How long to keep tax records available for inspection in South Africa
Even if the South African Revenue Service (Sars … Institute of Technology Alona Shagan explains device similar to a standard glue gun. The Democratic Alliance MP claims she was subjected to a racist …
How long to keep tax records available for inspection in South Africa

South Africa president to deliver state-of-nation address
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa … rule that was replaced by multi-racial democracy in 1994. Mmusi Maimane, leader of the Democratic Alliance opposition party, called for Ramaphosa …
South Africa president to deliver state-of-nation address

S.Africa president to deliver state-of-nation address
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will Thursday … the fight against apartheid rule that was replaced by multi-racial democracy in 1994. Mmusi Maimane, leader of the Democratic Alliance …
S.Africa president to deliver state-of-nation address

South African MP punches man during alleged racist incident
A black South African MP says she punched a man in self-defence after he allegedly hurled racial abuse at her. Phumzile van Damme from the opposition Democratic Alliance said she got into a row with a …
South African MP punches man during alleged racist incident

South Africa: Make Policing a Provincial Competency in All of South Africa, Not Just the Western Cape – DA
Plans by the Democratic Alliance to have policing devolved to … to walk over a body on the way to school.” In the 2017/2018 South African Police Services crime statistics, seven out …
South Africa: Make Policing a Provincial Competency in All of South Africa, Not Just the Western Cape – DA

South Africa’s sixth democratic Parliament must show it can deliver meaningful change for womxn and young people
The local government election in 2016 affirmed that democracy, at least in the form of electoral politics, works in South Africa. Following that … the Democratic Alliance (DA) with the economy and …
South Africa’s sixth democratic Parliament must show it can deliver meaningful change for womxn and young people

DA joins AfriForum in calling for Zindzi Mandela's head over land tweet
“In the meantime, the DA has sent urgent questions to Minister Pandor asking whether the views of Ambassador Mandela are also the views of the South African government. “The Democratic Alliance …
DA joins AfriForum in calling for Zindzi Mandela's head over land tweet

ANC alliance partners to meet over Magashule 'coup'
Among others, the meeting would be attended by Magashule’s deputy Jessie Duarte, Congress of South African Trade Unions … the official opposition Democratic Alliance said Parliament’s ability …
ANC alliance partners to meet over Magashule 'coup'

2020 Democrats courting South Carolina's African Americans voters in key early state
As the first Southern state to vote in the 2020 Democratic primaries, African-Americans in South Carolina have … Marva Smalls, a board member for the Black Economic Alliance and a South Carolinian, …
2020 Democrats courting South Carolina's African Americans voters in key early state

Why South Africa Can’t Avoid Land Reforms
Students and labor movements in South Africa are leading a mobilization of transformative … The “Willing Buyer, Willing Seller” formula is defended by the Democratic Alliance, the main opposition …
Why South Africa Can’t Avoid Land Reforms

South Africa: General Elections 2019
The other major contenders were the Democratic Alliance (DA) party led by Mmusi Maimane, and the smaller left-leaning Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party led by Julius Malema. South Africa has a … …
South Africa: General Elections 2019

DA Youth have nothing to celebrate after 25 years of democracy
The Democratic Alliance (DA) Youth says there is nothing for young people in the country to celebrate after 25 years of democracy. It accuses government of neglecting young people by failing to create …
DA Youth have nothing to celebrate after 25 years of democracy

Democrats Struggling With Black Voters Target South Carolina
Four Democratic presidential candidates … “The primary electorate in South Carolina is comprised of 60% African Americans,” said Tony Coles, who co-chairs the Black Economic Alliance and is chief …
Democrats Struggling With Black Voters Target South Carolina

Democratic Candidates Promise to Close Wealth Gap Between Blacks and Whites
“This isn’t just about African-American … fostered by the United States government.” The forum, which will later be broadcast on Black Entertainment Television, comes a week before South Carolina’s …
Democratic Candidates Promise to Close Wealth Gap Between Blacks and Whites

Democratic 2020 hopefuls vie for African American support in SC ahead of party convention
Four of the Democratic … the livelihood of African Americans. The two-hour event was the first large televised gathering to date of the Democratic primary candidates in South Carolina, for a forum …
Democratic 2020 hopefuls vie for African American support in SC ahead of party convention

Democrats court black voters at South Carolina forum
Charleston, South Carolina (CNN)Four Democratic presidential candidates pitched wholesale changes to the federal government’s approach to African-Americans on Saturday … judicial system at the Black …
Democrats court black voters at South Carolina forum

UPDATE 1-Four Democratic 2020 candidates court South Carolina's black voters
CHARLESTON, S.C., June 15 (Reuters) – Four of the two dozen Democrats vying for their party’s 2020 U.S. presidential nomination appeared at a Black Economic Alliance … Democratic electorate – about …
UPDATE 1-Four Democratic 2020 candidates court South Carolina's black voters

Four Democratic 2020 candidates court South Carolina's black voters
CHARLESTON, S.C., June 15 (Reuters) – Four of the two dozen Democrats vying for their party’s 2020 U.S. presidential nomination appeared at a Black Economic Alliance … Democratic electorate – about …
Four Democratic 2020 candidates court South Carolina's black voters

South African youth take to the streets over climate change
About 300 people marched from Parliament to the City Hall in Cape Town to hand over a memorandum demanding government take “immediate action on the climate crises”. The march was organised by the …
South African youth take to the streets over climate change

Beto O'Rourke Backs Slavery Reparations in South Carolina Campaign Stop
BEAUFORT, S.C. — Democratic … through South Carolina on Friday by pledging support for reparations for descendants of slaves and addressing climate change at a town hall with members of the Gullah …
Beto O'Rourke Backs Slavery Reparations in South Carolina Campaign Stop

South Africa: Ramaphosa's Critical Choices to Get South Africa Back On Track
If South Africa’s political and socioeconomic stability are so fractured, how has the country managed to defuse the ‘ticking time-bomb’ for so long? In the first decade of democracy in South …
South Africa: Ramaphosa's Critical Choices to Get South Africa Back On Track

Ramaphosa's critical choices to get South Africa back on track
Given the dysfunctional state of the ANC alliance … democracy in South Africa, the country followed a path of financial and trade liberalisation as it re-engaged with the global economy. The …
Ramaphosa's critical choices to get South Africa back on track

Ramaphosa’s critical choices to get South Africa back on track
If South Africa’s political and socioeconomic stability are so fractured, how has the country managed to defuse the ‘ticking time-bomb’ for so long? In the first decade of democracy in South …
Ramaphosa’s critical choices to get South Africa back on track

DA: #ScrapETollsNow: ANC-led government not serious about scrapping e-tolls
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng notes the comments made by the … as it is an unfair financial burden to the residents of Gauteng. Earlier this year, the South African National Roads Agency …
DA: #ScrapETollsNow: ANC-led government not serious about scrapping e-tolls

Resolving South Africa’s brutal order
whose 2018 book A Savage Order explains how even the most violent democratic societies can find peace. Read in the context of South Africa’s newly elected government, it suggests that good leadership …
Resolving South Africa’s brutal order

Post-election South Africa: Top priorities for the administration
Perhaps the most significant outcome of South Africa’s May 8 election is that the political … since 1994. Surprisingly, the Democratic Alliance (DA), which won control of three major municipalities …
Post-election South Africa: Top priorities for the administration

South Africa: President Ramaphosa Named in Bosasa Report, Public Protector Confirms
Cape Town — Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has confirmed in a letter to Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi … has received billions of rands in government contracts over the past decade …
South Africa: President Ramaphosa Named in Bosasa Report, Public Protector Confirms

Recommendations for South Africa after its elections
Perhaps the most significant outcome of South Africa’s May 8 election is that the political … since 1994. Surprisingly, the Democratic Alliance (DA), which won control of three major municipalities …
Recommendations for South Africa after its elections

DA: Cost containment regulations should be extended to all levels of government
The Democratic Alliance … government will not be easy. That is why an extensive expenditure review needs to be conducted. This will improve expenditure efficiency and will help ensure that tax money …
DA: Cost containment regulations should be extended to all levels of government

Cost containment regulations should be extended to all levels of government
The Democratic Alliance … government will not be easy. That is why an extensive expenditure review needs to be conducted. This will improve expenditure efficiency and will help ensure that tax money …
Cost containment regulations should be extended to all levels of government

Young South Africans have no faith in democracy, politicians
On the eve of South Africa’s sixth democratic … trend indicating a loss of faith in democracy. The findings were drawn from a survey conducted in the fourth quarter of 2018. The study asked to what …
Young South Africans have no faith in democracy, politicians

The Challenging Path to Reform in South Africa
This downturn reflects widespread disenchantment with government among South African citizens … Others supported the centrist Democratic Alliance (DA), which has made inroads among black voters …
The Challenging Path to Reform in South Africa

On the South African Left
In the 1924 election, it gained 18 seats and entered government with the National Party … that the revolution in South Africa would proceed in two stages, ‘national democratic’ and ‘socialist’ and …
On the South African Left

South Africa’s Western Cape records 331 murders in May
South Africa’s Western Cape Province recorded … The Western Cape is administered by the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), which has repeatedly urged the national government to beef up the …
South Africa’s Western Cape records 331 murders in May

South African province takes further step in dispute with police minister
South Africa’s Western Cape province on Monday … the Western Cape is the only one that is run by the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA). The DA accuses the central government of deliberately …
South African province takes further step in dispute with police minister

Study shows young South Africans have no faith in democracy and politicians
On the eve of South Africa … loss of faith in democracy. The findings were drawn from a survey conducted in the fourth quarter of 2018. The study asked to what extent are government performance …
Study shows young South Africans have no faith in democracy and politicians

Daniel Greenfield: Socialism Leaves South Africa in the Dark
Nearly 150 years after electricity came to South Africa, the country is in the dark … the blackouts are politically inconvenient to the government, and the opposition Democracy Alliance is accusing …
Daniel Greenfield: Socialism Leaves South Africa in the Dark

African Briefs … Police urged to provide protection to SABC staff
CAPE TOWN – The opposition Democratic Alliance on Sunday urged the police to provide protection to high-risk staff at the South African Broadcasting Corporation … an official said on Sunday. “The …
African Briefs … Police urged to provide protection to SABC staff

South Africa: Public Protector Must Release 'Ramaphosa Report' Within 48 Hours – Mmusi Maimane
The Democratic Alliance has demanded that Public Protector … and controversial facilities company Bosasa (now known as African Global Operations) within 48 hours. This after a report in the …
South Africa: Public Protector Must Release 'Ramaphosa Report' Within 48 Hours – Mmusi Maimane

South Africa's opposition party calls for release of report on Ramaphosa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s main opposition party called on Monday … Mmusi Maimane, who leads the opposition Democratic Alliance, said the Public Protector’s report should be released in …
South Africa's opposition party calls for release of report on Ramaphosa

South Africa: The DA's Campaign Battle Plan Was Simply Wrong
The Democratic Alliance (DA), having the best opposition … The first phase of the DA’s campaign focused on attacking then ANC and South African president Jacob Zuma for corruption, mismanagement …
South Africa: The DA's Campaign Battle Plan Was Simply Wrong

South Africa: Parliament Agrees On Establishment of Committees
With the announcement of the reconfigured Cabinet by the President recently, the number of government … The African National Congress with 230 seats would have 35 whips, the Democratic Alliance …
South Africa: Parliament Agrees On Establishment of Committees

Socialism Leaves South Africa in the Dark
Nearly 150 years after electricity came to South Africa, the country is in the dark … the blackouts are politically inconvenient to the government, and the opposition Democracy Alliance is accusing …
Socialism Leaves South Africa in the Dark

SACP: SARB mandate must be dovetailed with the objectives of the second radical phase of the national democratic revolution
endorsed by SACP and other Alliance components and publicly unveiled at the ANC’s 2019 January 8th Statement Rally held in Durban. With regard to the mandate of the South African Reserve Bank, and …
SACP: SARB mandate must be dovetailed with the objectives of the second radical phase of the national democratic revolution

An open letter to the Leader of the Democratic Alliance
I was thoroughly impressed with the recent edition of your ‘Bokamoso’ newsletter (“The real change we need starts in Ramaphosa’s cabinet”) as it firmly outlined a solid action plan for critical …
An open letter to the Leader of the Democratic Alliance

South Africa party calls for efforts to curb farm murder cases
CAPE TOWN, June 3, (Xinhua/GNA) – The opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday called for an urgent … rural safety units consisting of specially trained members of the South African Police …
South Africa party calls for efforts to curb farm murder cases

Divisions over South Africa’s Ombudsman’s future
The opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation and the Council for the Advancement of the SA Constitution are spearheading a fresh bid for her sacking. South Africa’s top …
Divisions over South Africa’s Ombudsman’s future

Calls for provincial government to address attacks on trucks in KZN
The Democratic Alliance on Monday called on KwaZulu-Natal transport and community safety member of the executive council (MEC), Mxolisi Kaunda, to take urgent steps to ensure the safety of …
Calls for provincial government to address attacks on trucks in KZN

South Africa: President Cyril Ramaphosa names Cabinet with as many women ministers as men
with the Democratic Alliance saying: “Unfortunately, Ramaphosa placed the internal factional interests of the ANC [African National Congress] ahead of the interests of the people of South Africa.” …
South Africa: President Cyril Ramaphosa names Cabinet with as many women ministers as men

South Africa Rife With Politicians Lying About Their Qualifications!
The speeches are over, the marches have ended, the votes have been counted, and South Africa … with the opposition Democratic Alliance party. A 40-year-old man has been arrested. His race was not …
South Africa Rife With Politicians Lying About Their Qualifications!

South Africa: Opinion – South Africa's New Government: Compromise Over Renewal
After days of speculation, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa … who fell out with the main opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA) and founded her own party, Good, is colored. …
South Africa: Opinion – South Africa's New Government: Compromise Over Renewal

South Africa: Ramaphosa Names Cabinet for His 'Clean-Up'
Cleaning up the government The expectation is … on corruption,” said Mmusi Maimane, leader of South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA). “Unfortunately, Ramaphosa placed the …
South Africa: Ramaphosa Names Cabinet for His 'Clean-Up'

South Africa's president names Cabinet that is 50% women
South Africa’s president on Wednesday named a trimmed-down Cabinet … Both have been well-regarded. The main opposition Democratic Alliance criticized the president for keeping Mabuza in what it …
South Africa's president names Cabinet that is 50% women

South African president’s new cabinet is 50 percent women
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s president on Wednesday named … The main opposition Democratic Alliance criticized the president for keeping Mabuza in what it called the first real test of …
South African president’s new cabinet is 50 percent women

Opinion: South Africa’s new government: compromise over renewal
After days of speculation, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has formed … The former Cape Town mayor, who fell out with the main opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA) and founded her own …
Opinion: South Africa’s new government: compromise over renewal

South Africa’s new Cabinet sees gender balance for first time ever
The appointment makes Mabuza second in command in South Africa’s government and the leading contender to succeed Ramaphosa as president. The main opposition Democratic Alliance criticized the …
South Africa’s new Cabinet sees gender balance for first time ever

South Africa: How the EFF Has Shifted SA Politics to the Left
The EFF alliance with the DA at local government level has already changed another facet of South Africa’s politics: in the past supposedly black parties would lose their street credit if they …
South Africa: How the EFF Has Shifted SA Politics to the Left

Will Ramaphosa’s ‘trimmed’ R1 billion Executive get South Africa working?
Despite President Cyril Ramaphosa’s commitment to “clean up” government and bring much-needed renewal and change to his Cabinet, South Africa has been left with an Executive negotiated between …
Will Ramaphosa’s ‘trimmed’ R1 billion Executive get South Africa working?

South Africa gets gender-balanced cabinet
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a new … She set up the Good party after she was forced to resign from the opposition Democratic Alliance following an acrimonious power struggle …
South Africa gets gender-balanced cabinet

“You can’t fool South Africa” – DA reacts to Cabinet selection
DA slams Ramaphosa’s choice, calls for lifestyle audits The Democratic Alliance’s (DA) leader … whilst adding more deputy ministers will not fool the people of South Africa. Presented with a fresh …
“You can’t fool South Africa” – DA reacts to Cabinet selection

South Africa aims for gender-balanced cabinet with 50 per cent women
South Africa’s new cabinet also retains two well regarded ministers, Tito Mboweni and Pravin Gordhan. Loading The main opposition Democratic Alliance criticised the President for keeping Mabuza. …
South Africa aims for gender-balanced cabinet with 50 per cent women

South Africa achieves gender balanced cabinet with 50 per cent women
South Africa’s new cabinet also retains two well regarded ministers, Tito Mboweni and Pravin Gordhan. Loading The main opposition Democratic Alliance criticised the President for keeping Mabuza. …
South Africa achieves gender balanced cabinet with 50 per cent women

Ramaphosa unveils a smaller and gender-balanced cabinet for South Africa
“Many people believed that our government, which is meant to serve 57 million people, was bloated.” South Africa’s economy has repeatedly … leader of the biggest opposition party, the Democratic …
Ramaphosa unveils a smaller and gender-balanced cabinet for South Africa

South Africa’s president names Cabinet that is 50 percent women
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s president on Wednesday named a trimmed … Both have been well-regarded. The main opposition Democratic Alliance criticized the president for keeping Mabuza in what …
South Africa’s president names Cabinet that is 50 percent women

South Africa’s president names Cabinet that is 50% women
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s president on Wednesday named a trimmed-down … Both have been well-regarded. The main opposition Democratic Alliance criticized the president for keeping Mabuza in …
South Africa’s president names Cabinet that is 50% women

South Africans react to De Lille's appointment to Ramaphosa's cabinet
South … Democratic Alliance party last year, and formed the GOOD party to contest the national elections. Having won two seats in the National Assembly, De Lille has bow been appointed Public Works …
South Africans react to De Lille's appointment to Ramaphosa's cabinet

South Africa's president unveils leaner government
Photograph: Phill Magakoe/AFP/Getty Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a slimmed-down South African government, with women filling … said Mmusi Maimane, leader of the centre-right Democratic Alliance. …
South Africa's president unveils leaner government

ANC: The Chosen Party for South African Capitalism
The victory of the ANC in the South African election has yet again shown it is the … While the main parties, ANC and opposition Democratic Alliance both lost votes, the smaller dozen or so parties …
ANC: The Chosen Party for South African Capitalism

How much do South African MPs earn?
You’d be forgiven for wondering how much work gets done in South Africa’s parliament … currently Mmusi Maimane of the Democratic Alliance, is also in this group. Their monthly salary …
How much do South African MPs earn?

“We have heard the people of South Africa”
“Let us now work together, black and white, men and women, young and old, to build a South Africa that truly belongs to all who live in it as proclaimed by our forebears,” he said. The main opposition …
“We have heard the people of South Africa”

Quick read: South Africa’s 2019 election in numbers
Newcomers included the church-backed African Transformation Movement, the Good party led by former Democratic Alliance mayor Patricia De Lille, and the Capitalist Party of South Africa, popularly …
Quick read: South Africa’s 2019 election in numbers

Ramaphosa rallies Africa to deliver jobs
President Ramaphosa is the sixth South African president since the dismantling of apartheid 25 years ago. His African National Congress (ANC) won the May 8 elections with a with 57,5 percent majority. …
Ramaphosa rallies Africa to deliver jobs

South African companies look to Angola Oil and Gas for growth in 2019
… Oil & Gas Alliance (SAOGA) has invited South African oil and gas companies to explore opportunities in the Angolan market; South Africa is positioning itself as the preferred trade and investment …
South African companies look to Angola Oil and Gas for growth in 2019

What Does Having Youngest-Ever MPs Mean for South Africa?
21-year-old Itumeleng Ntsube of the African National Congress and 23-year-old Sibongiseni Ngcobo of the Democratic Alliance have become the youngest members of Parliament, showing that some …
What Does Having Youngest-Ever MPs Mean for South Africa?

Africa: Ramaphosa Rallies Africa to Deliver Jobs
South African … 25 years ago. His African National Congress (ANC) won the May 8 elections with a with 57,5 percent majority. The main opposition party — the Democratic Alliance (DA) — was …
Africa: Ramaphosa Rallies Africa to Deliver Jobs

Cyril Ramaphosa Sworn-In As President Of South Africa Vowing "New Era"
Main opposition Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane said he wanted to work with Ramaphosa to improve the lives of South Africans. “Today is a historic day in South Africa … the Union Buildings …
Cyril Ramaphosa Sworn-In As President Of South Africa Vowing "New Era"