South Africa: DA Backs Sugar Industry Regulations to Boost Jobs, Growth

The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the decision by Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, to ease regulations (or provide conditional block exemption) to the… Read more »

South Africa: DA Demands Action After 155 Children With Malnutrition Died Since January

The DA is devastated to learn that 155 children across our country under age 5 have died in public health facilities with moderate (MAM) or severe acute malnutrition (SAM) as an… Read more »

Lesotho: DA Demands Urgent Ag Probe After Pollution Halts Lesotho Water Project

Pollution halts LHWP2 construction due to contractor-caused contamination. Read more »

South Africa: DA to Take Daybreak Farm Scandal to Parliament for Investigation

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has written to the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance, Dr Joseph Maswanganyi, to request an urgent hearing on the financial and ethical… Read more »

South Africa: DA Demands Clarity On Disappearing Troop Allowances

SANDF soldiers are receiving R34 000 despite SADC allocating R108 000 per soldier. Read more »

South Africa: Livingstone Hospital Must Be Placed Under Administration

The DA calls on the National Department of Health to engage with the Eastern Cape Health Department (ECDH) as a matter of urgency to solve the crisis of the closure of Livingstone… Read more »

South Africa: DA Demands Urgent Answers From Minister Groenewald After Pollsmoor Inmates Disappear

Note to Editors: Please see attached soundbites in English and Afrikaans by Nicholas Gotsell MP Read more »

South Africa: Mashatile's VIP Cops Assault - DA Submits PAIA to Expose Reasons for Disciplinary Acquittal

The DA does not accept that the SAPS internal investigation into Deputy President Paul Mashatile's VIP protectors assaulting members of the public on a highway in Gauteng can be… Read more »

South Africa: DA Rejects SANDF's 'Success' Claim in DRC Mission As Delusional Whitewash

The Democratic Alliance rejects, with contempt, the South African National Defence Force's (SANDF) claim that its deployment to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was a… Read more »

South Africa: DA Constitutional Court Victory Protects Citizenship for South Africans

The Constitutional Court ruled today in favour of an application by the DA to secure the citizenship of South Africans with dual nationality. Read more »

South Africa: Nuclear Security Breach - Minister Must Investigate

I have today written to the Minister of Energy, Ms Dipuo Peters, to request that she conduct a ministerial inquiry into the recent security breach at the Pelindaba nuclear… Read more »

South Africa: SAA Price Collusion - Individuals Responsible Must Be Fired

The Competition Commission has fined South African Airways (SAA) R18.8 million for colluding with Singapore Airlines to fix ticket prices between Singapore and South Africa. Read more »