South Africa to roll out sweeping health reform in stages
PRETORIA, Aug 23 (Reuters) – A proposed move to universal health coverage in South Africa will be rolled out in stages … The country’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, opposes NHI, …
South Africa to roll out sweeping health reform in stages

UPDATE 2-South Africa to roll out sweeping health reform in stages
PRETORIA, Aug 23 (Reuters) – A proposed move to universal health coverage in South Africa will be rolled out in stages … The country’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, opposes NHI, …
UPDATE 2-South Africa to roll out sweeping health reform in stages

Government is coming for your nest egg next, think tank warns
Responding to questions from the leader of the Democratic … government spending is reaching unsustainable levels.” It warned that any policy of prescribed assets is likely to leave South …
Government is coming for your nest egg next, think tank warns

Government 'irrevocably committed' to NHI, Cyril Ramaphosa tells Parliament
Parliament – Government would not change its mind on rolling out … stock exchange when the NHI bill was introduced in Parliament for processing. The Democratic Alliance and other parties are …
Government 'irrevocably committed' to NHI, Cyril Ramaphosa tells Parliament

CR17 Saga Looms Over Ramaphosa in South African Parliament
This comes after National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise denied Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi … with Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane. South Africa: Ramaphosa Q&A – Modise Refuses …
CR17 Saga Looms Over Ramaphosa in South African Parliament

Is honeymoon over for DA-led minority coalition government in Joburg?
Three years in, the honeymoon of the DA-led minority coalition government … African Christian Democratic Party and COPE hold one each. The remaining seats are held by the African Independent …
Is honeymoon over for DA-led minority coalition government in Joburg?

Democratic Alliance (DA) Young Leaders Programme 2020 for young South Africans
This South Africa is dynamic and innovative, with a growing, inclusive economy and capable government which defends the Constitution and ensures equal opportunity for all – regardless of where they …
Democratic Alliance (DA) Young Leaders Programme 2020 for young South Africans

DA notes Equality Court ruling on old South African flag
The Democratic Alliance (DA) notes the Equality Court ruling officially declaring the gratuitous display of the old South African flag as hate speech, harassment and unfair discrimination. The flag, …
DA notes Equality Court ruling on old South African flag

Arcelor Mittal’s Protection by Government Leads to Job Losses
The Democratic Alliance (DA … As the beneficiaries of a 10% custom duty and 12% safeguard duty on steel imports, Government has decimated competition within the South African steel industry – …
Arcelor Mittal’s Protection by Government Leads to Job Losses

Southern Africa: SADC's Anti-Sanctions Stance Opens New Frontier
We commend this high-level of brotherhood exhibited by the southern African … Democratic Change-Alliance, a litany of civic organisations and other schizophrenic individuals opposed to the …
Southern Africa: SADC's Anti-Sanctions Stance Opens New Frontier

Zim foreign minister defends crackdown on anti-government protesters
JOHANNESBURG – Sibusiso Moyo, Zimbabwe’s minister of foreign affairs and international trade, has defended his government’s crackdown … organised by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change …
Zim foreign minister defends crackdown on anti-government protesters

The ‘Make South Africa Work Again’ Manifesto
Let’s collectively abandon the National Democratic Revolution which has done so little to improve the lot of the poor for a quarter of a century in power and for nearly a century before the ANC-led …
The ‘Make South Africa Work Again’ Manifesto

South Africa: Debt Relief Law a Cause for Concern for South Africa's Banks?
The banking sector, which opposed the bill along with clothing retailers who provide credit and the Democratic Alliance … of the Banking Association of South Africa, said: “It’s disappointing …
South Africa: Debt Relief Law a Cause for Concern for South Africa's Banks?

Debt Relief Law a Cause for Concern for South Africa's Banks?
Referred to as the “Debt Relief Law”, the legistlation saw opposition from the banking sector and the Democratic Alliance over … opponents of governments to government publications and …
Debt Relief Law a Cause for Concern for South Africa's Banks?

South Africa: Debt Relief Law a Cause for Concern to South Africa's Banks?
The banking sector, which opposed the bill along with clothing retailers who provide credit and the Democratic Alliance … of the Banking Association of South Africa, said: “It’s disappointing …
South Africa: Debt Relief Law a Cause for Concern to South Africa's Banks?

South Africa – Pretend Marxist Neo-Chiefs Practice Destructive Capitalism
If real trouble strikes in the Persian Gulf and with Iran, the route around the Horn of Africa passing South Africa, may become of strategic … It still won 57.51 percent of the vote. – The DA …
South Africa – Pretend Marxist Neo-Chiefs Practice Destructive Capitalism

ANC is a government for white monopoly capital, not for the people – AMCU's Joseph Mathunjwa
“This government is destroying communities. We get sold the aroma of democracy while … it is because they are alliance partners of Confederation of South Africa Trade Unions (Cosatu) and …
ANC is a government for white monopoly capital, not for the people – AMCU's Joseph Mathunjwa

Political interference secures Amajita a spot at All Africa Games
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has taken note of a dispute between the South African Sport Confederation and Olympic … the two parties resolve the matter through the proper channels, government …
Political interference secures Amajita a spot at All Africa Games

South Africa’s Public Protector Hit with Second Punitive Costs Order
REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo Pretoria High Court Judge Ronel Tolmay ordered the Public Protector’s office to pay 85% of the costs of the Democratic Alliance and … “state capture” in South …
South Africa’s Public Protector Hit with Second Punitive Costs Order

Banks react to South Africa’s new debt relief laws
South African banks are concerned that some of … clothing retailers who provide credit and the opposition Democratic Alliance as it would drive up the cost of loans for low-income earners …
Banks react to South Africa’s new debt relief laws

South Sudan: Latest images reveal a global hotspot for biodiversity
In 1979 the government … Citizen Science Alliance. This region of South Sudan has historically fallen within a regional wildlife trafficking corridor from Central to North Africa, so to enforce …
South Sudan: Latest images reveal a global hotspot for biodiversity

South Africa's 2019 poll showed dangerous signs of 'insiders' and 'outsiders'
The general election in South Africa in May … and trust in the governing African National Congress (ANC) continued to decline. It now stands at its lowest point since 1994. The main opposition …
South Africa's 2019 poll showed dangerous signs of 'insiders' and 'outsiders'

Shoddy job: South Africa’s anti-graft head Mkhwebane fined
Pretoria High Court Judge Ronel Tolmay ordered the Public Protector’s office to pay 85% of the costs of the Democratic Alliance and the Council … cases of “state capture” in South Africa. Estina …
Shoddy job: South Africa’s anti-graft head Mkhwebane fined

Court Orders South Africa's Mkhwebane to Pay Costs in Estina Case
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled that Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane failed the people of South … the Democratic Alliance and Council for the Advancement of the South African …
Court Orders South Africa's Mkhwebane to Pay Costs in Estina Case

S.Africa's Public Protector hit with second punitive costs order
Pretoria High Court Judge Ronel Tolmay ordered the Public Protector’s office to pay 85% of the costs of the Democratic Alliance … in South Africa. Estina refers to a government project set …
S.Africa's Public Protector hit with second punitive costs order

South Africa's Public Protector hit with second punitive costs order
Pretoria High Court Judge Ronel Tolmay ordered the Public Protector’s office to pay 85% of the costs of the Democratic Alliance and the Council … cases of “state capture” in South Africa. Estina …
South Africa's Public Protector hit with second punitive costs order

S. African universal healthcare bill sparks heated debate
A universal healthcare bill designed to provide quality health care for all in South Africa has sparked a heated debate … On Tuesday, the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) sought urgent legal …
S. African universal healthcare bill sparks heated debate

This week in 1994: Democracy 25
While South Africa and Zimbabwean trade ties are historic, the advent of democracy marked a new beginning in the … saying it meant to right the wrongs of the British government. Mugabe lashed out at …
This week in 1994: Democracy 25

The emerging alliance of Cote d'Ivoire's two former presidents
a former minister in Gbagbo’s government, who recently met with him. “I’m not aware of an alliance between the FPI (Ivorian Popular Front) and the PDCI (Democratic Party of Côte d’Ivoire).
The emerging alliance of Cote d'Ivoire's two former presidents

How South Africa Plans to Fix an Ailing Health System
The South African Constitution … And if the NHI ends up being administered by the government or just a handful of companies, many private administrators will be left out in the cold. The main …
How South Africa Plans to Fix an Ailing Health System

NHI South Africa: Plan to fight state take-over of doctors expected today
This afternoon, Democratic Alliance … form threatens to not only collapse South Africa’s health sector, but places the country’s entire economy at risk. The NHI is a very important and controversial …
NHI South Africa: Plan to fight state take-over of doctors expected today

Focus on Africa: Kenyatta-Odinga alliance casts dark shadow over Ruto’s presidential ambitions
These reportedly include Kalonzo Musyoka’s Wiper Democratic Movement, Musalia Mudavadi’s Amani National Congress, Moses Wetang’ula’s Ford-Kenya, and Gideon Moi’s Kenyan African National … at least …
Focus on Africa: Kenyatta-Odinga alliance casts dark shadow over Ruto’s presidential ambitions

South Africa: Citizens Allege Smear Campaign Against Ramaphosa
In a snap survey by CAJ News Africa, several South African citizens accused … Leaders of the opposition, including Mmusi Maimane of the Democratic Alliance (DA), Julius Malema (Economic Freedom …
South Africa: Citizens Allege Smear Campaign Against Ramaphosa

South Africa’s corruption watchdog back in court
after the Democratic Alliance party requested an inquiry into her troubled tenure last month. In addition, trade union federation Cosatu and the South African Communist Party have called for all the …
South Africa’s corruption watchdog back in court

WATCH: R2 coin celebrating 25 years of democracy features a minibus taxi
Freedom of movement and residence was heavily restricted by the apartheid government in its pursuit … At the unveiling, Tumi Tsehlo, the South African Mint managing director, said: “Our struggle for …
WATCH: R2 coin celebrating 25 years of democracy features a minibus taxi

DA Leader Maimane pays tribute to South African women on Women’s Day
On behalf of the Democratic Alliance (DA) I would like to pay tribute to all the women in our nation and wish them a very special Women’s Day. We dare never forget as a country the contribution that …
DA Leader Maimane pays tribute to South African women on Women’s Day

Democratic Alliance outline four key problems with the NHI Bill
The Democratic Alliance (DA) have unsurprisingly spoken out against … more and more people are battling to sustain a living in South Africa. This additional burden is avoidable under a different …
Democratic Alliance outline four key problems with the NHI Bill

SA's post-democracy feminist agenda is all but forgotten
Twenty five years ago, on the eve of democratic transition, South African women were optimistic … the Commission for Gender Equality was set up as a watchdog of government on gender equality. That …
SA's post-democracy feminist agenda is all but forgotten

South Africa is running out of time to fixing its ailing finances
South Africa … date to the era in which the African National Congress (ANC) government adopted the Growth, Employment and Redistribution (GEAR) strategy – which was opposed and resented by left-wing …
South Africa is running out of time to fixing its ailing finances

South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Friday 9 August
Numerous events centred on Women’s Day will, today, take place across South Africa. Government has planned several campaigns … In our first feature, Buhle Lindwa chats to the Democratic Alliance’s …
South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Friday 9 August

S.Africa puts initial universal healthcare cost at bln
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South Africa published its draft National … with the main opposition party Democratic Alliance suggesting the NHI, which has been in the works for around a decade, would …
S.Africa puts initial universal healthcare cost at bln

South Africa: Initial universal healthcare cost at bln
South Africa published its draft National Health Insurance … It is unclear how long the legislative process will take, with the main opposition party Democratic Alliance suggesting the NHI, which …
South Africa: Initial universal healthcare cost at bln

UPDATE 1-S Africa puts initial universal healthcare cost at bln
PRETORIA, Aug 8 (Reuters) – South Africa published its draft National Health Insurance … It is unclear how long the legislative process will take, with the main opposition party Democratic Alliance …
UPDATE 1-S Africa puts initial universal healthcare cost at bln

South Africa puts initial universal healthcare cost at R256bn
South Africa published its draft National Health Insurance … It is unclear how long the legislative process will take, with the main opposition party Democratic Alliance suggesting the NHI, which …
South Africa puts initial universal healthcare cost at R256bn

South Africa puts initial universal healthcare cost at billion
PRETORIA (Reuters) – South Africa published its draft National Health Insurance … It is unclear how long the legislative process will take, with the main opposition party Democratic Alliance …
South Africa puts initial universal healthcare cost at billion

South Africa pupils 'Xuéhuì shuō zhēn de hěn hǎo de zhōngwén'
South African government urged to tighten labour law to address job … known as the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), must be stopped, the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) said. The DA made the …
South Africa pupils 'Xuéhuì shuō zhēn de hěn hǎo de zhōngwén'

South Africa’s economy is in a perilous state and is running out of time to get fixed
South … the African National Congress (ANC) government adopted the Growth, Employment and Redistribution (GEAR) strategy—which was opposed and resented by left-wing parts of the ANC alliance. …
South Africa’s economy is in a perilous state and is running out of time to get fixed

South Africa's economy, rising debt, no jobs and political crisis
South Africa’s … date to the era in which the African National Congress (ANC) government adopted the Growth, Employment and Redistribution (GEAR) strategy—which was opposed and resented by left-wing …
South Africa's economy, rising debt, no jobs and political crisis

LIVE: Democratic Alliance briefing on state of local governments
However, according to the Sunday Times, Selfe says his party, which took office in the city in 2016 after the local government elections … in the capital, the South African Municipal Workers …
LIVE: Democratic Alliance briefing on state of local governments

South Africa's finances are in bad shape. It's running out of time to fix them
South Africa … date to the era in which the African National Congress (ANC) government adopted the Growth, Employment and Redistribution (GEAR) strategy – which was opposed and resented by left-wing …
South Africa's finances are in bad shape. It's running out of time to fix them

Sexual harassment claims against Algerian Ambassador to South Africa
On July 26 2019 The South African Democratic Alliance (DA) submitted an urgent Parliamentary … the wheels of justice have come to a grinding halt and the South African government has prioritized …
Sexual harassment claims against Algerian Ambassador to South Africa

South African democracy under threat
Not only does South Africa lag behind … the sovereignty of a democratic society, completely disregarding the weight and power of the oaths declared when they took office. If their mission was to …
South African democracy under threat

Ramaphosa Stands Ground in South Africa Campaign Funding Scandal
(Bloomberg) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is standing his … investigation into the president at the request of the main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, which questioned …
Ramaphosa Stands Ground in South Africa Campaign Funding Scandal

Why new South African law won’t end the toxic mix of money and politics
In any democracy, such secrecy should trigger fears that government decisions will reflect not what voters want but what large donors require. In South Africa, the fear is particularly justified …
Why new South African law won’t end the toxic mix of money and politics

Limpopo government fails to build 50% of promised houses, says DA
Johannesburg – The Limpopo branch of the main opposition Democratic Alliance said on Monday it was disappointed that the department of cooperative governance, housing and traditional affairs in the …
Limpopo government fails to build 50% of promised houses, says DA

South African democracy dies, Fascist Populism rises, and What Happens Next
In South Africa, the site of democracy’s demise is … mostly because the EFF and the Democratic Alliance are equally guilty when it comes to raising scads of dark money for mysterious purposes. But …
South African democracy dies, Fascist Populism rises, and What Happens Next

Citizens and civil society must fight to protect our democracy
For 25 years, South Africa’s maturing democracy … of the threat that corruption poses to our democracy. Moreover, efforts by the government to rebuild and promote efficient ethical governance …
Citizens and civil society must fight to protect our democracy

ANALYSIS: Turmoil in Africa’s ‘model democracy’
The ruling Botswana Democratic Party … has also been linked to shady South African business people, including the controversial businessman, Malcom X. But if you are a young unemployed person, angry …
ANALYSIS: Turmoil in Africa’s ‘model democracy’

Botswana: Turmoil in Africa’s ‘model democracy’
The ruling Botswana Democratic Party … He has also been linked to shady South African business people, including the controversial “Business Malcolm X”. But if you are a young unemployed person, …
Botswana: Turmoil in Africa’s ‘model democracy’

Trump’s attacks on black people are not random outbursts — they’re part of a strategy to destroy democracy
All the Democratic candidates who hope to run against Trump condemned … Consider Barry Martin, an honorary white black dancer who toured South Africa in 1983 and was in a single-car accident while …
Trump’s attacks on black people are not random outbursts — they’re part of a strategy to destroy democracy

Women’s Month: fighting gender violence, and gender inequality must intensify!
25 years since the dawn of democracy, South African women are still suffering. For years, women have been subjected to sexual exploitation by powerful men in return for jobs, school marks and houses. …
Women’s Month: fighting gender violence, and gender inequality must intensify!

Invisible party funding the 'Achilles heel' of SA democracy, IEC hearing told
The invisibility and anonymity of political party funding and funders is the “Achilles heel” of South Africa’s constitutional democracy, the public hearing … implemented in its final form before …
Invisible party funding the 'Achilles heel' of SA democracy, IEC hearing told

Invisible party funding is Achilles heel of SA democracy, IEC hearing told
The invisibility and anonymity of political party funding and funders is the “Achilles heel” of South Africa’s constitutional democracy … form before local government elections in 2021. …
Invisible party funding is Achilles heel of SA democracy, IEC hearing told

South Africa land reform: a delicate balance between history and economy
“What they will get is property to rent which is not what the Democratic Alliance would like … is a particularly weak area of the South African government and it needs to be strengthened. ” …
South Africa land reform: a delicate balance between history and economy

South Africa election results: How the country voted from 1994 to 2019
South Africans go to the polls on Wednesday for the country’s sixth democratic general election since the end of apartheid in 1994. LIVE: South Africa’s 2019 Election … the black majority became …
South Africa election results: How the country voted from 1994 to 2019

South African Govt’s Expenses for Geneva Junket Under Fire
One day after Eskom’s soaring debt was disclosed to the public and the same week that unemployment figures reached record highs, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government has … Answering a question …
South African Govt’s Expenses for Geneva Junket Under Fire

Democratic Alliance calls for an economic crisis recovery plan
Democratic Alliance (DA … it is not news that South Africa is struggling economically, but what has disappointed the official opposition the most is the lack of response from Ramaphosa and the …
Democratic Alliance calls for an economic crisis recovery plan

‘The only way to achieve economic recovery is by cutting down government’
The Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape says the only way to achieve economic recovery in South Africa is by cutting down the bloated national government. The DA’s comment follows the release of …
‘The only way to achieve economic recovery is by cutting down government’

South Africa unemployment hits record 29 percent
Pretoria (AFP) – Joblessness in South Africa has reached … the main opposition party Democratic Alliance, said “the unemployment crisis has now turned into an unemployment catastrophe, with no clear …
South Africa unemployment hits record 29 percent

S.Africa's Ramaphosa hit by double economic blow
South Africa’s unemployment … the leader of the main opposition party Democratic Alliance, said “the unemployment crisis has now turned into an unemployment catastrophe, with no clear plan from the …
S.Africa's Ramaphosa hit by double economic blow

South African Gov't slammed for failing to address stadium tragedy
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday slammed government’s failure to properly investigate a stampede at Soweto’s FNB Stadium exactly two years …
South African Gov't slammed for failing to address stadium tragedy

Democracy in Africa: Success Stories Defying the Odds
But, it actually has some of the most remarkable and important stories of democratic struggle. Countries such as Benin, Botswana, Ghana, Namibia, Mauritius, Senegal and South Africa have not … …
Democracy in Africa: Success Stories Defying the Odds

South African corruption fighter seen amplifying ANC battles
JOHANNESBURG, July 30 (Reuters) – To allies of President Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s anti-corruption watchdog is a wrecking ball who is abusing her office and could derail efforts to clean up …
South African corruption fighter seen amplifying ANC battles

Land Panel Report Highlights Rifts That Divide South Africa
The cabinet has directed all government ministers to study the panel’s … They suggested the creation of a land reform fund. The Democratic Alliance, South Africa’s main opposition party, described …
Land Panel Report Highlights Rifts That Divide South Africa

S Africa panel backs land seizures, but within limits
(MENAFN – Gulf Times) A South African advisory panel yesterday … The main opposition Democratic Alliance party rejected the report’s recommendations ‘with regards to land expropriation without …
S Africa panel backs land seizures, but within limits

South Africa presidential panel backs limited land seizures
A presidential panel in South Africa has proposed expropriation of land without … inherited land that was held under the apartheid system. The main opposition Democratic Alliance party rejected the …
South Africa presidential panel backs limited land seizures

S. Africa panel backs land seizures, within limits
JOHANNESBURG: A South African advisory panel on Sunday backed land redistribution … called for a national audit to pin down who owned land. The main opposition Democratic Alliance party rejected the …
S. Africa panel backs land seizures, within limits

S.Africa panel backs land seizures, within limits
A South African advisory panel on Sunday backed land redistribution … and called for a national audit to pin down who owned land. The main opposition Democratic Alliance party rejected the report’s …
S.Africa panel backs land seizures, within limits

South African Body Calls for Comprehensive Policy on Land
(Bloomberg) — South Africa’s government should consider developing a policy … in opinion and approach to land reform within the panel,” AgriSA said. The Democratic Alliance, South Africa’s main …
South African Body Calls for Comprehensive Policy on Land

Former South African opposition leader Zille joins free market think tank
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The former head of South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party and ex-premier of the Western Cape province, Helen Zille, will join think tank the …
Former South African opposition leader Zille joins free market think tank

South Africa is in a mess — it’s time for coalition politics
The land question in South Africa must be addressed and there’s no question about that. The government must … some of them unthinkable. The Democratic Party (DP) and New National Party (NNP) formed …
South Africa is in a mess — it’s time for coalition politics

Trump's Vision for Africa: the 1960s
A similar situation was attempted by promoters of white rule in South-West Africa. In 1977, the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance formed a de facto government in Windhoek led by Dirk Mudge. Mudge, an …
Trump's Vision for Africa: the 1960s

Is Bosasa the Start of South African Party Funding Revelations?
Democratic Alliance chief whip John Steenhuisen has … regulations for the Political Party Funding Act due to be held. South Africa: EFF Party Funding in Spotlight After Ramaphosa, Bosasa Controversy …
Is Bosasa the Start of South African Party Funding Revelations?

OPINION: On Putin, the end of liberalism and the dangerous figures in SA's democracy
South Africa’s expansive social welfare system is an essential social democratic buffer for all those millions of people who do not benefit from the neo-liberal aspects of government policy. …
OPINION: On Putin, the end of liberalism and the dangerous figures in SA's democracy

On Putin, the end of liberalism and the dangerous figures in SA's democracy
South Africa’s expansive social welfare system is an essential social democratic buffer for all those millions of people who do not benefit from the neo-liberal aspects of government policy. But more …
On Putin, the end of liberalism and the dangerous figures in SA's democracy

South African lawmakers vote to speed up land reform
The government’s previous willing-seller … will have devastating consequences on investor confidence and South Africa’s ailing economy. Opponents include the main opposition Democratic Alliance. …
South African lawmakers vote to speed up land reform

South Africa: ANC and DA Both 'Winners' in Joburg By-Elections
The ANC and the Democratic Alliance (DA) have both expressed their … includes informal settlements that house mainly people of African and Indian origin.” Matongo claimed “white areas” were …
South Africa: ANC and DA Both 'Winners' in Joburg By-Elections

South Africa: Ramaphosa Takes Public Protector to Court Over Accusations of Lying
The South African newspapers are all about President … Mmusi Maimane, leader of the main opposition Democratic Alliance says the constitutional court judgment against Mkhwebane strengthens …
South Africa: Ramaphosa Takes Public Protector to Court Over Accusations of Lying