Policy Brief 32 – How Civil Society Can Strengthen the Capacity of South Africa's Parliament [analysis]
The official opposition, the Democratic Alliance (DA) also supports the call for a basic … “Report of the Independent Panel Assessment of Parliament”. Parliament of South Africa, Government Printers …
Policy Brief 32 – How Civil Society Can Strengthen the Capacity of South Africa's Parliament [analysis]

South African Group Calls on Blacks to Kill White Women, Children, Their Pets
The Democratic Alliance and the Congress of the People parties have reported the fringe politician to the South African Human Rights Commission … up just 10 percent of the country’s population. The …
South African Group Calls on Blacks to Kill White Women, Children, Their Pets

South Africa: Policy Brief 31 – Democratising South Africa's Parliament
As South Africa prepares to vote in the 2019 … traditions”, and the “demands and obligations” of the government overseeing a democracy (ANC 2007). To start with, there appears to be a seemingly …
South Africa: Policy Brief 31 – Democratising South Africa's Parliament

South Africa: Policy Brief 32 – How Civil Society Can Strengthen the Capacity of South Africa's Parliament
The official opposition, the Democratic Alliance (DA … Parliament of South Africa, Government Printers, Cape Town Gumede, William (2009) “Modernising the ANC”, In Peter Kagwana and Kwandile …
South Africa: Policy Brief 32 – How Civil Society Can Strengthen the Capacity of South Africa's Parliament

Stern warning against incompetence – Alliance
The programme of the meeting included developing a shared understanding on the challenges facing the ANC-headed Alliance and broad democratic movement with … from Alliance components assessing the S…
Stern warning against incompetence – Alliance

How new media platforms have become powerful across Africa
Users considered too critical of the government are routinely arrested … Similarly, in South Africa, both the ruling African National Congress and the opposition Democratic Alliance were reported to …
How new media platforms have become powerful across Africa

Racism tops list of rights violations in South Africa
Patterns of racism and systemic racial inequality remain entrenched in South Africa … s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has the largest number of legislators in the parliament. But the main o…
Racism tops list of rights violations in South Africa

South Africa steps up land reform
This week, South … African National Congress (ANC) party allied with the more radical Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to secure enough votes to pass the report by 209 to 91 votes in the National Ass…
South Africa steps up land reform

South Africa 'sets date for white farmers land grab'
White South Africans could be forced to give up their own homes from next year as the nation’s government steamrolls through plans for land expropriation over claims ‘Africa’s original … must be app…
South Africa 'sets date for white farmers land grab'

South Africa 'sets date for white farmers land grab' months after announcing 'test case' to see if 'expropriation without compensation' is legal
White South Africans could be forced to give up their own homes from next year as the nation’s government steamrolls through plans for land expropriation over claims ‘Africa’s original … must be app…
South Africa 'sets date for white farmers land grab' months after announcing 'test case' to see if 'expropriation without compensation' is legal

South Africa 'sets date for white farmers land grab' months after announcing 'test case'
White South Africans could be forced to give up their own homes from next year as the nation’s government steamrolls through plans for land expropriation over claims ‘Africa’s original … must be app…
South Africa 'sets date for white farmers land grab' months after announcing 'test case'

Shades of Brazil as anti-corruption drive in South Africa turns nasty
Something similar seems to be afoot in South Africa … to the main opposition, the Democratic Alliance, the claim that Ramaphosa or his son received money from Bosasa, a security company which does b…
Shades of Brazil as anti-corruption drive in South Africa turns nasty

The DA’s Federal Executive warns that South Africa is in for a ‘black Christmas’
Eskom and the current electricity crisis that has seen the country plunge into stage two load shedding was high on the agenda as the Democratic … national government and for South African …
The DA’s Federal Executive warns that South Africa is in for a ‘black Christmas’

South Africans now literally paying price of state capture – Natasha Mazzone
Worse, what would have cost the South African tax payer R2 … s project of State Capture. The Democratic Alliance (DA) will write to the Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan to demand that o…
South Africans now literally paying price of state capture – Natasha Mazzone

South Africa – Parliament Approves Land Reform Report
At last, the pledge of the ruling African National Congress … per cent of farmland held by individuals, government figures show. The Democratic Alliance described the process of changing …
South Africa – Parliament Approves Land Reform Report

South Africa cranks up land reform
THE two legislative Houses in South Africa this week adopted a report that recommends … The main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), called it “a flawed report”. On Wednesday, the higher …
South Africa cranks up land reform

South Africa: Outcomes of Denosa Gauteng 9th Provincial Congress
The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA … DENOSA Deputy General Secretary Comrade Kwena Manamela and our Alliance partners. The Congress was graced by the presence of …
South Africa: Outcomes of Denosa Gauteng 9th Provincial Congress

South Africa opposition party trolls gov’t online gambling ban
South Africa’s online … opposition party as the government prepares to vote on new gambling legislation. On Wednesday, Ghaleb Cachalia, the Democratic Alliance (DA) party’s Shadow Deputy …
South Africa opposition party trolls gov’t online gambling ban

S. Africa land reform: ANC, EFF win parliament approval, DA considers legal challenge
South Africa’s main opposition party, Democratic Alliance (DA), before the Tuesday debate … and some rights groups are critical of the government’s plans, saying it will jeopardise property rights a…
S. Africa land reform: ANC, EFF win parliament approval, DA considers legal challenge

South Africa’s parliament backs land reform report
South Africa’s parliament … as he seeks to unite the fractured ruling African National Congress (ANC) and win public support ahead of an election next year. But the main opposition Democratic Allian…
South Africa’s parliament backs land reform report

South Africa's parliament backs land reform report
President Ramaphosa has prioritised land redistribution as he seeks to win public support ahead of election next year [Themba Hadebe/AP] South … main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) and some rig…
South Africa's parliament backs land reform report

South African Parliament Endorses Report on Land Expropriation
CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), said on Tuesday it could … But the DA and some rights groups are critical of the government’s plans, saying it will je…
South African Parliament Endorses Report on Land Expropriation

South African parliament endorses report on disputed land reform
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s main opposition … to unite the fractured ruling African National Congress (ANC) and win public support ahead of an election next year. But the main opposition De…
South African parliament endorses report on disputed land reform

South Africa power cuts hurt economy even as recession ends
While Eskom’s problems are seen as a threat to the economy, the government delivered some good news … power producers,” tweeted Mmusi Maimane, head of the Democratic Alliance party. South Africa has …
South Africa power cuts hurt economy even as recession ends

Power cuts hit South Africa, hurting economy
The Guptas, who deny wrongdoing, are accused of trying to influence appointments of government officials as a way … producers,” tweeted Mmusi Maimane, head of the Democratic Alliance party. South Af…
Power cuts hit South Africa, hurting economy

SABC board members throw in the towel in fresh battle with government
At least two board members of the embattled South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC … that deputy chairperson Khanyisile Kweyama and Democratic Alliance-nominee John Mattison have thrown in the …
SABC board members throw in the towel in fresh battle with government

EFF behaviour is a blatant abuse of democracy
peaceful and friendly to newly born democratic South African state. The corruption that surrounded the arms deal didn’t help. It has been said that the SDP marks the time when the ANC government lost …
EFF behaviour is a blatant abuse of democracy

Parties Clash After 'Hooligans' Vandalise Stores in South Africa
The Democratic Alliance has slammed supporters of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) who vandalised a Vodacom store during a protest after an image of EFF leader Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu …
Parties Clash After 'Hooligans' Vandalise Stores in South Africa

South Africa: Pravin Gordhan called on to solve Eskom load shedding crisis
The Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Sunday that they will call an urgent … Mazzone said that Gordhan must put South Africa first. Gordhan must now act in the best interest of South Africans and tac…
South Africa: Pravin Gordhan called on to solve Eskom load shedding crisis

Give South Africa its power back by implementing the DA’s plan, Minister Gordhan
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will write to Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan, requesting an urgent meeting on the electricity crisis in South Africa. It is now time for the ANC government and …
Give South Africa its power back by implementing the DA’s plan, Minister Gordhan

Mmusi Maimane: To be free, Africa must be liberated from its liberators
In South Africa, it is only the Democratic Alliance that is pushing for such … We’re offering voters the option of an alternative government that is based on shared values rather than shared …
Mmusi Maimane: To be free, Africa must be liberated from its liberators

To be free, Africa must be liberated from its liberators
Why was a government returned to power … what is possible when values are placed ahead of religion, race or language. In South Africa, it is only the Democratic Alliance that is pushing for such a s…
To be free, Africa must be liberated from its liberators

DA: Ramaphosa refuses to put South Africa first over Jacob Zuma
The Democratic Alliance (DA) maintains that Zuma should … The failing ANC’s dogged defence of Jacob Zuma is an insult to South Africans. The DA is committed to building One South Africa for All wher…
DA: Ramaphosa refuses to put South Africa first over Jacob Zuma

To be free, Africa must be liberated from its liberators – Mmusi Maimane
Why was a government returned to power … what is possible when values are placed ahead of religion, race or language. In South Africa, it is only the Democratic Alliance that is pushing for such a s…
To be free, Africa must be liberated from its liberators – Mmusi Maimane

Africa must be liberated from its liberators
Why was a government returned to power … what is possible when values are placed ahead of religion, race or language. In South Africa, it is only the Democratic Alliance that is pushing for such a s…
Africa must be liberated from its liberators

Maimane tells congress in Senegal: Africa needs ‘liberation from its liberators’
Why was a government returned to power … race or language. In South Africa, it is only the Democratic Alliance that is pushing for such a society. No other party is even trying, and they …
Maimane tells congress in Senegal: Africa needs ‘liberation from its liberators’

Maimane tells liberal congress in Senegal that Africa needs ‘liberation from its liberators’
Why was a government returned to power … race or language. In South Africa, it is only the Democratic Alliance that is pushing for such a society. No other party is even trying, and they …
Maimane tells liberal congress in Senegal that Africa needs ‘liberation from its liberators’

WATCH Natasha Mazzone: “Today Is A Good Day To Be A South African”
Democratic … It’s inside all South Africans. It’s a feeling of pride. It’s a feeling of pride that although we have shame in our government, we are completely proud of our country. Speaker, it’s tha…
WATCH Natasha Mazzone: “Today Is A Good Day To Be A South African”

Report: South Africa’s borders an open goal for illegal immigrants
South Africa’s borders with neighbouring countries are in a sordid state, hampering the fight against illegal immigration and cross-country criminal activities. This was revealed by the Democratic All…
Report: South Africa’s borders an open goal for illegal immigrants

WHITE SOUTH AFRICA- BE WARY OF THE D.A….VERY WARY!
THE Democratic Alliance in South Africa is limping on wobbly legs to the left more and more each day to try to save their tarnished image. In their fear of loosing black votes- they now are close to e…
WHITE SOUTH AFRICA- BE WARY OF THE D.A….VERY WARY!

State-owned enterprises vs private South African companies – the winner is clear
South Africa has suffered recessions … than getting on with the operational plan,” said Fredericks. Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane has previously called for the privatisation …
State-owned enterprises vs private South African companies – the winner is clear

South Africa Prosecutors Drop Graft Case Against Zuma Allies
File photo of former South African president Jacob Zuma in the dock of the High … within the ruling ANC party over multiple corruption scandals. The opposition Democratic Alliance party said the rea…
South Africa Prosecutors Drop Graft Case Against Zuma Allies

ANC MP tells parliament DA’s Western Cape government is ‘Gupta-funded’
These parties instead chose to bail out the state-owned South African Express Airways. pic.twitter.com/iEzPThvcB9 — Democratic Alliance … that the Western Cape government is funded by …
ANC MP tells parliament DA’s Western Cape government is ‘Gupta-funded’

Land issue bringing democracy under scrutiny
Democracy has its genesis in Athens in the late 5th century BC where democracy was conceived and practised by allowing all male citizens to be involved in its government … election in the same year …
Land issue bringing democracy under scrutiny

South Africa’s opposition links donations to President Ramaphosa to Gupta family
South Africa’s main opposition … of Trillian Capital Partners, the Democratic Alliance said in an emailed statement on Tuesday. Ramaphosa said earlier this month that his campaign to lead the ruling …
South Africa’s opposition links donations to President Ramaphosa to Gupta family

South Africa Opposition Links Ramaphosa Donation to Guptas
(Bloomberg) — The South Africa’s main … Capital Partners Pty Ltd., the Democratic Alliance said in an emailed statement on Tuesday. Ramaphosa said earlier this month that his campaign to lead the r…
South Africa Opposition Links Ramaphosa Donation to Guptas

S. Africa's DA Says President's Campaign Donation Has Gupta Link
The Democratic Alliance, South Africa’s main opposition party … has been accused of using its political connections to win state contracts and influence government appointments. The Guptas have deni…
S. Africa's DA Says President's Campaign Donation Has Gupta Link

South Africa: Shades of Brazil As Anti-Corruption Drive in South Africa Turns Nasty
Something similar seems to be afoot in South … the Democratic Alliance, the claim that Ramaphosa or his son received money from Bosasa, a security company which does business with the government.
South Africa: Shades of Brazil As Anti-Corruption Drive in South Africa Turns Nasty