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DA to ensure all its structures are represented at virtual elective conference
The party's federal executive council has resolved to hold the online congress on 31 October.
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DA: We're heading to ConCourt to stop govt becoming an authoritarian state
The party is now going to the highest court in the land over government's implementation of regulations governing the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Zille: Some lockdown regulations about control & authoritarianism
Democratic Alliance Federal Council chairperson Helen Zille was speaking to the party's interim leader, John Steenhuisen, discussing civil unrest and hunger during the lockdown.
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Steenhuisen: Zille is a centre of excellence
Helen Zille's appointment to her current senior position followed the resignations of Herman Mashaba and former leader Mmusi Maimane.
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'I'm out of here': Zille goes private on Twitter
Democratic Alliance federal council chairperson Helen Zille described Twitter as an evil platform that could find no effective way of filtering out fake accounts and dealing with hate speech.
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Zille says bye to 'haters & bots' on old Twitter account, opens private one
Helen Zille took to her account to announce she would be closing it after the "grotesque treatment" of her granddaughter on the weekend.
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'A path towards erosion has come': Analyst weighs in on DA congress
That was the view of political analyst Ongama Mtimka who said the congress would be crucial for the official opposition.
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DA caucus ousts George Mayor Naik in no-confidence motion
The motion was passed with 22 votes out of 25. There was just one abstention.
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Zille: Mokgalapa to face disciplinary hearing over Mathebe remarks
In a leaked audio recording last year, Mokgalapa could be heard telling former MMC Sheila Senkubuge negative comments about the metro’s council Speaker Katlego Mathebe.
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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's Moodey distances himself from latest Helen Zille tweets
DA Gauteng leader John Moodey said that Helen Zille's tweets had the potential to cause harm.
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Zille: Cartoon I retweeted is rejecting stereotypes
The cartoon, which depicts a conversation between a white person - who is accused of taking land - while a black man is accused of rape, has caused heated debate on Twitter.
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Mashaba describes his tenure as Joburg mayor as painful but rewarding
Outgoing Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba said he hoped his replacement would not interfere with the work of JMPD chief David Tembe who he recruited.
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Race-based policies won’t lift South Africans out of poverty - Steenhuisen
John Steenhuisen has replaced former leader Mmusi Maimane after being voted in by the federal council at the weekend.
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ANALYSIS: DA’s woes signify historical dilemma of SA’s liberals
The Democratic Alliance’s problems can be traced back to the politicisation of race, which has persisted even after the dawn of democracy in 1994.
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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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DA MP Hlanganani Gumbi to Helen Zille: Race matters
Gumbi said it was concerning that DA Federal Council chairperson Helen Zille took what he viewed as an aggressive policy posture on the issue.
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Mkhwebane 'vindicated' by court decision to dismiss Zille's appeal against her
Former Western Cape Premier Helen Zille wanted the court to set aside Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's report that found she violated the ethics code with her colonialism tweets in 2017.
