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Dear Cape Town The Democratic Alliance notes the ex tempora judgement handed down by the Western Cape High Court today regarding our case to overrule the closure of the Garden Route’s beaches. While we are disappointed by the ruling in favour of beach closures, we welcome the amended hours of beach operation which we have …
Dear Cape Town The DA notes President Ramaphosa’s announcement this evening regarding measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus. We welcome the fact that the President has resisted the temptation to return the country – or parts thereof – to a higher level of lockdown. It would appear that lessons about the ineffectiveness and …
The following remarks were delivered by the DA Leader, John Steenhuisen, at the Press Club today: As we all grapple to come to terms with a post-Covid, post-lockdown world, it is crucial that we don’t let one crisis mask an even bigger one. And we dare not let the extraordinary events of 2020 leave us …
DA Leader John Steenhuisen on the EFF/Brackenfell matter: Tomorrow, the EFF will be protesting again outside Brackenfell High School in Cape Town and have threatened a “complete shutdown” of Brackenfell. There are indications that targeting schools for protest action will become an escalating EFF trend. For the sake of our schoolchildren, South Africa needs a …
The following remarks were delivered today by DA Leader, John Steenhuisen MP, during the Parliamentary Debate of National Importance on Covid-19 corruption Madame Speaker, Honourable President, Honourable Members On 23 March 2020, president Ramaphosa addressed the nation to announce government’s decision to enforce a nation-wide hard lockdown. In that speech, the President made an explicit …
Dear Cape Town Tomorrow, President Cyril Ramaphosa will present his government’s Economic Recovery Action Plan to the nation. Structural reform is no longer imperative just for the economy’s growth, but for its survival. South African households are in deep distress. Lockdown delivered a body blow to our economy which was already in recession on the …
Dear Cape Town The true test of our fight against corruption will be whether the arrests and charges we have seen this week will go beyond the likes of former ANC MP Vincent Smith, former Mangaung Mayor and MEC Olly Mlamleli, and ANC-connected businessman Edwin Sodi, and will include all the high-ranking ANC individuals implicated …
Dear Cape Town The State of Disaster – already extended – comes to an end in less than 24 hours, and there is no clarity at all on what happens next. This is unacceptable. The stranglehold this places on our country goes way beyond the immediate damaging effects of the regulations enforced under the State …
Dear Cape Town As part of my real state of the nation tour, I conducted an oversight visit to a cattle auction pen in Bela-Bela, Limpopo earlier this week. This auction pen, like so many others across the country, has been severely affected by government’s poor initial response to the outbreak of Foot and Mouth …
The following remarks were made by DA Parliamentary Leader John Steenhuisen MP in Ward 82, Tafelsig, Cape Town on 12 November 2019: My fellow South Africans Tomorrow we need to keep Ward 82 here in Tafelsig blue. Every single by-election is a chance to keep making progress under a DA local government. We have come …
Dear Cape Town The Democratic Alliance (DA) sends our heartfelt congratulations to the Springboks on a historic victory against England today to clinch the 2019 Rugby World Cup trophy in Japan. The Boks outplayed the English and beat them 32-12. The Boks, lifted the William Webb-Ellis trophy for a record matching 3rd time, a remarkable …
Dear Cape Town Following today’s DA Parliamentary Caucus meeting, I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Natasha Mazzone MP as the DA’s Chief Whip in the National Assembly. Having served with distinction as a Member of Parliament for the past decade, Natasha brings an ideal balance of knowledge, grit and levelheadedness to this …
The following remarks were delivered today by Democratic Alliance (DA) Chief Whip, John Steenhuisen MP, during a Press Conference in Parliament. Steenhuisen was joined by DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Werner Horn MP, DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Nazley Sharif MP, and DA Women’s Network …
Dear Cape Town The Democratic Alliance (DA) is encouraged by the decision of the Rules Committee today to refer our draft rules for the removal of the Public Protector or other Chapter 9 heads in terms of section 194 of the Constitution to a sub-committee on rules for their consideration. The DA submitted these draft …
Dear Cape Town The Democratic Alliance (DA) has taken note of reports alleging that the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and a Member of Parliament, Mr. Julius Sello Malema, benefited from VBS funds through a VBS beneficiary, Mahuna Investments. The DA has consulted the declaration of members’ interests for 2017 as well as …
Dear Cape Town The Democratic Alliance (DA) has taken note of today’s Constitutional Court judgment upholding a punitive costs order granted against the person of Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane in the North Gauteng High Court last year. The DA has long held that Advocate Mkhwebane is not a fit and proper person to occupy the office …
