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Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) is opposed to the sale, lease, or donation of the Pretoria City Hall to the Embassy of Iran to establish a so-called ‘cultural centre’. From correspondence released last week, it is clear that Iran is not interested in a plan to revive the City Hall. Rather, it wants the …
Dear Editor Today, the Democratic Alliance (DA) opens applications for our flagship political leadership development programme. South Africa urgently needs a new generation of ethical, capable, and values-driven leaders who can confront our country’s deepening economic, political, and social crises. The DA’s Young Leaders Programme (YLP) is a part-time development initiative that equips young South …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance announces changes to our party spokesperson on the International Relations portfolio in Parliament. This comes after Ms. Emma Powel has chosen to resign from her role as Spokesperson on International Relations today. We thank Emma for her service, on this portfolio. Powell remains a valued member of the DA caucus …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) is appalled by the shocking revelations obtained through our Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) application into the disciplinary case involving Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s VIP protection unit – the same officers caught on video brutally assaulting civilians on the N1 highway. The record of decision we obtained …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Johannesburg notes the resignation of Mr Kunene as PR councillor and MMC of Transport in the City of Johannesburg. This follows after the DA wrote to Mayor Dada Morero demanding the removal of Kunene as MMC of Transport, based on the powers given to the Executive Mayor by …
Dear Editor The DA is concerned that, with under a week remaining to the August 1 deadline, negotiations with the United States on a trade deal remain far from completion. Minister Tau continues to claim negotiations are advancing, while South Africa is being kept in the dark, without any public updates, worried about the future …
Dear Editor The DA strongly opposes the Minister of Employment and Labour’s proposed job-killing retrenchment reform, which would double the costs of retrenchment for struggling businesses, stifling hiring and job creation in South Africa. Higher retrenchment costs will entirely disincentivize job creation. Businesses will not hire if, when times are tough, they face massive costs …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Johannesburg calls on Mayor Dada Morero to immediately publish the report of the investigation into the allegations against Patriotic Alliance (PA) MMC, Kenny Kunene. Morero indicated last night that he will receive the report today. While the DA has already said it has no faith in the PA’s …
Dear Editor An oversight visit by the Democratic Alliance (DA) to the SASSA office in Benoni this week has exposed the devastating impact of SASSA’s poorly implemented “fourth payment date” system that is meant to flag beneficiaries for verification. Instead it is throwing them into confusion and placing their social grants at risk. This fourth …
Dear Editor Earlier this week I attended the FMD Indaba opened by Minister Steenhuisen, where he reiterated the urgent need to build local vaccine manufacturing capacity while committing to empowering and restructuring both Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) and the Agricultural Research Council (ARC). This was a first-of-its-kind indaba of over 400 key role-players in agriculture …
Dear Dditor The Democratic Alliance (DA) is proud to welcome over 700 extra Metro Police officers to the front lines of crime prevention in DA-run Cape Town. This major deployment, part of the City’s bold Project 1000, is a way for a capable and committed local government to step-in where the South African Police Service …
Dear Editor The DA will launch a PAIA application to obtain the names of members of the lottery licence bid evaluation committee, bid adjudication committee and quality assurance committee. Only once these names become public can their connections to the contesting bidders be assessed. Minister Tau has refused to reveal these names to Parliament’s portfolio …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) supports the report adopted by the National Assembly recommending the establishment of an Ad Hoc committee to investigate the allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal’s Provincial Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. These are not ordinary allegations but an illustration of a rot that has taken hold of a police service …
Dear Editor Today, the Democratic Alliance (DA) voted in favour of the National Budget (contained in the Appropriation Act) in Parliament, marking the successful conclusion of the 2025 budget process. This moment is historic—not only for the substance of the budget—but because it is the first to be passed under the Government of National Unity …
Subcontractor removed R12-million worth of white rock from private land
Department of Water intervenes as Kai !Garib battles frequent water interruptions, infrastructure failures and dirty tap water
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance will support the 2024/25 Appropriation Bill following the President’s decision to dismiss Minister Nkabane after sustained DA pressure. This decision is the crucial first step in holding compromised Ministers accountable. While long overdue, the removal of Minister Nkabane confirms that pressure from the DA within the Government of National Unity …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) demands that Eskom’s board and executives appear before Parliament’s Energy and Electricity Portfolio Committee to account for the R1 billion court-ordered payment to French nuclear company, Framatome, following the failed Koeberg steam generator replacement project. The DA wrote to the Chair of the Committee, Nonkosie Queenie Mvana, requesting that …
Dear Editor Criminality and underworld links seem to be entrenched in the Patriotic Alliance (PA) as their Johannesburg leader was found at the home of a suspected murderer during his arrest. Kunene’s role as MMC for Transport is absolutely untenable, after he was found by police at the home of a murder suspect, as police …
Dear Editor It is very good for the youth of this country that a lying ANC Minister, caught in a cadre corruption scandal, has been removed from the Cabinet. The right thing has been done, and this is good for stability in government and good for South Africa. For too long, ANC Ministers have taken …
Dear Editor After years of sustained pressure by the Democratic Alliance, President Ramaphosa has finally acted against South Gauteng NPA Director Adv. Andrew Chauke. The DA welcomes this as an important step toward the revival of a crumbling National Prosecuting Authority and urges the President to make the restoration of the South African criminal justice …
Dear Editor The departure of Minister Nobuhle Nkabane, after lying to Parliament to cover up ANC cadre deployment, comes after relentless DA pressure in the fight against ANC corruption, wrongdoing and criminality. The Democratic Alliance’s commitment to rescue South Africa means that while we govern to deliver in every way we can, we also fight …
Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) joins Minister Dion George in welcoming the Calvinia Regional Court’s sentencing of four individuals to 15 years’ imprisonment for the poaching of Clivia plants. Strong sentences such as these are important deterrents and should be commended. However, despite this progress, the illegal poaching of Clivia and succulent species remains …