Democratic Alliance (DA)
Ramaphosa Signs BELA Act Into Law Despite Previous Objections and Threats From DA
Despite threats and grumblings by the DA, one of his Government of National Unity (GNU)…
Presidency Slams DA for Proposing G20 Inter-Ministerial Committee Be Foreign Policy Engine
The proposal by the DA that the G20 Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) – which includes DA…
Creation Of A Grand Estate After Apartheid: A Parallel Authority For Some And Exercise Of Shadow Power In The Democratic South Africa
In the 1970s, Capital owners, led by the Randlords under Oppenheimer, initiated a political strategy…
DA ‘Spreading Falsehoods’ About R1m Legal Bill – Fetakgomo Tubatse Municipality
The Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality in Limpopo has denied claims made by the Democratic Alliance…
Mixed Reaction To Zuma’s Prison Release on Remission
The release of former President Jacob Zuma from prison, as part of a nationwide remission of non-violent offenders to ease the overcrowding of correctional facilities across the country, has been met with mixed reactions. While the Democratic Alliance (DA) has labelled President Cyril Ramaphosa a “spineless” leader who moved towards a political solution to save Zuma from another stay in prison, former Public Protector Professor Thuli Madonsela has given thumbs up to the executive decision. “I support the remission of…
“Kill the Boer” Furore Exposes The Irrationality of White Fears As A Determining Factor In SA Politics
John Steenhuisen, the DA Leader, was three months old when the apartheid police massacred Hector Pieterson and other youths on June 16, 1976. His fellow DA leader, Federal Council Chairperson Helen Zille, was 25 and working as a journalist at the Rand Daily Mail. Their fellow traveller Kallie Kriel, the Afriforum CEO and face of white Afrikaner nationalism in South Africa, was six years and three months old. The trio are the faces of white South Africans who accuse EFF…
“Kill the Boer”: Malema Attacks Zille, Elon Musk
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has dismissed concerns that he has created an international storm by chanting “Killer the Boer, Kill the Farmer” at the party’s 10th-anniversary celebration at FNB Stadium in Soweto over the weekend, saying the courts have exonerated him. The chant grabbed headlines globally, prompting Twitter owner Elon Musk to allege that the EFF was calling for a genocide of white people while President Cyril Ramaphosa kept quiet. Moreover, Malema attacked the Democratic Alliance federal…