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DA wants the FBI involved in Phala Phala FarmGate scandal
In a media briefing held on Tuesday, Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen announced that the party had written to the FBI to investigate the money that...
Steenhuisen said the first citizen had to account for what happened at the farm.
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen said that the future of South Africa's youth looked bleak and the freedom won in 1994 had not translated into economic transformation.
Politicians held events around the country as they commemorated 46 years since high school students in Soweto protested against the apartheid education system in 1976.
South African politicians expressed their views on the state of South Africa's young people on Youth Day.
The party embarked on a march to the Cooperative Governance Department offices in Pietermaritzburg, complaining about the lack of service delivery for communities in Umsunduzi.
John Steenhuisen said that he travelled to the country to see the impact of the war for himself and Parliament should do the same.
The DA leader’s recent visit to the war-torn country came under a lot of public scrutiny with some calling it a PR stunt.
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has been on the receiving end of some backlash, with people questioning why he'd travelled to Ukraine and at whose expense while South Africa had its own problems that politicians needed to tend to, like gang violence.
Steenhuisen is in Ukraine this week where he is on a fact-finding missions. He will visit various refugee camps and meet with various government leaders.
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen said that he wanted to get a better sense of the knock-on effect of the war.
On Wednesday, the country marked 28 years since all South Africans were allowed to the vote.
Steenhuisen is visiting the Gqanqu Village - one of the poorest communities in the Eastern Cape.
DA leader John Steenhuisen said Home Affairs is the biggest culprit in using foreign nationals as a scapegoat for the problems in South Africa.
The DA's Solly Msimanga said the party will now be writing to Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi over allegations of corruption and ill-treatment of people at various branches of the department.
Speaking at a briefing on Thursday, party leader John Steenhuisen said the party would no longer allow COVID-19 to be used carelessly.
DA leader John Steenhuisen - who requested the debate - has accused the ANC-led government of hiding behind the veneer of neutrality to give tacit support to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his invasion of Ukraine.
The Democratic Alliance leader said the ANC, which once relied on global solidarity in the struggle to end apartheid, had now sided with the oppressor.
DA leader John Steenhuisen, joined by other party officials, gathered outside the gates of Parliament on Friday in solidarity with Ukraine.