South Africa – ANC MPs vote down opposition censure over Zuma absence
Mail and Guardian A total of 217 MPs voted against a motion to censure Jacob Zuma for undermining the Constitution and not attending National Assembly sittings. The National Assembly rejected a motion...
View ArticleSouth Africa – Zuma says people are not generally xenophobic
Usual Zuma fudge – seems the country is seething with Goodwill towards other Africans.KS Mail and Guardian Condemning the attacks on foreign nationals, Jacob Zuma also says South Africans are generally...
View ArticleSouth Africa – could Maimane as DA leader have a role in forcing Zuma out?
Mail and Guardian As crazy as it sounds, the likely new DA leader could be central to dispatching the president. The Zuma-Zille years are drawing to a close. Both Jacob Zuma and Helen Zille won power...
View ArticleSouth Africa – Maimane as DA leader: How big a step forward
Mail and Guardian Has Mmusi Maimane really altered South Africa’s history by becoming elected leader of the official opposition party, asks Haji Mohamed Dawjee. It’s sad that 21 years into our...
View ArticleSouth Africa – DA bid to impeach Zuma over Bashir fails
Mail and Guardian he DA’s bid to impeach President Jacob Zuma over the government’s handling of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s visit to the country has failed. The Democratic Alliance brought a...
View ArticleSouth Africa – why ANC still rules the roost
Mail and Guardian The DA is completely out of touch with black voters, who are more likely to opt for the ANC or the Economic Freedom Fighters. With the recent controversy that hit the finance...
View ArticleSouth Africa – ANC governs as if black lives do not matter, says DA’s Maimane
BD Live ANC governs as if black lives do not matter, says Maimane BY KARL GERNETZKY, 30 JULY 2016, 14:07 Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane, centre, and Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille wave to...
View ArticleSouth Africa – row over secret voting bid on Zuma no confidence motion
News24 EFF MPs argue a secret ballot will protect ANC MPs, but the deputy speaker dismisses the proposal 10 NOVEMBER 2016 – 17:23 PM BEKEZELA PHAKATHI Mmusi Maimane. Picture: DA THE much-anticipated...
View ArticleSouth Africa – DA to lay criminal charges against Brian Molefe
BD Live It’s time Molefe is brought to book, says DA 17 NOVEMBER 2016 – 09:15 AM STAFF WRITER Brian Molefe and Lynne Brown. Picture: TREVOR SAMSON The DA will on Thursday lay criminal charges against...
View ArticleSouth Africa – election commission holds fire over ANC covert campaign funds
BD Live IEC opts to hold fire on alleged ANC unit Allegations surface in court papers that the party planned to spend R50m on a covert campaign 26 JANUARY 2017 – 05:50 AM GENEVIEVE QUINTAL An Election...
View ArticleSouth Africa – what can Maimane do about Zille?
News24 2017-03-19 06:08 Mmusi Maimane 2017-03-17 21:56 Helen Zille has faced a backlash from Twitter users following her latest posts which appeared to argue for, in her opinion, the positive aspects...
View ArticleSouth Africa – W Cape Assembly to debate Premier Zille’s colonialism comment
News24 Date set for Zille legislature snap debate 2017-03-22 Jenni Evans, News24 Helen Zille. (File) Cape Town – The Western Cape legislature speaker has approved the ANC’s request for a snap debate on...
View ArticleSouth Africa- DA lays treason charges against Guptas and Zuma
Mail and Guardian 30 May 2017 13:21 DA leader Mmusi Maimane. (Gallo) The Democratic Alliance has laid charges against President Jacob Zuma, three Gupta brothers and eight others of treason,...
View ArticleSouth Africa – DA’s Zille suspended over colonialism comments
BBC Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Helen Zille is a major political figure in South Africa South Africa’s main opposition party has suspended its former leader after she tweeted that...
View ArticleSouth Africa – DA and Zille reach agreement over colonialism remarks
News24 DA and Zille reach settlement 2017-06-13 08:17 Helen Zille (File, Netwerk24) Cape Town – The Democratic Alliance (DA) and Western Cape Premier Helen Zille have reached a settlement over her...
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