Party leader John Steenhuisen on Thursday said they weren't given a 'free hand' after the 2016 local government elections and coalitions with other parties made it even more difficult to implement its manifesto pledges.
Geordin-Hill Lewis on Wednesday led a demonstration outside the National Public Works Department building.
The apex court delivered a unanimous decision earlier on Monday, dismissing the main opposition’s application to prevent the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) from reopening the councillor candidate list.
The Constitutional Court dismissed the Democratic Alliance's application on Monday.
The commission has argued that the DA was second guessing it and implying that it had no ability to carry out its constitutional mandate to deliver these elections
The DA believed allowing provincial governments to have more control over policing management will help to combat gender-based violence and other violent crimes.
Freedom Under Law, which was part of the previous matter, has joined again and said the DA’s application was impermissible and should not be entertained by the courts.
It has argued that the DA's application is premature and constitutes what it calls "lawfare" - basically using the court process for political reasons.
Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma’ argument was simple: the DA’s interpretation of the recent Constitutional Court order is incorrect.
Yonela Diko appears to be hellbent on employing disingenuous arguments and a dubious agenda to try discredit the DA, writes DA MP Ghaleb Cachalia.
The main opposition iss arguing that the only amendments permitted following the recent Constitutional Court order is for the voters’ registration to take place.
In an answering affidavit submitted to the apex court on Monday, the IEC’s Sy Mamabolo dismisses the claims before the Constitutional Court alleging that even the perception of the commission’s independence is compromised by the reopening of candidate nominations.
DA leader John Steenhuisen said the only reason for further restrictions would be to allow people over the age of 18 years old the chance to get vaccinated.
The Democratic Alliance is a party pretty much on life support, writes Yonela Diko.
Former President Jacob Zuma was sentenced to 15 months in prison, which he began serving in July, for refusing to return to the state capture commission and ignoring a Constitutional Court order compelling him to do so.
After dealing with renewal and succession in depth, David Maimela gives our imagination something to work on.
The Democratic Alliance said it submitted a dossier to the National Council on Gender-Based Violence in which it mapped out the need to eradicate the scourge as well as to resolve the massive backlog in DNA specimens needing to be analysed.
Bushy Maape was elected premier on Tuesday, weeks after the African National Congress (ANC) had named him as its preferred candidate to take over from Job Mokgoro.
