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  • FILE: Former DA MP Phumzile Van Damme arrives on the red carpet outside Parliament for the 2020 State of the Nation Address. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/Eyewitness News

    'I was told to lay off Facebook': Phumzile van Damme on real reason she left DA

    Taking to her Twitter account, Phumzile van Damme said that she resigned because she had been told to 'lay off Facebook' by Democratic Alliance (DA) Chief Whip Natasha Mazzone.

    314 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at the state capture inquiry on 11 August 2021. Picture: GCIS

    In hindsight, it was right move to stay on under Zuma - Ramaphosa

    President Cyril Ramaphosa said that there were five options available to those opposed to the state capture network during Jacob Zuma’s term.

    329 days ago
  • DA interim leader John Steenhuisen. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    DA's Steenhuisen welcomes Mkhize exit, questions why certain ministers remain

    Democratic Alliance (DA) leader, John Steenhuisen, has welcomed the resignation of Zweli Mkhize, who has been on special leave for three months. However, Steenhuisen believes that more people should have been in the firing line.

    335 days ago
  • DA leader John Steenhuisen (middle) in Phoenix, Durban, on 3 August 2021. Picture: @Our_DA/Twitter.

    Steenhuisen: We need South Africans to come together now to help rebuild KZN

    Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen detailed the party's plan to unite, rebuild and protect those affected by the mayhem, adding that they were focusing on bringing communities together to rebuild what had been destroyed.

    336 days ago
  • DA leader John Steenhuisen (middle) in Phoenix, Durban, on 3 August 2021. Picture: @Our_DA/Twitter.

    Steenhuisen: There must be consequences for damage, deaths from KZN unrest

    DA leader John Steenhuisen has briefed the media in Phoenix on Tuesday alongside DA KwaZulu-Natal provincial leader Francois Rodgers.

    337 days ago
  • DA leader John Steenhuisen in KwaZulu-Natal, meeting with communities and various stakeholders as we work to unite, rebuild and protect communities. Picture: John Steenhuisen/Twitter

    Steenhuisen: DA to focus on bringing Phoenix together after unrest

    Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen was also in Phoenix on Tuesday alongside DA KwaZulu-Natal provincial leader, Francois Rodgers, assessing several affected communities.

    337 days ago
  • Protesters gesture towards police officers (not seen) as they burn tyres in Jeppestown, Johannesburg, on 11 July 2021. Picture: Luca Sola/AFP

    The DA will make a PAIA bid to publicise a security report warning of riots

    Democratic Alliance leader, John Steenhuisen, said that it was critical for South Africans to know the details behind the security cluster’s failure in handling the violence and wide-spread looting which broke out two weeks ago.

    345 days ago
  • FILE: DA leader John Steenhuisen (right). Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    DA leader to lay criminal complaint against Malema, Zuma duo for urging violence

    Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen, who spent the morning touring parts of Durban to view the devastation following days of looting and destruction of property, has accused the three of fanning the flames behind the recent looting.

    358 days ago
  • EFF leader Julius Malema was speaking at the EFF June 16 commemoration outside the Uitsig High School in Centurion. Picture: @EFFSouthAfrica/Twitter.

    'ANC has never prosecuted a single apartheid murderer', says Malema

    Julius Malema was speaking at the EFF June 16 commemoration outside the Uitsig High School in Centurion.

    385 days ago
  • DA leader John Steenhuisen addressed members and supporters at the party's virtual rally that took place on Saturday, 22 May 2021. Picture: Twitter/@Our_DA

    ‘We have to find our shared vision for SA’ - Steenhuisen warns against divisions

    Steenhuisen made the comments at his party’s first rally ahead of the 2021 local government elections which are expected to take place in October.

    410 days ago
  • Democratic Alliance (DA) Leader John Steenhuisen addresses supporters at the party's virtual rally on 22 May, 2021. Picture: DA.

    DA ready to take on ANC in local government elections, says Steenhuisen

    John Steenhuisen said the party had started its preparations and was ready to sell its message to South Africans.

    410 days ago
  • IEC officials count ballots at the Brixton Recreational Centre voting station in Brixton, Johannesburg on 8 May 2019. Picture: AFP

    JUDITH FEBRUARY: No matter who governs, SA’s future political landscape is messy

    Quite what the future political landscape will look like after the local government elections is unclear, writes Judith February.

    418 days ago
  • FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa in Parliament. Picture: GCIS

    Ramaphosa: Logistics for comprehensive vaccine roll-out campaign in place

    President Cyril Ramaphosa told MPs that South Africa has secured enough vaccines to dose 41.5 million people, but he cautioned that there could be delivery issues that were beyond the government’s control.

    426 days ago
  • FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    President Ramaphosa dismisses opposition criticism on vaccine rollout

    President Cyril Raphaosa faced tough questions from the EFF and the DA on government's vaccine rollout plan during a question and answer session in the National Assembly on Thursday.

    426 days ago
  • FILE: Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter

    Steenhuisen: Ramaphosa cannot distance himself from state capture

    Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen was attending the state capture commission in person and DA supporters were demonstrating outside with placards saying that Cyril Ramaphosa enabled state capture.

    435 days ago
  • DA interim leader John Steenhuisen at the media briefing at Nkululeko House on 23 February 2020. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    YONELA DIKO: DA at a crossroads: In search of political relevance on the cheap

    The shifts needed to make real and meaningful change in racial inequality require deeply uncomfortable changes to white lives, writes Yonela Diko.

    450 days ago
  • Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen during the State of the Nation Address debate in Parliament on 16 February 2021. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter

    Opposition parties tear into Ramaphosa on first day of Sona debate

    The Democratic Alliance hammered on Cyril Ramaphosa’s internal battles within the ruling party’ where there were plans to undermine him and to try and topple him.

    505 days ago
  • John Steenhuisen: Ramaphosa's presidency needs a reset

    DA leader John Steenhuisen spoke on the party's social media platforms on what President Cyril Ramaphosa needed to tackle in the 2021 State of the Nation Address.

    511 days ago
  • Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu at a post-Cabinet briefing on 8 August 2019. Picture: GCIS

    Politicians describe Jackson Mthembu as 'man of honour' & 'a true patriot'

    Political parties have paid tribute to the late Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu.

    531 days ago
  • DA demands answers from President Ramaphosa on vaccine negotiations

    DA leader John Steenhuisen addressed the nation on Monday, detailing how the party intended to pursue a court case against government on its COVID-19 vaccine procurement strategy. #DemocraticAlliance #COVID19 #Vaccine

    534 days ago
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