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No more delays: DA demands action on Tembisa Hospital corruption and Deokaran murder

Justice at Tembisa Hospital depends on the SAPS investigating and the NPA prosecuting the masterminds behind the looting and Babita Deokaran’s murder. All those involved in the R2 billion looting, ...
Democratic Alliance

Minister Tau drags his feet while SABS crisis deepens

In February this year, Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, under pressure from the DA, appointed TSU ...
Democratic Alliance

I accept the DA’s nomination as Mayoral Candidate for eThekwini

If we stand up together, we will be stronger together. And nothing can stand in our way to build a better future, and a better city for the people we love and care about.
Democratic Alliance

DA demands answers over stalled DPWI project at KwaDukuza Home Affairs, abandoned by previous administration

This week the DA conducted an oversight visit to the stalled KwaDukuza Home Affairs office construction site. What we found is a project standing at roughly 70% completion, but abandoned, fenced off, ...
Democratic Alliance

DASO condemns NSFAS’s continued betrayal of students and calls for urgent intervention

The DA's students' organisation strongly condemns NSFAS’s persistent failure to fulfil its most basic obligations to South African students. Despite countless promises, media statements, and ...
Democratic Alliance

DA announces Haniff Hoosen as eThekwini Mayoral Candidate

This election is not just another contest. It is a choice between collapse and renewal. Between corruption and accountability. Between chaos and competence. Between decay and dignity. Between building ...
Democratic Alliance

DA demands urgent release of delayed Q1 Crime Statistics

The DA is deeply concerned that the South African Police Service (SAPS) has yet to release the first quarter (Q1) crime statistics for the 2025/26 financial year, which were due at the end of August ...
Democratic Alliance

DA calls for probe into SAHUC, following allegations of financial misdealing

The Saudi Embassy’s decision to transition South Africa to the Nusuk Hajj Direct Platform has resulted in allegations of self enrichment by the South African Hajj and Umrah Council (SAHUC), which ...
Democratic AllianceOpinion

DA-run uMngeni ranked #1 in KZN for ensuring access to essential services

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) welcomes the Provincial Spatial Integration Report 2024/25, that has ...
Democratic AllianceOpinion

Changing names, like the Kruger National Park, will destroy tourism income, cost millions, and kill jobs

The Democratic Alliance can confirm that the motion in the Mpumalanga Legislature to change the names of the Kruger ...
Democratic Alliance

DA oversight of Cape Town MyCiti busses shows full access for guide dogs

A comprehensive DA oversight of the MyCiti Bus system in Cape Town has revealed that the City’s busses are fully accessible ...
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Democratic AllianceOpinion

DA demands DIRCO urgently restore trade relations with Taiwan

The Democratic Alliance (DA) notes a statement by the Taiwanese Foreign Ministry to suspend its decision to block the export of silicone semiconductor chips to South Africa following a request for ...