The basic education department’s decision to reopen schools must be assessed against the best interests of the child principle‚ lawyers for One South Africa Movement leader Mmusi Maimane have argued. Maimane is challenging the reopening…
US president Donald Trump’s itchy Twitter finger knows no limits. On Wednesday‚ he accused “fake” and “low-ratings” media houses of exaggerating the extent of the coronavirus outbreak. He said constant reports caused panic in the markets‚…
John Steenhuisen is the new DA parliamentary leader. We sat down with the man from Durban to find out what his plans are for the party and his thoughts on the recent shake-up in the Democratic Alliance.
If the collapse of Eskom is not immediately halted and reversed‚ it could plunge South Africa into a downward spiral from which it might never recover‚ DA leader Mmusi Maimane has warned. Speaking while on the election campaign trail in…
From Times Live: DA leader Mmusi Maimane has been dominating Twitter trends after a video of him saying 44 out of 10 South Africans are without jobs went viral. Thanks to the superpowers of Woolworths water‚ Maimane was able to correct…
Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane has penned a letter to Cyril Ramaphosa requesting that the president immediately cancel a long-standing deal that agreed the state would foot the bill for Jacob Zuma’s legal battles. This comes…
DA leader Mmusi Maimane has requested access to the contract for services rendered by the president’s son‚ Andile Ramaphosa‚ to controversial facilities management company Bosasa. He said on Sunday this was to ensure that Andile Ramaphosa…
The Democratic Alliance is planning to introduce what it calls a “cheaper energy bill” – a proposal it said would break the monopoly of state-owned energy supplier Eskom and make provision for municipalities to be able to purchase energy…
The Democratic Alliance plans a legal challenge to Monday’s ousting of Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Athol Trollip. Party leader Mmusi Maimane said a “coalition of corruption” made up of the ANC‚ UDM and EFF had undermined the will of the…
DA leader Mmusi Maimane says South Africa is not headed in the right direction under the leadership of the ANC‚ which has reversed the gains made by the late former president Nelson Mandela. Speaking after a meeting of the DA’s federal…
