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Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) is alarmed by what’s coming out of Armscor and Denel. Both entities are pushing ahead with grand defence plans while ignoring the law, the budget, and basic accountability. Presentations were scheduled in the Portfolio Committee yesterday, where Armscor proceeded with its briefing, while Denel was sent packing after arriving …

Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Johannesburg condemns every single party that voted to keep the Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, Cllr Dada Morero in office today. While parties in council chose positions over principles today, the DA can proudly say that it brought forward a motion to dismiss the man presiding over Johannesburg’s decay. …

Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the decisive action taken by Minister of Home Affairs Dr Leon Schreiber to transform the department’s identity verification service into a world-class infrastructure. 50% failure rate and 40,000 hours of downtime demand action. For years, the Department of Home Affairs has provided access to its national identity database …

Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) has sent an urgent written request to the Chairperson of SCOPA, Songezo Zibi, to ensure that an investigation in the committee into the Road Accident Fund covers all of the outrageous financial mismanagement identified over the past months and years. It must be comprehensive and thorough, not surface-level. SCOPA’s …

Dear Editor The DA Abroad notes with concern that the Registration of South Africans Abroad (ROSA) portal, managed by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), is currently offline. This outage comes at a time of heightened global instability, with escalating conflicts and crises across multiple regions. It is precisely during such periods that …

An open letter from the DA: Dear Mr. President, The past weeks have revealed a series of lies to Parliament by Minister Nobuhle Nkabane. She has used a strategy of lying to Parliament to try and cover up her tracks, after she made a brazen ANC cadre deployment appointment to the boards of the Sectoral …

Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) will write to the Co-Chairpersons of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence to request urgent clarity on the three-month deadline that Defence Minister Angie Motshekga committed to for presenting a concrete plan to reprioritise Defence spending and arrest the SANDF’s collapse. The DA will continue to exercise its oversight …

Dear Editor The DA is astounded that Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, came to Parliament today to effectively admit to committee that he had failed in his executive duties to properly oversee the appointment of the new Lottery Operator “Sizekhaya Holdings” It is Tau’s duty to ensure that conflicts of interest between …

Dear Editor Winning the fight against Foot and Mouth Disease is essential for South Africa’s red meat industry. An announcement yesterday that red meat in South Africa remains safe to eat, is of critical importance. Since 2019’s outbreaks of Foot and Mouth there has been a severe impact on this sector of our economy. What …

Dear Editor Employment data released by Statistics South Africa of 74 000 jobs lost between December and March underscores that our unemployment crisis must be confronted head on. While some of these jobs were seasonal, these numbers demonstrate that our economy can no longer sail with the tide – but pioneer on bravely through deeply …

Dear Editor The amended regulations gazetted by Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi (DA), allow departments to procure IT services outside of SITA if they present a strong and viable business case, within existing public procurement prescripts, at a faster turnaround time and lower cost. This reform could mark a turning point for …

Dear Editor The DA is proud to recognise a victory by Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen, which will stop the price of bread from going up. Minister Steenhuisen has identified and terminated an inherited arrangement where a supplier had been authorized to conduct quality inspections of breads and grains at retailers across the country. The DA …

Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) calls for the immediate release of the Moorhouse Report, which the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) continues to conceal from Parliament and the public. This follows the arrest of 12 SANDF members in connection with the 2023 assassination of Hawks investigator, Lieutenant Colonel Frans Mathipa. The arrests have …

Dear Editor Tomorrow, following the DA’s request, the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) and the Minister of Trade, Industry & Competition, Parks Tau, will appear before the Portfolio Committee in Parliament to answer to numerous concerns surrounding the awarding of the lottery licence to Sizekhaya Holdings. This follows revelations of links between Sizekhaya and the Deputy …

Dear Editor The Democratic Alliance (DA) notes OUTA’s call for the suspension of fines against motorists who were unable to renew their licences due to government failure. But instead of merely treating the symptoms, government must address the root cause of the crisis. South Africa’s sole driving licence card printing machine, which broke down on …

Dear Editor In a meeting of the Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade on 18 June 2025, the Democratic Alliance (DA) strongly rejected the South African Post Office’s (SAPO) request to present its R3.8 billion Business Rescue Plan behind closed doors. SAPO’s excuse? Vague “intellectual property” concerns and claims that competitors might exploit the …