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After a bruising 2020 for DA, Steenhuisen faced with a mammoth task
John Steenhuisen received the mandate to lead the Democratic Alliance (DA) but there are persistent questions about the direction of the party and its future.
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Zille: Farm murders placing SA's food security at risk
Newly elected Democratic Alliance (DA) federal council chairperson Helen Zille said that the country only had 40,000 farmers left to feed 57 million citizens, meaning that food security was under threat.
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Newly elected DA leader Steenhuisen promises to give power to the people
In his acceptance speech delivered on Sunday afternoon after he won the race to lead the country’s main opposition, John Steenhuisen that said he wanted to take both the DA and South Africa to greater heights and empower every citizen.
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DA rejects proposal to tighten social media conduct by party members
This is one of numerous amendments that delegates opted not to support at the DA’s elective conference currently under way via virtual platforms.
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Zille must learn to live with low political profile - Ex-DA Fedco chair Gibson
Douglas Gibson said that Helen Zille was well organised and intelligent but she needed to keep quiet about matters outside of the portfolio she may occupy going forward.
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Zille: People cannot pigeonhole me into a racial category
She's defended her presence in Senekal amid racial tensions two weeks ago ahead of the bail hearing for two suspects accused of killing farm manager Brendin Horner.
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Zille: DA finally on a good footing since my return
The DA will hold its first virtual elective conference on Saturday where delegates are expected to choose between interim leader John Steenhuisen and former youth leader Mbali Ntuli to take the party forward.
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DA names candidates vying for leadership positions
The leadership polls, which were set for April, were pushed back due to the COVID-19 breakout in the country.
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MBALI NTULI: The politicisation of Democratic Alliance disciplinary processes
In a leaked internal memo, DA leadership hopeful Mbali Ntuli makes scathing allegations against the party's current leadership.
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DA internal party politics: Mbali Ntuli on Helen Zille and ‘the purge’
Eyewitness News reporter Nkosikhona Duma had a virtual chat with Democratic Alliance leadership candidate Mbali Ntuli on a range of topics. Here she speaks about internal party politics, Helen Zille and the allegation that black leaders are being purged from the party. #DemocraticAlliance #HelenZille
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Zille dismisses claims DA is purging black leaders
The issue was addressed at a briefing on Monday following the party’s first-ever policy conference over the weekend.
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Zille on the exit of black leaders from the DA: 'There is no purge'
During a media briefing, Democratic Alliance federal council chairperson Helen Zille responded to accusations of a purge of black leaders from the party.
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DA deems its first-ever policy conference a resounding success
The main resolutions from the conference include the party’s controversial policy on economic justice, which also rejects using race as a proxy to inequality.
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Zille: DA will keep promoting non-racialism, improving lives of disadvantaged
The party’s leaders on Monday provided an update on policies adopted during its virtual policy conference over the weekend.
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John Moodey: I’m aware of many more DA members who feel like I do
John Moodey announced his decision to leave the party on Wednesday after 22 years with the Democratic Alliance (DA).
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Moodey: DA lacks principles to deal with inequality in South Africa
Moodey has on Wednesday announced his exit from the party after 22 years.
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Khayelitsha Inquiry recommendations may have helped dampen crime
This is according to the Khayelitsha Development Forum's Ndithini Tyhido after the latest crime figures were released on Friday.
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DA to probe federal chairperson Zille's apartheid tweets
MP Werner Horn, who's also the DA's Federal Legal Commission deputy chairperson, has been tasked with investigating the misconduct claims against Helen Zille.
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Moodey: Zille’s recent tweets have brought DA into disrepute
This is amid the controversy caused by Zille's recent tweets.
