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NA Speaker Didiza has decided that water access is not an issue in South Africa
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (335+ words) Please find attached soundbite by Stephen Moore MP. The Speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza, has denied a written request for an urgent Parliamentary debate on South Africa’s drinking water supply crisis. This is after the President, on 12 March…...
DA’s Minister Aucamp opens private vaccine imports and sales, to eradicate Foot & Mouth Disease
5+ day, 53+ min ago (272+ words) Please find attached English and Afrikaans videos by Jan de Villiers MP. The announcement by Minister of Agriculture, Willie Aucamp, that government will end complete state control over vaccine imports and distribution, will open the door for private entities and…...
Subject to Citizen: a New Vision for South Africa
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1746+ words) Note to Editors: The following major speech on the state of our politics was delivered today by DA Leader, Geordin Hill-Lewis, in Sandton: Thank you for joining me today in Sandton. This is my first major speech as Leader of…...
DA files ConCourt papers to get Jacob Zuma to repay R28.9 mil legal costs
1+ week, 6+ day ago (309+ words) Please find attached English soundbite by Ashor Sarupen, MP. The Democratic Alliance has filed papers in the Constitutional Court opposing Jacob Zuma’s latest attempt to avoid repaying the nearly R29 million he owes the State for his personal legal costs. Mr…...
DA Leader Geordin Hill-Lewis welcomes migration plan but calls for urgent economic reform
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (310+ words) I welcome President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation this evening, and his clear message that South Africa’s economic struggles are not caused by foreign nationals, but by the failure to grow the economy and create millions of jobs. This…...
DA launches national SAPS oversight drive after Mabopane and Winterveld visit
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (367+ words) We will compile the results of this nationwide oversight audit and publish them once complete. Today in Tshwane I met an elderly rape survivor who is still waiting for justice more than 3 years later, a mother whose son has been…...
If SOEs remain feeding troughs, that will be the President’s legacy.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (489+ words) The Government of National Unity was born from the process of a democratic mandate from the people of South Africa, who told us, clearly, that no single party had done enough to govern alone. That is the context in which…...
Mr President, liberalise our grid to give South Africans cheaper energy
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (742+ words) It is often said that insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result. In South Africa, we call that energy policy. For seventeen years, the ANC has promised to fix electricity. Seventeen years of war rooms....
DA welcomes historic review of Parliamentary and Executive Ethics Codes
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (250+ words) Please find attached soundbite by Henni Britz MP. -Ethics framework set for overhaul. -Public participation central to review. The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the commencement of Parliament’s comprehensive review of both the Code of Ethical Conduct and Disclosure of Members…...
DA victory in Emfuleni shows South Africa can work – for everyone
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (362+ words) The Democratic Alliance’s historic victory in Ward 28 in Emfuleni, Gauteng, is a hopeful sign that South Africans are choosing change, hope, and governments that work. In yesterday’s by-election, the DA won a former ANC stronghold with 32.36% of the vote, growing…...