South Africa kicks the can down the road on captive predator breeding
Ross Harvey works for the South African Institute of International … members (except for the main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance) seemed satisfied with the department’s feedback.
South Africa kicks the can down the road on captive predator breeding

'Our rights are being trampled even in the new dispensation of our democracy'
… says there are many things that are happening during the 25 years of democracy that resemble the apartheid era. The Pan South African Language Board says government departments are failing to …
'Our rights are being trampled even in the new dispensation of our democracy'

There is no dignity for the 10 million unemployed South Africans
The following remarks were delivered today by Democratic Alliance … Fellow South Africans On this day 59 years ago, 69 people lost their lives and hundreds more were injured in Sharpeville as they …
There is no dignity for the 10 million unemployed South Africans

South African finance minister to face corruption charges
The Democratic Alliance has launched its manifesto for the country’s May elections, promising to tackle graft. The party faces a resurgent ruling ANC which has governed the country since the end of …
South African finance minister to face corruption charges

Rand falls as South African finance minister summoned by police
The Democratic Alliance has launched its manifesto for the country’s May elections, promising to tackle graft. The party faces a resurgent ruling ANC which has governed the country since the end of …
Rand falls as South African finance minister summoned by police

South Africa’s foreign policy and the Constitution – HSF
Democratic Alliance v Department of International Relations and Cooperation and Others (Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution Intervening) 28 After the Al Bashir debacle, the …
South Africa’s foreign policy and the Constitution – HSF

Government 'fumbling in the dark' for solutions to Eskom crisis – DA
A media briefing on Eskom has only confirmed that the power utility is on the verge of collapse and that this will have a devastating impact on the country, the Democratic Alliance (DA … supplier of …
Government 'fumbling in the dark' for solutions to Eskom crisis – DA

South Africans take active interest in politics – study
A new study by Google has shown that South … (Patriotic Alliance). Political analyst Sanusha Naidu said the Google findings were an indicator of strengthening participation in democracy.
South Africans take active interest in politics – study

South Africa’s foreign policy and the Constitution
Democratic Alliance v Department of International Relations and Cooperation and Others (Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution Intervening) 28 After the Al Bashir debacle, the …
South Africa’s foreign policy and the Constitution

South Africa can't say when rolling blackouts will end
Johannesburg (AFP) – The South African government said Tuesday it was unsure when … On Sunday Ramaphosa apologised for the severe power cuts. The main opposition Democratic Alliance said the ANC has …
South Africa can't say when rolling blackouts will end

The ANC is throttling democracy
At the dawn of our democracy … government took a wrong turn. It began to backtrack on the promise of 1994. It reneged on the social contract of non-racialism, constitutionalism and market-led growth …
The ANC is throttling democracy

South Africa: ANC in Sedibeng Lays Fraud and Corruption Charges Against Midvaal Municipality
The ANC in Sedibeng has laid charges of fraud and corruption against the Midvaal Municipality, which is run by the Democratic Alliance (DA … of governments to government publications and …
South Africa: ANC in Sedibeng Lays Fraud and Corruption Charges Against Midvaal Municipality

Browsing: BUA Africa Investments
The Universal Service & Access Agency of South Africa, the body responsible for issuing tenders for the manufacturing of up to 5m government-subsidised digital television set-top boxes, has lashed out …
Browsing: BUA Africa Investments

South Africa shocked by corruption inquiry
The Democratic Alliance has launched its manifesto for the country’s May elections, promising to tackle graft. The party faces a resurgent ruling ANC which has governed the country since the end of …
South Africa shocked by corruption inquiry

President Ramaphosa’s train delays are a reality for South Africans yet he has ignored the rail crisis
The Democratic Alliance … who presided over a government which has – through its actions and inactions – killed South Africans. The broken rail system is one such example. The DA is the only party …
President Ramaphosa’s train delays are a reality for South Africans yet he has ignored the rail crisis

South Africa: Pan-African EFF Makes Most of Rival Parties' Squabbles
his party and government officials to the controversial Gupta family emerge. These have split the tripartite alliance consisting of the ANC, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU …
South Africa: Pan-African EFF Makes Most of Rival Parties' Squabbles

South Africa power cuts dent Ramaphosa’s poll hopes
Between a rock and a dark place, President Cyril Ramaphosa has yet again apologised to all South Africans for persistent power … The opposition is using Eskom as a campaigning issue, too. The …
South Africa power cuts dent Ramaphosa’s poll hopes

Pan-African EFF makes most of rival parties’ squabbles
his party and government officials to the controversial Gupta family emerge. These have split the tripartite alliance consisting of the ANC, Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU …
Pan-African EFF makes most of rival parties’ squabbles

The cars South Africa’s MPs spend taxpayers’ money on [photos]
With the news over the weekend that South Africa’s government is once again considering a budget … A report released in 2017 by South Africa’s main opposition, the Democratic Alliance (DA) claimed …
The cars South Africa’s MPs spend taxpayers’ money on [photos]

South Africa ponders plans to stop politicians living their best lives
The government is also pondering bringing an end to splurges on luxury vehicles. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has previously claimed that South Africa has one of the biggest ministerial cabinets in …
South Africa ponders plans to stop politicians living their best lives

Survey reveals voter dissatisfaction with ANC-led government's delivery
Among ANC voters, 51% were “very unsatisfied” with the national government’s performance on fighting corruption, but 47% also believed the ANC, rather than the Democratic Alliance or Economic Freedom …
Survey reveals voter dissatisfaction with ANC-led government's delivery

DA election lists show SA's rich diversity in every sense, says Selfe
Johannesburg – The Democratic Alliance’s lists … of basic services accelerated. “Despite South Africa’s hard-won freedom there are still too many people who suffer unnecessarily because the current …
DA election lists show SA's rich diversity in every sense, says Selfe

South Africa: DA Releases Candidate Lists for 2019 Elections
The Democratic Alliance has released its list of candidates … We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons.
South Africa: DA Releases Candidate Lists for 2019 Elections

Malawi: Mwenifumbo for Federal System of Government – 'Malawi Can Learn From South Africa'
Mwenifumbo: We need a federal system of government like South Africa Mwenifumbo, a Karonga Central legislator of Alliance for Democracy (Aford), was picked by UDF president Atupele Austin Muluzi …
Malawi: Mwenifumbo for Federal System of Government – 'Malawi Can Learn From South Africa'

Mwenifumbo for federal system of government: ‘Malawi can learn from South Africa’
Mwenifumbo, a Karonga Central legislator of Alliance for Democracy … case in other countries like South Africa could effectively work in Malawi because the country is under democracy and follows …
Mwenifumbo for federal system of government: ‘Malawi can learn from South Africa’

Ramaphosa’s drive to clean up South Africa shunned by ANC
Also making the cut is Malusi Gigaba, the former home affairs and finance minister linked to members of the Gupta family, who stand accused of colluding with government officials … spokesman for the …
Ramaphosa’s drive to clean up South Africa shunned by ANC

Ramaphosa's Drive to Clean Up South Africa Shunned by ANC
Also making the cut is Malusi Gigaba, the former home affairs and finance minister linked to members of the Gupta family, who stand accused of colluding with government officials … spokesman for the …
Ramaphosa's Drive to Clean Up South Africa Shunned by ANC

South African Rand to Recover in Second Half of 2019: Standard Bank
The South African Rand … the re-election of the dominant ANC government led by Cyril Ramaphosa. At the last elections the ANC won easily the vast majority of seats. The only credible opposition is …
South African Rand to Recover in Second Half of 2019: Standard Bank

A DA national government would immediately sell off the luxurious Bryntirion Ministerial Estate
The following remarks were delivered today by Democratic Alliance (DA … the walls that exist between insiders and outsiders in South Africa. And we’ll start with ensuring that those in government …
A DA national government would immediately sell off the luxurious Bryntirion Ministerial Estate

Oil & Gas Leaders Unpack South Africa’s Massive Gas Discovery with the Africa Energy Chamber
Speakers featured Niall Kramer, CEO of the South African Gas Alliance (SAOGA), Petroleum Agency South Africa … 2019 Africa Oil and Power event in Cape Town.” The South African government is currentl…
Oil & Gas Leaders Unpack South Africa’s Massive Gas Discovery with the Africa Energy Chamber

South Africa: Jacob Zuma embroiled in state intelligence scandal
(31.10.2016) The Democratic Alliance has launched its manifesto for the country’s May elections, promising to tackle graft. The party faces a resurgent ruling ANC which has governed the country since …
South Africa: Jacob Zuma embroiled in state intelligence scandal

South Africa: Parliament Adopts Report On Amending Constitution
The report was adopted, with the Democratic Alliance and the African Christian Democratic Party both reserving their rights regarding the recommendation of referral to the next Parliament.
South Africa: Parliament Adopts Report On Amending Constitution

Is South Africa ready for a coalition government?
Kammies speaks to Melanie Verwoerd, a former African National Congress … Economic Freedom Fighters, white South Africans largely vote for the Democratic Alliance and a small minority for …
Is South Africa ready for a coalition government?

African Briefs … SAPS appeal against Equality Court not withdrawn – DA
CAPE TOWN — It is clear that South African police minister … order that the national government is discriminating against poor and black Western Cape residents in how it allocates police resources, …
African Briefs … SAPS appeal against Equality Court not withdrawn – DA

Is there a tension between democracy and economic development in Africa?
Over the past two decades, as African countries have transitioned from significantly autocratic regimes to increasingly open arrangements of governance, there have been questions about the effectivene…
Is there a tension between democracy and economic development in Africa?

25 years of democracy part 4: decline of the liberation project
Also, one encounters the refrain on social media, after one or other outrageous action by the ANC-led government … and more substantial democratic gains. Or that project may suffer a series of setba…
25 years of democracy part 4: decline of the liberation project

South Africa: Boost to Ramaphosa As Cosatu Offers Support
South Africa’s President … is the face of the alliance at the May polls, where he faces stiff challenge from the Economic Freedom Fighters’ Julius Malema and the Democratic Alliance’s Mmusi …
South Africa: Boost to Ramaphosa As Cosatu Offers Support

Post-poll alliances with south parties may take NDA tally over 300: CVoter
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance may not garner a full majority in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections but may comfortably win to form the government if it goes for post …
Post-poll alliances with south parties may take NDA tally over 300: CVoter

South Africa’s Jacob Zuma used intel services to target Cyril Ramaphosa: probe
Former South African president Jacob Zuma used the country’s intelligence … the SSA in two to create a domestic and a foreign service, he added. The Democratic Alliance, the main opposition party, c…
South Africa’s Jacob Zuma used intel services to target Cyril Ramaphosa: probe

On 8 May we will elect a DA-led government for Gauteng
This wonderful province is home to South Africa … This ANC government almost lost Gauteng in 2014. And how did it respond to this? How did it win back the confidence of the people? By inflicting one …
On 8 May we will elect a DA-led government for Gauteng

In South Africa’s Fabled Wine Country, White and Black Battle Over Land
A recent government survey found that white farmers like … white and mixed-race South Africans tend to vote for another party, the Democratic Alliance, in this part of South Africa. “They bring the …
In South Africa’s Fabled Wine Country, White and Black Battle Over Land

South Africa: Parliament On Hampering of the Work of Committees
Committee Chairperson, Mr Simphiwe Mthimunye, said yesterday the committee finally managed to adopt the Defence Amendment Bill even though the Democratic Alliance (DA) member on the committee …
South Africa: Parliament On Hampering of the Work of Committees

25 years of democracy marred with controversy
profit surges Microsoft’s first data centres now opened in Africa Africa set to post reasonable economic growth China’s Huawei sues US over federal ban on using its products Khwinana described as one …
25 years of democracy marred with controversy

DA: NERSA’s decision to raise electricity tariffs another ANC-sponsored burden on South Africans
The Democratic Alliance (DA) condemns the National Energy Regulator … With the country under pressure from increasing fuel costs, South Africans are struggling under a weight of tax burdens placed o…
DA: NERSA’s decision to raise electricity tariffs another ANC-sponsored burden on South Africans

Deputy President of the African Transformation Youth Movement's Resignation Letter
… Africans let us go in numbers on the 8 May 2019 to vote the UDM and start preparing for local government to have young people in all South African Municipal Councils we are launching the UDM as th…
Deputy President of the African Transformation Youth Movement's Resignation Letter

Democracy and popular political norms in South Africa (II)
This brief will continue to consider popular political norms as reflected in the Afrobarometer Round 6 South African … it – Whether democracy is preferable, or whether there is indifference to it or …
Democracy and popular political norms in South Africa (II)

GREENPEACE AFRICA: Greenpeace Africa Volunteers Campaign for Plastics Ban
A group of Greenpeace Africa volunteers in Cape Town has started an ambitious campaign calling on South Africa’s top political parties … One of the political parties being targeted, the Democratic A…
GREENPEACE AFRICA: Greenpeace Africa Volunteers Campaign for Plastics Ban

DA welcomes South African Schools Athletics withdrawal of quota memo
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has today received correspondence from the South African Schools Athletics (SASA) General Secretary, Peppi Olevano, indicating SASA’s motion to withdraw their memos on the …
DA welcomes South African Schools Athletics withdrawal of quota memo

DA: DA welcomes South African Schools Athletics withdrawal of quota memo
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has today received correspondence from the South African Schools Athletics (SASA) General Secretary, Peppi Olevano, indicating SASA’s motion to withdraw their memos on the …
DA: DA welcomes South African Schools Athletics withdrawal of quota memo

Babes Wodumo: Outrage in South Africa over video of singer being beaten
Opposition political parties hit out at the attack – with the leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance … According to government statistics, rape and other types of sexual violence against women …
Babes Wodumo: Outrage in South Africa over video of singer being beaten

South Africa's main political parties seek justice for assaulted musician
South Africa’s main political parties including the African National Congress (ANC), Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) have all joined the calls for Mampintsha’s arrest, …
South Africa's main political parties seek justice for assaulted musician

Mmusi Maimane reveals the first 10 things a DA government would action
Dumelang. We are here at the Union Buildings to outline our 10 interventions that a @Our_DA led National Government will get done in the first 100 Days in Office. South Africa needs change, and we hav…
Mmusi Maimane reveals the first 10 things a DA government would action

10 interventions that a DA-led National Government will get done in the first 100 Days in Office
The following statement was delivered today by Democratic Alliance (DA … that almost two thirds of the value of everything South Africa produces in a year is needed to pay back the debt the ANC gove…
10 interventions that a DA-led National Government will get done in the first 100 Days in Office

'Vote DA to continue building one South Africa for all' – Maimane
“Today it is only the Democratic Alliance shares that dream … “Today we are the cleanest government in South Africa. Clean audits matter, because they mean that every cent of public money is spent o…
'Vote DA to continue building one South Africa for all' – Maimane

Maimane rejects view that ‘certain South Africans’ don’t have a place in SA
“Today it is only the Democratic Alliance shares that dream … “Today we are the cleanest government in South Africa. Clean audits matter, because they mean that every cent of public money …
Maimane rejects view that ‘certain South Africans’ don’t have a place in SA

ANC-led alliance is asset stripping South Africa (Pty) Ltd
South Africa isn’t run by a government. It’s been hijacked by a cabal of asset … wealth and hocking it for dosh to splurge on Blue Label and sushi. These alliance grasshoppers have over the past 25 …
ANC-led alliance is asset stripping South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Vote DA to continue building One South Africa for All
Today it is only the Democratic Alliance shares that dream … Today we are the cleanest government in South Africa. Clean audits matter, because they mean that every cent of public money is spent on …
Vote DA to continue building One South Africa for All

The 1994 South African Elections: A perspective by Phyllis Ntantala-Jordan
Tomorrow, April 26, 1994, an historic event will take place in South Africa … liberalism – petitioning government, sending deputations to elected officials, adopting and proclaiming democratic chart…
The 1994 South African Elections: A perspective by Phyllis Ntantala-Jordan

Democracy needs to be democratised
I reject the view, still stubbornly embraced by those who mourn the passing of apartheid, that democracy must fail here because South Africa … is an alien form of government that traps …
Democracy needs to be democratised

South Africa: Budgeting for Black-Out in South Africa
Upon taking power in a palace coup a year ago, Cyril Ramaphosa’s African National Congress (ANC) government was supposedly … case of the centre-right Democratic Alliance, or 100 percent in …
South Africa: Budgeting for Black-Out in South Africa

What South Africa's Main Political Parties Are Promising Voters
South Africa … on whether the African National Congress has rehabilitated itself in the eyes of voters after former leader Jacob Zuma’s scandal-marred rule. The ruling party’s two main challengers a…
What South Africa's Main Political Parties Are Promising Voters

Maimane: DA will ‘lead government’ in Gauteng, Northern Cape and keep Western Cape
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane believes … “political plan that says how we will bring about reform in South Africa”, Maimane said the party would enter into post-poll …
Maimane: DA will ‘lead government’ in Gauteng, Northern Cape and keep Western Cape

Chamisa launches diplomatic offensive in Africa
HARARE – The President of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance Nelson … Elias Mudzuri is the acting President.” MDC Alliance, has laid out its conditions for political dialogue with the gover…
Chamisa launches diplomatic offensive in Africa

South Sudan: Rebels – Government Forces Provoked Fighting in Yei River State
General Thomas Cirillo Swaka, the leader of the National Salvation Front (NAS), said the international community should blame the South Sudan government for the fighting in Yei River State.
South Sudan: Rebels – Government Forces Provoked Fighting in Yei River State

South African power cuts darken ANC's election outlook
South Africa’s government is bailing out the bankrupt state … They’d like to see more details, because the restructuring plans are very vague.” The Democratic Alliance has launched its manifesto for …
South African power cuts darken ANC's election outlook

Democratic Alliance Election Manifesto 2019
In this we are guided by our fundamental belief in: Our liberal democratic … government we would work tirelessly every day to ensure all South Africans reach the richness and fullness of their limit…
Democratic Alliance Election Manifesto 2019

South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa names special tribunal to recover corruption proceeds
South Africa faces elections on 8 May. Mr Ramaphosa’s announcement of the eight-member panel comes a day after the largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance … has won lucrative government co…
South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa names special tribunal to recover corruption proceeds

South Africa tribunal to recover graft profits
Main opposition Democratic Alliance … dollar arms deal in the 1990s South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday that he would establish a fast-track tribunal to claw back the proceeds …
South Africa tribunal to recover graft profits

S. Africa's Democratic Alliance Vows War on Corruption, Economic Resurgence
South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA) has released its party manifesto ahead of this year’s general election, challenging the corruption and mismanagement at the highest levels of the African Nation…
S. Africa's Democratic Alliance Vows War on Corruption, Economic Resurgence

South Africa's DA launches its election manifesto
South Africa’s largest opposition party has launched its manifesto. The Democratic Alliance’s vote share has steadily increased since the end of apartheid in 1994. But it has always been much less pop…
South Africa's DA launches its election manifesto

South Africa: South African Opposition Makes Election Pledge to Fight Corruption
The Democratic Alliance has launched its manifesto for the country’s May elections, promising to tackle graft. The party faces a resurgent ruling ANC which has governed the country since …
South Africa: South African Opposition Makes Election Pledge to Fight Corruption

South Africa: What the DA's Manifesto Says About Land, Bee, Corruption
The Democratic Alliance (DA) launched its manifesto in … is to provide the private sector with a reason to invest in South Africa – policy certainty. This means it will give complete policy …
South Africa: What the DA's Manifesto Says About Land, Bee, Corruption

From national civilian service to land reform – here’s what the DA wants to change in South Africa
The Democratic … for all. A government to which only the best people will be appointed, and a government that is prepared to work with anyone who shares our vision for South Africa,” he …
From national civilian service to land reform – here’s what the DA wants to change in South Africa

South Africa: 'The ANC Will Not Change' – DA Punts Jobs, Governance At Manifesto Launch
Unveiling the party’s election manifesto, the Democratic Alliance has outlined its vision for what South Africa would look like under its government. The party, which launched its manifesto at …
South Africa: 'The ANC Will Not Change' – DA Punts Jobs, Governance At Manifesto Launch

S. Africa's main opposition kicks off 2019 campaign
South Africa’s main opposition Party, the Democratic Alliance said Saturday it will introduce incentives … party’s election campaign manifesto in Johannesburg. He said his government’s first task in …
S. Africa's main opposition kicks off 2019 campaign

DA unveils ‘pro-all South Africans’ manifesto that is decidedly anti-expropriation
On Saturday afternoon the Democratic Alliance became the last of the big three political … particularly Eskom and SAA; every South African should have the right to own land and pass it on to their c…
DA unveils ‘pro-all South Africans’ manifesto that is decidedly anti-expropriation

South African opposition makes election pledge to fight corruption
Supporters of South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance attend the launch of the party’s election … healthcare, and basic government services. Despite attempts to widen the party’s appeal, …
South African opposition makes election pledge to fight corruption

South Africa needs a ‘bottom-up’ approach to BEE, says the DA
For far too long government’s … Let us build One South Africa for All!” – @MmusiMaimane #DAmanifesto pic.twitter.com/Og9Dgwoqnb Democratic Alliance supporters and VIPs have started …
South Africa needs a ‘bottom-up’ approach to BEE, says the DA

S. African opposition party vows to create jobs, fight graft in manifesto
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 23 (Reuters) – South Africa’s largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), launched its manifesto for May’s general elections on Saturday with pledges to create …
S. African opposition party vows to create jobs, fight graft in manifesto

South African opposition party vows to create jobs, fight graft in manifesto
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), launched its manifesto for May’s general elections on Saturday with pledges to create jobs and set up an …
South African opposition party vows to create jobs, fight graft in manifesto

The DA ‘never lies to South Africans’, says Maimane
I can promise you that if the DA is in government … Let us build One South Africa for All!” – @MmusiMaimane #DAmanifesto pic.twitter.com/Og9Dgwoqnb Democratic Alliance supporters and …
The DA ‘never lies to South Africans’, says Maimane

South Africa: DA Unveils 'Pro-All South Africans' Manifesto That Is Decidedly Anti-Expropriation
On Saturday afternoon the Democratic Alliance became the last of the big … particularly Eskom and SAA; every South African should have the right to own land and pass it on to their children …
South Africa: DA Unveils 'Pro-All South Africans' Manifesto That Is Decidedly Anti-Expropriation