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Dear Editor I have written to Minister of Water and Sanitation, Pemmy Majodina, to demand that her investigation into governance failures at uMngeni-uThukela Water includes the appalling luxury travel on a first class trip by a Water Board official to partake in the New York City Marathon. The First Class flight for the official of …
Dear Editor Court documents have revealed that the African National Congress (ANC) gave Ezulweni Investments a R190 million contract for election materials, including 15 000 banners and 1 million corex boards earmarked for what the ANC calls “strategic partners” and “strategic alliances.” These documents raise serious questions about which political parties are benefiting from ANC …
Dear Editor The 24/25 financial year Annual Report for the Department of Home Affairs, the first under Minister Dr Leon Schreiber, reports a staggering improvement in processing time for work visas. Between the 23/24 financial year and 24/25 financial year, on the measure for work visas adjudicated on time, critical skills visas improved from 52% …
Dear Editor The DA has written to the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Sports, Arts and Culture, Joe McGluwa to request that both the Minister and the Mzansi Golden Economy (MGE) adjudication panel be summoned to appear before Parliament. Their continued evasion of oversight cannot go unchecked while public funds are allegedly being used …
The GOOD Party is outraged by the shocking events that unfolded outside the DCI Goodwood Social Housing complex on Friday, 10 October 2025, where tenants were subjected to illegal lockouts, gunfire, and intimidation. On Friday afternoon, tenants at the Goodwood Social Housing complex were threatened with illegal evictions and lease cancellations. Later that evening, during a peaceful solidarity protest, DCI management and private security responded with hostility. GOOD councillors witnessed four gunshots fired into the air, less than 20 metres from the protest, in an apparent attempt to intimidate tenants and activists. Earlier, a group of men dressed in dark clothing, reportedly the same individuals accused of intimidating residents and previously assaulting a young woman tenant, arrived at the scene armed with baseball bats.
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Announcement comes weeks after hundreds of undocumented workers were arrested in SA
The GOOD Party, a member of Unite for Change, has written to the Cape Winelands District Municipality to raise serious concern over the recent tariff increases imposed by the Breede Valley Municipality, increases which were implemented without adequate public consultation, justification, or consideration for residents already struggling under extreme cost-of-living pressures.
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Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) rejects Minister Nomakhosazana Meth’s continued defence of the Employment Equity Amendment Act (EEA) and Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) regulations despite overwhelming evidence that these laws are killing jobs, driving investment away, and benefitting only politically connected elites. Yesterday, in the National Council of Provinces, Minister Meth once again …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the seizure of luxury vehicles and other assets from businessman Hangwani Maumela, one of the central figures in the R2 billion Tembisa Hospital corruption case. This is a good and necessary step by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), but it cannot stop here. South Africans want to see …
Dear Editor During a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee oversight yesterday, City of Johannesburg officials obfuscated and denied defunding Joburg Water of R4bn of its water infrastructure maintenance budget, as the City’s water crisis escalates. Taps in Joburg remain dry, forcing residents daily to queue for water tankers, which is an unacceptable reality that the DA rejects. …
Compensation Fund fails to finalise decision
Dear Editor The DA condemns in the strongest terms any attempt by the state or government officials to suppress media freedom and accountability in South Africa as unconstitutional and undemocratic. This after the recent remarks by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, who called for journalists to be investigated by the State Security Agency and …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) condemns the violent unrest and intimidation of staff and students at the University of Fort Hare (UFH) that has led to the immediate shutdown of all operations. This follows the large-scale destruction of university infrastructure in direct defiance of a Bhisho High Court interdict issued on 7 October 2025. …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) calls on Acting Minister of Police Firoz Cachalia and the South African Police Service (SAPS) leadership to immediately provide a clear, funded timeline for implementing the promised Cape Flats safety plan. This comes after a four-year-old boy died after being wounded in a gang shooting earlier this week. According …
Cape High Court ordered City of Cape Town to pause plans to cut back on transport service for disabled people
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) commends Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, for acting swiftly and decisively to resolve the recent delay in stipend payments to Education Assistants and General School Assistants employed under the Basic Education Employment Initiative (BEEI). After several days of administrative hold-ups, Minister Gwarube worked closely with the Departments of …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) condemns Panyaza Lesufi and his ANC allies for exploiting the Tembisa Hospital SIU report for cheap political gain. The report reveals that around R2 billion was stolen, turning patients into victims and tragically contributing to the death of Babita Deokoran. The Gauteng government’s tone-deaf response to this, was to …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance notes with concern the composition of the selection panel chosen by the President, which is tasked with making nominations for the selection of the new National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP). Despite the DA’s urgent call on the 17th of July 2025 to begin the process to appoint an NDPP, …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) notes that the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) intends to seek between R34 billion and R50 billion from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to fund the so-called Transformation Fund. We strongly oppose borrowing billions for yet another ANC-controlled fund. It is clear that Minister Parks Tau does …
Dear Editor In a sitting of the portfolio committee on International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) today, the Auditor General’s (AG) Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) revealed that DIRCO has financially regressed over the 2024/25 financial year, moving from an audit outcome of unqualified with findings to qualified with findings. This financial regression is partly …
SAMA calls for the Israeli Medical Association to condemn the blockade of essential medical supplies, among other demands
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) will use the Road Accident Fund (RAF) Parliamentary Inquiry to demand full accountability for the alleged corruption and mismanagement that has crippled the Fund, and to ensure urgent reforms are implemented to protect public finances and restore the RAF’s core mandate to road accident victims. The RAF represents the …
Dear Editor On this International Day for Decent Work, the Democratic Alliance (DA) focuses on the results that really matter: jobs. Where the DA governs, more South Africans are finding work. The evidence is clear. The City of Cape Town has the lowest unemployment rate of any metro in South Africa, with around 76% of …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) notes with concern that the Ad Hoc Committee established to investigate Lt General Mkhwanazi’s serious allegations began its work today only to be immediately hampered by unnecessary delays and administrative confusion. It is deeply frustrating that basic procedural matters, which should have been resolved before the committee convened, are …