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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.
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'Not taking decisive action against Helen Zille will be Achilles' heel for DA'
Political analyst Sanusha Naidu reflects on the controversial tweets by the party's federal chairperson.
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Steenhuisen declines to comment on what Zille's tweet means for DA unity
DA interim leader John Steenhuisen referred Eyewitness News to a statement he issued on Tuesday in which he said Helen Zille's comments on racists laws were not true, but would not comment further on what it meant for the party.
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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.
