South African Parliament unanimously passes motion condemning Pulwama Attack
In a rare move, South African lawmakers have unanimously passed a motion … Member of Parliament Sandy Kalyan from the opposition Democratic Alliance moved the motion which called on the House to not…
South African Parliament unanimously passes motion condemning Pulwama Attack

South Africa announces .6 billion bailout to keep lights on
South Africa’s Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced Wednesday … The crisis has quickly become a leading election battleground issue, with the main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) calling for …
South Africa announces .6 billion bailout to keep lights on

South African Parliament unanimously condemns Pulwama terror attack
JOHANNESBURG: In a rare move, South African lawmakers have unanimously passed a motion … Member of Parliament Sandy Kalyan from the opposition Democratic Alliance moved the motion which called on th…
South African Parliament unanimously condemns Pulwama terror attack

Another government building poses safety concerns in NW
The Democratic Alliance (DA) leader in the province … who are supposed to fulfil a very important responsibility to contribute to law and order in South Africa. He says the building is old and dilap…
Another government building poses safety concerns in NW

South Africa’s Opposition Reacts to Alleged Racial Witch Hunt
South Africa’s opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has voiced concern over an alleged … Gordhan needs to categorically state if this is a government position, Mazzone said. What is needed now more t…
South Africa’s Opposition Reacts to Alleged Racial Witch Hunt

Zimbabwe rules out setting unity government
Foreign missions in the Southern African country have been advocating for an inclusive government that includes the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance of Nelson Chamisa …
Zimbabwe rules out setting unity government

Should South Africa shelve its sugar tax?
South African Cane Growers’ Association chair, Graeme Stainbank argues that the tax, which the government said would help in reducing … According to Healthy Living Alliance, South Africa has the hig…
Should South Africa shelve its sugar tax?

South Africa’s Economy Suffers Heavily Over Power Cuts
Persistent loading shedding has hard hit the South African economy, costing billions of rand every day, the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA … President Cyril Ramaphosa admitted that the governmen…
South Africa’s Economy Suffers Heavily Over Power Cuts

South African group accused of Zuma bribes goes into liquidation
He later said the funds would be repaid. He has denied corruption. South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance had called for the state to end all of its contracts with Bosasa over the scandal. …
South African group accused of Zuma bribes goes into liquidation

South Africa: Lights Out – DA Launches New Election Billboard
In the run-up to the 2019 national elections, the Democratic Alliance has launched a new … the biggest blows due to the blackouts. South Africa loses R2bn a day due to power failures.
South Africa: Lights Out – DA Launches New Election Billboard

South Africa has lost faith in politics and politicians – De Lille
Cape Town – Politics, as usual, has failed too many South Africans and the people have lost faith … De Lille again lashed out at the Democratic Alliance – who she represented as Cape Town mayor for …
South Africa has lost faith in politics and politicians – De Lille

ANC: ‘We’ve learnt from mistake of not consulting alliance partners on Eskom’
The mineworker’s union has also expressed its unhappiness about government … our alliance partners.” He says the party’s top leaders will meet with Congress of South African Trade …
ANC: ‘We’ve learnt from mistake of not consulting alliance partners on Eskom’

Politics has failed South Africans, says De Lille
She says God forbid South Africans lost faith in democracy … De Lille again lashed out at the Democratic Alliance – who she represented as Cape Town mayor for seven years until she resigned …
Politics has failed South Africans, says De Lille

South Africa: Parly steps up efforts to buoy sugar industry
“Many of these matters came to the fore when they were highlighted to the committee by the South African Development Farmers Association … The committee in the statement lambasted the Democratic All…
South Africa: Parly steps up efforts to buoy sugar industry

South Africa power cuts darken ANC’s election outlook
Power outages across South Africa this week have blown up into … The main opposition Democratic Alliance has jumped at the chance to make gains ahead of the polls. “The future of Eskom is …
South Africa power cuts darken ANC’s election outlook

The Democratic Alliance delighted with latest by-election results
The Democratic Alliance (DA … We encourage all South Africans who have not yet registered to vote, to visit their nearest IEC office. It is crucial that all South African citizens of voting age are …
The Democratic Alliance delighted with latest by-election results

South Africa: Parliament Engages With Sugar Industry
Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry is well aware that the South African sugar industry … This week, the Democratic Alliance (DA) issued a media statement stating that it …
South Africa: Parliament Engages With Sugar Industry

South Africa Government : Parliament engages with sugar industry
Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry is well aware that the South African sugar industry is experiencing … in January last year,’ said Ms Fubbs. This week, the Democratic Alliance …
South Africa Government : Parliament engages with sugar industry

South Africa: Colorblind – Interracial Love in South Africa
Even the leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa’s largest opposition party, Mmusi Maimane, is still repeatedly asked questions relating to the fact that his wife of 13 years is white.
South Africa: Colorblind – Interracial Love in South Africa

S.Africa power cuts darken ANC's election outlook
Johannesburg (AFP) – Power outages across South Africa this week have blown up into the biggest … Verisk-Maplecroft. The main opposition Democratic Alliance has jumped at the chance to make gains ah…
S.Africa power cuts darken ANC's election outlook

Colorblind: interracial love in South Africa
Dries and Brolin are among a growing number of interracial couples in South Africa, who are trying to assert their rightful place, whether they are gay or straight. Even the leader of the Democratic A…
Colorblind: interracial love in South Africa

The DA battles Ramaphosa at ConCourt over cabinet reshuffles
President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Democratic Alliance will go head to head in the Constitutional Court on Thursday over whether the president must release records and reasons for executive decisions, …
The DA battles Ramaphosa at ConCourt over cabinet reshuffles

Vavi happier to be outside the ANC alliance now
Is it indeed colder outside the ANC tripartite alliance? South African Federation of Trade … They represent two different pressure points on government, as we have seen now.
Vavi happier to be outside the ANC alliance now

ANC selling dreams and lies, while DA delivers over 110 000 title deeds to South Africans
The only relevant statement he made was the identification of state land parcels for redistribution, something the Democratic Alliance (DA … EFF to trample on the rights of South Africans. If we wan…
ANC selling dreams and lies, while DA delivers over 110 000 title deeds to South Africans

Eskom Crisis: ANC blames “sabotage” as they drop the ball on South Africans
The Democratic Alliance (DA) notes reports of comments made by ANC National … and an outright attempt to sabotage President Ramaphosa’s vision for South Africa, after his State of the Nation Address …
Eskom Crisis: ANC blames “sabotage” as they drop the ball on South Africans

Southern Africa: Editorial Comment – SADC's Undying Frontline Spirit Commendable
THE formation of a democratic government in South Africa in 1994 led to the disbandment of the Frontline States alliance, whose main objective was to dismantle white settler rule. The Pan-African …
Southern Africa: Editorial Comment – SADC's Undying Frontline Spirit Commendable

DA: Eskom Crisis: ANC blames “sabotage” as they drop the ball on South Africans
The Democratic Alliance (DA) notes reports of comments made by ANC National … and an outright attempt to sabotage President Ramaphosa’s vision for South Africa, after his State of the Nation Address …
DA: Eskom Crisis: ANC blames “sabotage” as they drop the ball on South Africans

No more talking. No more watching. South Africa needs action.
The following speech was delivered today by Democratic … up government? Failure to act makes you just another driver of the same broken bus – as is the case in Zimbabwe. When you speak of renewal, y…
No more talking. No more watching. South Africa needs action.

LIVE: EFF bullies have no place in our democracy, says Mthembu in #SonaDebate
The ANC and its government … truly democratised South Africa under the stewardship of the African National Congress. Our pursuit of a non-racial, non-sexist, united, democratic and prosperous …
LIVE: EFF bullies have no place in our democracy, says Mthembu in #SonaDebate

Africa on track to end conflict by 2020: Sisulu
Meanwhile, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has welcomed President Ramaphosa’s appointment as chairperson of the African Union for the year 2020. In a statement the DA leader, Mmusi Maimane says the appoi…
Africa on track to end conflict by 2020: Sisulu

Ramaphosa concludes working visit to African Union
President Cyril Ramaphosa has concluded a successful working visit to Addis Ababa in the Federal Democratic … of State and Government in Kigali, Rwanda in March 2018. South Africa signed the …
Ramaphosa concludes working visit to African Union

South Africa imposes severe power cuts ahead of election
South Africa on Monday introduced its most severe … The largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, blamed Eskom’s woes on government graft and said it would request an urgent parliamentary d…
South Africa imposes severe power cuts ahead of election

Twenty-five years of democracy: ruptures and continuities (Part 1)
How is it that what seemed so promising in the inauguration of South African democracy … citizens who elected their own government constituted a revolutionary change, or what the ANC-led alliance de…
Twenty-five years of democracy: ruptures and continuities (Part 1)

Opposition Seeks Gains From South African Graft Revelations
South Africa … the ruling African National Congress in general elections in May. “The recent revelations about the ANC top leadership being heavily implicated in widespread corruption allegations is …
Opposition Seeks Gains From South African Graft Revelations

Racist South Africa Nears Collapse
After scaring off foreign investors with Racist policies against the White population, South Africa is now struggling … The largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, blamed Eskom’s woes on …
Racist South Africa Nears Collapse

S.Africa imposes severe power cuts ahead of election
Johannesburg (AFP) – South Africa on Monday introduced its most … The largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, blamed Eskom’s woes on government graft and said it would request an urgent p…
S.Africa imposes severe power cuts ahead of election

Ramaphosa now has power to promote democracy on continent – Mmusi Maimane
The ANC government’s voting record at the UN tells a … I will support him if he does what is right and acts in the interests of South Africa. As the Leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Chairp…
Ramaphosa now has power to promote democracy on continent – Mmusi Maimane

President Ramaphosa must use his upcoming role as African Union Chair to promote democracy on the continent
The ANC government’s voting record at the UN tells … I will support him if he does what is right and acts in the interests of South Africa. As the Leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Chairper…
President Ramaphosa must use his upcoming role as African Union Chair to promote democracy on the continent

DA: President Ramaphosa must use his upcoming role as African Union Chair to promote democracy on the continent
The ANC government’s voting record at the UN tells a … I will support him if he does what is right and acts in the interests of South Africa. As the Leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Chairp…
DA: President Ramaphosa must use his upcoming role as African Union Chair to promote democracy on the continent

Maimane: ANC’s BEE Failed, Disempowered Many South Africans
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane says the African National Congress (ANC)’s model of black economic empowerment has failed to benefit most South Africans but instead has disempowered many …
Maimane: ANC’s BEE Failed, Disempowered Many South Africans

ANALYSIS: Data shows South Africans will welcome Ramaphosa's tough talk on corruption
South Africans … s Constitution, democratic system and public representatives. Government ministers, senior civil servants and politicians from the governing African National Congress’s …
ANALYSIS: Data shows South Africans will welcome Ramaphosa's tough talk on corruption

Maimane: 'ANC’s BEE model has disempowered many South Africans'
JOHANNESBURG – Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane says the African National Congress (ANC)’s model of black economic empowerment has failed to benefit most South Africans but instead …
Maimane: 'ANC’s BEE model has disempowered many South Africans'

South Africa: Data Shows South Africans Will Welcome Ramaphosa's Tough Talk On Graft
South Africans … country’s Constitution, democratic system and public representatives. Government ministers, senior civil servants and politicians from the governing African National Congress’s …
South Africa: Data Shows South Africans Will Welcome Ramaphosa's Tough Talk On Graft

25 years of democracy: ruptures and continuities
How is it that what seemed so promising in the inauguration of South African democracy … citizens who elected their own government constituted a revolutionary change, or what the ANC-led alliance de…
25 years of democracy: ruptures and continuities

Unions fear jobs losses under plan to split South African electricity provider
Trade unions in South Africa have vowed to … A 2016 World Bank study of utilities in 36 African countries said that Eskom was overstaffed by 27,500. Mmusi Maimane, the leader of the main opposition …
Unions fear jobs losses under plan to split South African electricity provider

Racist South Africa Now Desperate for Foreign Investors
South Africa’s government can not attract foreign investors … With the battle set to rage between the ANC, EFF and the centralist Democratic Alliance ahead of election day on May 8, the mining indus…
Racist South Africa Now Desperate for Foreign Investors

S.Africa's tough choice: Land redistribution or mining investment?
South Africa’s government faces a tough balancing act as it … With the battle set to rage between the ANC, EFF and the centralist Democratic Alliance ahead of election day on May 8, the mining indus…
S.Africa's tough choice: Land redistribution or mining investment?

South Africa continues to grapple with post-apartheid education
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nearly 42 years ago … However, the official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has accused Ramaphosa of neglecting schoolchildren by placing too much emphasis on te…
South Africa continues to grapple with post-apartheid education

Data shows South Africans will welcome Ramaphosa’s tough talk on graft
Benjamin Roberts receives governmental and non-governmental funding to lead research various social research projects relating to public attitudes in South Africa. This funding is awarded in …
Data shows South Africans will welcome Ramaphosa’s tough talk on graft

South Africans will soon know who is funding the parties they vote for
The reason for this has to do with the fact that the ANC dominates party politics in South Africa. In the last national elections in 2014, the party won 62.15% of the vote. The two main opposition par…
South Africans will soon know who is funding the parties they vote for

South Africa president fires gun for May 8 election, vows growth
Ramaphosa received a boost ahead of his speech when French energy giant Total announced it had found gas deposits off the southern coast of South Africa. The president … the ANC will face the centra…
South Africa president fires gun for May 8 election, vows growth

South African President under pressure to address land reform
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the … and we have to acknowledge that the reason they’re getting worse is the ANC,” Mmusi Maimane, leader of the Democratic Alliance, the main …
South African President under pressure to address land reform

South Africa President Ramaphosa says nation is beginning to recover from uncertainty
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said Thursday the … that the reason they’re getting worse is the ANC,” Mmusi Maimane, leader of the Democratic Alliance, the main opposition party, said in h…
South Africa President Ramaphosa says nation is beginning to recover from uncertainty

South Africa to hold parliamentary election on May 8: Ramaphosa
South Africa … in Ramaphosa’s government. Ramaphosa is under pressure to move against the implicated officials, but he must also strive for party unity through the election, in which the ANC will fa…
South Africa to hold parliamentary election on May 8: Ramaphosa

Ramaphosa has put ANC before South Africans – Maimane
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) tonight was proof that he had chosen the ANC over the interests of South Africans, Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane said in …
Ramaphosa has put ANC before South Africans – Maimane

South African 2019 elections: Voting date set for 8 May
The South … The ruling African National Congress (ANC), which has had a torrid time in the public eye since the last national election in 2014, is looking to claw back votes and avoid dipping below …
South African 2019 elections: Voting date set for 8 May

S.Africa president fires gun for May 8 election, vows growth
South African … in Ramaphosa’s government. Ramaphosa is under pressure to move against the implicated officials, but he must also strive for party unity through the election, in which the ANC will f…
S.Africa president fires gun for May 8 election, vows growth

South Africa leader in national speech looks toward election
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the … and we have to acknowledge that the reason they’re getting worse is the ANC,” Mmusi Maimane, leader of the Democratic Alliance, the main …
South Africa leader in national speech looks toward election

South Africa leader in national speech looks toward election | Bradenton Herald
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the … and we have to acknowledge that the reason they’re getting worse is the ANC,” Mmusi Maimane, leader of the Democratic Alliance, the main …
South Africa leader in national speech looks toward election | Bradenton Herald

South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa to give policy speech amid graft allegations
South … opposition Democratic Alliance. “We urge the president to act, and act fast”. Radical leftist opposition leader Julius Malema has challenged Ramaphosa to explain his links with Bosasa, a com…
South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa to give policy speech amid graft allegations

South Africa: Zimbabwe Govt Paper The Herald Runs Headline 'Unpacking Maimane's Monkey Tricks'
Cape Town — The Democratic … Zimbabwe’s government has no interest in engaging with Maimane. Maimane also said he would approach the UN, the International Criminal Court (ICC) and South …
South Africa: Zimbabwe Govt Paper The Herald Runs Headline 'Unpacking Maimane's Monkey Tricks'

A democracy or a kleptocracy? How South Africa stacks up
Revelations emanating from the two commissions of inquiry indicate that South Africa stands in great peril of falling prey to kleptocracy. Under Ramaphosa, the government of the African National Congr…
A democracy or a kleptocracy? How South Africa stacks up

South Africa’s Ramaphosa to give policy speech amid graft allegations
CAPE TOWN: South … Democratic Alliance. “We urge the president to act, and act fast”. Radical leftist opposition leader Julius Malema has challenged Ramaphosa to explain his links with Bosasa, a com…
South Africa’s Ramaphosa to give policy speech amid graft allegations

South Africans Are Finally Set to Know Who Funds Their Political Parties
South African … politics in South Africa. In the last national elections in 2014, the party won 62.15% of the vote. The two main opposition parties, the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Economic …
South Africans Are Finally Set to Know Who Funds Their Political Parties

S. Africa's Ramaphosea to give policy speeh amid graft allegations
South … main opposition Democratic Alliance. “We urge the president to act, and act fast”. Radical leftist opposition leader Julius Malema has challenged Ramaphosa to explain his links with Bosasa, …
S. Africa's Ramaphosea to give policy speeh amid graft allegations

S. Africa's Ramaphosa to give policy speech amid graft allegations
Cape Town (AFP) – South … Democratic Alliance. “We urge the president to act, and act fast”. Radical leftist opposition leader Julius Malema has challenged Ramaphosa to explain his links with Bosasa …
S. Africa's Ramaphosa to give policy speech amid graft allegations

South Africa doesn’t need a different driver. We need a new bus.
Or do we take a big step back and compare our current South Africa to the … attempt nor will from our government to rectify this. There was this profound injustice that remained in our society despi…
South Africa doesn’t need a different driver. We need a new bus.

South African president delivers major policy speech before election
CAPE TOWN: South … Democratic Alliance. “We urge the president to act, and act fast”. Radical leftist opposition leader Julius Malema has challenged Ramaphosa to explain his links with Bosasa, a com…
South African president delivers major policy speech before election

S.African president delivers major policy speech before election
Cape Town (AFP) – South … Democratic Alliance. “We urge the president to act, and act fast”. Radical leftist opposition leader Julius Malema has challenged Ramaphosa to explain his links with Bosasa …
S.African president delivers major policy speech before election

Press Release: The Tibetan President, Dr Lobsang Sangay, says South Africa inspires Tibetans
Dr Lobsang Sangay, President of the Central Tibetan Administration is visiting South Africa for the second time to attend SONA 2019 as guest of the Democratic Alliance … power to a democratically el…
Press Release: The Tibetan President, Dr Lobsang Sangay, says South Africa inspires Tibetans

Is South Africa On The Brink Of A Major Energy Policy Shift?
This proposal has already been articulated in the government’s latest draft Integrated … Another is deregulation of the sector. For example, the Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa’s official opp…
Is South Africa On The Brink Of A Major Energy Policy Shift?

Demarcation Board is a true test of democracy
The year 2019 marks the turning point in the history of an institution that was created in the year 1999 through the democratic South African government with the hope of bringing service delivery clos…
Demarcation Board is a true test of democracy

Southern Africa: SADC, AU Updated About Zimbabwe Crisis
Harare — The Zimbabwean government has briefed the … property destruction and looting. Recently, South Africa’s main opposition, Democratic Alliance (DA), wrote a letter to Mnangagwa …
Southern Africa: SADC, AU Updated About Zimbabwe Crisis

Is South Africa on the cusp of a major shift in energy policy?
This proposal has already been articulated in the government’s latest draft Integrated … Another is deregulation of the sector. For example, the Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa’s official opp…
Is South Africa on the cusp of a major shift in energy policy?

ANC in the Western Cape calls for unity in the tripartite alliance
The African National Congress … force capable of defeating the DA [Democratic Alliance] – the enemy of the working class will never be unseated in the Western Cape,” he said. Jacobs added that Cosat…
ANC in the Western Cape calls for unity in the tripartite alliance

Gauteng government tackles food insecurity head-on
Rising levels of poverty in South Africa continues to threaten food security … Play online to enter now! Democratic Alliance (DA)’s mayoral candidate for Tshwane, Stevens Mokgalapa, has praised his …
Gauteng government tackles food insecurity head-on

Southern African Development Community and the African Union Has Let Zimbabwe Down.
The government got something to justify its actions before these brotherhood institutions,” Sibanda said. Meanwhile, Children of War Veterans Association (Cozwa) last Friday met South African oppositi…
Southern African Development Community and the African Union Has Let Zimbabwe Down.

South Africa: ANC in the Western Cape Calls for Unity in the Tripartite Alliance
The ANC in the Western Cape has appealed to the tripartite alliance to unite with the … non-sexist, fully democratic South Africa.” He said that signs of the new dawn include a Cabinet that …
South Africa: ANC in the Western Cape Calls for Unity in the Tripartite Alliance

Malema Eyes King-Maker Role in South Africa's May Election
South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters … “The ANC, the Democratic Alliance and all other parties will have to come to the EFF if they want to form a coalition government,” Hlophe-Maxon said. The p…
Malema Eyes King-Maker Role in South Africa's May Election

Malema's EFF Eyes King-Maker Role in South Africa May Election
South … by the South African Institute of Race Relations between Nov. 26 and Dec. 4, the ANC is set to win about 60 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections expected to take place in May, foll…
Malema's EFF Eyes King-Maker Role in South Africa May Election

Patricia de Lille op-ed: South Africa deserves a Good Future
I fought against apartheid, oppression, intolerance and corruption in South Africa and was proud to work alongside … these changes did not align with the regressive direction the Democratic Alliance …
Patricia de Lille op-ed: South Africa deserves a Good Future

Myanmar government using ‘abusive laws’ to punish critics: HRW
“Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy promised a new Myanmar but the government still prosecutes peaceful speech and protests and has failed to revise old oppressive laws,” Linda Lak…
Myanmar government using ‘abusive laws’ to punish critics: HRW

LATEST: Maimane's DA, Chamisa's MDC Alliance and G40 gang up against Mnangagwa's government
SOUTH Africa yesterday distanced itself from threats by Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mr Mmusi Maimane to … Instead, he said, South African Government was focusing on butressing relations with Zim…
LATEST: Maimane's DA, Chamisa's MDC Alliance and G40 gang up against Mnangagwa's government

WATCH: We are being hunted by Zim government, claim activists
Activists Munyaradzi Shoko, leader of the Children of Zimbabwe War Veterans’ Association, and #Tajamuka’s pro-democracy campaigner Elvis Mugari arrived at the Zimbabwe Embassy in Pretoria on Thursday, …
WATCH: We are being hunted by Zim government, claim activists