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Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) is demanding that Minister of Higher Education, Buti Manamela, come clean about his meetings with former NSFAS Board Chairperson Dr Karen Stander, the NSFAS Board, and Acting CEO Waseem Carrim. Dr Stander resigned over the weekend, citing a toxic environment of bullying, racism, and intimidation. Mr Carrim has rejected …
Dear Editor Following a DA request to investigate mismanagement at the uMngeni-uThukela Water Board, Water Minister Pemmy Majodina has announced an independent forensic and legal probe. See her letter here. This follows: R200 000 spent on first class travel for a staff member to attend the New York City Marathon; Excessive board fees of R2.6 …
Families living alongside the huge Thukela-Vaal Transfer Scheme get no water
Dear Editor Acting Minister of Police, Professor Firoz Cachalia’s testimony before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee on Police today raised more uncertainty than clarity about the direction of South Africa’s troubled police service. Although he has already spent several months in office, Minister Cachalia was unable to outline a concrete plan or timeline to restore accountability, …
Dear Editor Senior ANC Western Cape officials and Councillors, have walked over from the ANC to the DA today, starting a process that will gather momentum in the months ahead. Members leaving the ANC include their elected Western Cape Provincial Secretary and two sitting Ward Councillors, from Swellendam and Cederberg. The group includes elected members …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the passing of the One Stop Border Post Bill to boost border security and trade. This is another step forward in our nation’s journey to transform border management from the legacy of porous borders and fragmentation to a system of coordination, efficiency, and integrity. The One Stop Border …
Dear Editor Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has confirmed, in reply to a DA parliamentary question, that PRASA has not suspended its R7.5 billion “General Overhaul” (GO) programme to refurbish old and obsolete trains, despite the entity itself admitting that the programme is no longer fit for purpose and must be reviewed. The DA is demanding …
Dear Editor Since Friday’s reports that typhoid has broken out in Hammanskraal, Mayor Moya has been silent on the serious health risk that this poses. The Democratic Alliance (DA) notes the statement by the City of Tshwane that no Typhoid related bacteria have been detected in routine tests, but it is important that this data …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance welcomes the commencement of the statutory rape inquiry by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities. This is a crucial step in confronting a devastating crisis that is destroying the lives of one of our most vulnerable groups of South African citizens. The scourge of statutory …
Khulile Qamata previously faced charges of sexual misconduct and financial mismanagement at another school
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the City of Ekurhuleni will use the Promotion of Access to Information Act to access the report on the City’s R1.8 billion mobile chemical toilet tender compiled by murdered Divisional Head for Forensic Audit, Mpho Mafole. The DA wrote to Mayor Xhakaza demanding that the report be brought …
Dear Editor The Auditor-General’s report presented in the Police Portfolio Committee this morning exposes the shocking reality that SAPS and PSIRA are operating with a complete absence of consequence management. Together, the two entities account for over R667 million in irregular spending in 2024/25, which includes R184 million identified this financial year, but relating to …
Dear Editor For many South Africans, particularly KwaZulu-Natal residents, the water crisis has become an unacceptable new norm. The DA has been consistent in seeking accountability for failing municipalities, which are primarily responsible for delivering water to taps. In this time of crisis, it is unconscionable that the uMngeni-uThukela Water Board is worsening matters for …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance has written to Parliament’s Electricity Committee calling for a serious reprimand of NERSA’s leadership for its ongoing delinquent conduct, highlighted most recently by its significant court loss on Friday. As South Africans are burdened by obscene electricity price increases, the agency meant to protect electricity consumers against price-gouging, is failing …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) is deeply concerned by the abrupt resignation of Dr Karen Stander as Chairperson of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) Board. Her resignation, citing threats, intimidation, bullying, and racism, is cause for serious alarm. Dr Stander was appointed to lead a newly constituted NSFAS Board after the previous …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes confirmation from the Auditor-General that the R129 million training scandal at the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) has been referred to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). This referral is a long-overdue step in a case that has dragged on for six years while those responsible remain untouched. …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) strongly condemns the shocking abuse of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) in the Bojanala District Municipality, where workers were allegedly forced to perform domestic work for ANC councillors, pay a portion of their stipends for “fuel costs”, and take up ANC membership to secure work. These revelations once …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance will call for a full investigation into Armscor’s handling of the R500 million Personnel Carrier tender, demand access to all evaluation and testing records, and press for procurement reform to ensure transparent, technically sound, and accountable defence acquisitions going forward. South Africans have reason to be alarmed: Armscor’s R500 million …
Dear Editor Direct Competitors: Established global ultra-luxury brands (e.g., Hermès, Chanel, Dior). Analyze their pricing, brand positioning, and lack of African-centric design. Indirect Competitors: Emerging African luxury brands or global platforms that feature African designers. The Mia and Mai Value Proposition: Use a Competitive Matrix (e.g., a 2×2 chart) to show how the company uniquely …
Dear Editor The DA will submit a second Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) application to the Deeds Registries Regulations Board to obtain the official minutes of its meeting on 20 October 2025, after the Board has refused to release them despite requests. At this meeting, the Board resolved to continue with mandatory racial …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance has lodged a complaint against the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) because their unacceptable delays in cancer testing are now amounting to serious human rights violations. The DA cares deeply about this, and we cannot allow cancer patients reliant on the state …
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Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance expresses our profound concern over the disturbing detention of a Ukrainian biologist by Russian authorities on spurious charges of high treason, supposedly for threatening Russia’s oil and krill fishing ambitions in Antarctica. This story has been reported by several news outlets, notably The Guardian in the UK and Daily Maverick …
Dear Editor As the City of Tshwane coalition government lurches from serious crisis to more serious crisis, the apparent ourbreak of Typhoid in the city must be carefully managed to avoid tragedy. The Democratic Alliance (DA) is alarmed by a surge of cases in typhoid in Hammanskraal, a community in the Tshwane Metro that has …