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Zille must account for tweet on land, race - Steenhuisen
John Steenhuisen spoke to Eyewitness News in Kimberley in the Northern Cape, where his party is responding to the drought in the province.
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Zille’s responsible for her own Twitter account – Steenhuisen
After questions about DA federal chair Helen Zille's latest controversial tweet – this time about land – the party's interim leader John Steenhuisen said he couldn't spend his day being the Twitter police, and that Zille must answer for herself.
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DA denies ANC’s claims that Tshwane Mayor Mokgalapa has been fired
Stevens Mokgalapa was placed on leave last year following a sex scandal involving the now-former MMC Sheila Senkubuge.
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Load shedding costing CT R50m per stage per day - Neilson
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen and the acting mayors of the two metros briefed the media on Thursday morning about the economic impact of rolling blackouts on the local authorities and their economies.
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Steenhuisen: Now not the time for MPs to have feet up
The Democratic Alliance (DA) wants MPs to put on hold their Christmas celebrations and holidays and head back to Parliament to debate and come up with solutions for the load shedding crisis.
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DA: Load shedding will lead to job cuts & further hurt economy
Interim DA leader John Steenhuisen said he engaged a wide range of small business owners and entrepreneurs in the Cape Town CBD who had been adversely affected by continuous rolling blackouts.
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Steenhuisen: Ramaphosa must return to SA to fix Eskom crisis
Following Eskom’s announcement that the power utility would be implementing stage 6 load shedding, DA interim leader John Steenhuisen urged President Ramaphosa to return to the country urgently. Ramaphosa is in Egypt for the inaugural session of the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development.
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DA pats itself on the back for 'good' performance in Parly
Interim leader John Steenhuisen said the party once again punched above its weight in holding the executive to account.
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DA: We lost Joburg mayoral post due to 'treasonous behaviour'
A tough-talking John Steenhuisen described the actions of councillors who failed to toe the party line as nothing short of “treasonous”.
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Analyst: DA could suffer at polls over stance on race-based policies
The DA's interim leader John Steenhuisen told a media briefing on Sunday that resorting to race-based policies would not improve the fortunes of the organisation.
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DA needs to urgently discuss its identity at policy conference, says analyst
John Steenhuisen took over from Mmusi Maimane who was brought to the DA with the aim of helping attract more black voters. But, what does the appointment of Steenhuisen mean for that project?
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Steenhuisen: I never backstabbed Maimane
John Steenhuisen has replaced Maimame as leader of the Democratic Alliance after being voted in by the federal council.
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Steenhuisen vows to 'bring DA back to life,' says it’s not a ‘white party’
The post became vacant after Mmusi Maimane resigned in the wake of Helen Zille being elected Federal Council chair last month.
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DA elects John Steenhuisen as interim leader
The DA has elected John Steenhusien to lead it until April 2020, while Ivan Meyer will take over as the interim federal chairperson, replacing Athol Trollip who also resigned last month.
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‘I am feeling strong’, says Gana ahead of DA interim leader vote
After Mmusi Miamane's resignation Makushule Gana, who is up against John Steenhuisen, is hoping to lead the party until a permanent leader is elected next year in April.
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Madikizela: We are not colour-blind South Africans
Democratic Alliance (DA) Western Cape leader Bonginkosi Madikizela said that he would be disappointed if the leadership of the party were to be dominated by a single race.
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Bonginkosi Madikizela drops out of race to lead DA
This leaves the party’s parliamentary leader John Steenhuisen and the party’s Member of the Gauteng provincial legislature Makashule Gana as the only two in the race to replace Mmusi Maimane.
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The DA needs policies - or risk setting the next leader up for failure
The Democratic Alliance needs to choose policies before it picks leaders, writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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Madikizela, Steenhuisen and Gana to contest DA leadership position
The Democratic Alliance has announced the candidates who will contest the position of party leader and federal chair at its federal council next month.
