The ANC-led government in the City of Tshwane today tabled an adjustment budget that is based on carefully hidden information, half-truths and devious accounting. The Democratic Alliance (DA) rejects this adjustment budget, and proudly voted against it. There are glaring issues with this adjustment budget, …
Statement by Stephen Moore MP – DA Spokesperson on Water & Sanitation: The Finance Minister yesterday drew a line in the sand to failing metros like Johannesburg – do your work, fix your infrastructure or lose your funding. The DA backs this accountability measure and the Water Minister must heed to this in her Budget. …
Statement by Helen Zille – DA Johannesburg Mayoral Candidate: Action SA Soweto-based Councillor Mandla Nyaqela and the chairs of five ASA branches in Soweto have announced they are joining the DA. The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the activists and former Councillor to the DA. Those joining know the only way to get Joburg working is …
Statement by Nicholas Gotsell MP – DA Member on the Select Committee on Security & Justice: After almost a year, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has demanded answers to the missing R813.3 million allocated for our troops deployed under the SADC Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (SAMIDRC). We have been sidelined, dismissed, and …
Statement by Wendy Alexander MP – DA Johannesburg Regional Chairperson: The Democratic Alliance (DA) has surged to victory in today’s Johannesburg, Ward 102 by-election. This decisive victory only serves to confirm what we already know: Joburg is ready for change. The DA’s vote share in Johannesburg Ward 102 grew as follows: From 60,98% in 2024 …
Zeekoevlei is used by schools and clubs for sailing and rowing but a toxic algal bloom has led to it being closed since December
Statement by Mark Burke MP – DA Spokesperson on Finance: Today’s Budget Speech incorporates several DA policy positions and is evidence that the ANC no longer governs alone. The DA welcomes no tax rises and no bracket creep for the first time in three years. In fact, this budget displays a wholesale rethinking of tax …
Statement by Angel Khanyile MP – DA Spokesperson for Women, Youth & People with Disabilities: The Democratic Alliance welcomes that the National Consumer Commission (NCC) has taken up our request for an investigation into chemically tainted sanitary products. The women and girls of South Africa who use these products deserve absolute certainty that they are …
Statement by Cllr Anathi Majeke – DA Buffalo City Caucus Chief Whip: The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Buffalo City welcomes the implementation of live-streamed council meetings, a milestone for public accountability that is the direct result of the DA’s relentless political pressure and unwavering oversight. For years, the residents of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality …
Statement by Adv. Glynnis Breytenbach MP – DA Spokesperson on Sport, Arts and Culture: The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the determination by Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi that Section 8 of the National Prosecuting Authority Amendment Act 10 of 2024 will commence on 1 March 2026. This section directs the Minister to …