Hill-Lewis remains the overwhelming favourite to replace John Steenhuisen as DA federal leader but Dyanase’s candidacy has turned the race into a debate over internal democracy
The chairperson of parliament’s standing committee on appropriations wants an updated breakdown of the hosting costs, warning that the summit must not pressure the national budget
The former speaker suggested there were no differences in how the party she has left and Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe were being run
The Democratic Alliance had threatened to withhold its vote unless President Cyril Ramaphosa fired the errant higher education minister
The Build One South Africa leader said South Africa had neglected its relations with the US with the underlying mantra that to be anti-west is to be progressive
The licensing of Elon Musk’s Starlink has sparked debate about whether South Africa’s black economic empowerment laws are an impediment to growth or path to an inclusive economy
The Democratic Alliance has claimed credit for the about-turn by the treasury on the tax, saying its legal team had presented a strong case against the flawed parliamentary process used to adopt the fiscal framework
The president was applauded for his stance on Trump’s backlash against South Africa, saying racial redress, equality and diversity would not be abandoned
It’s detractors say the party has accepted the 30% pass because it is enjoying the benefits of the government of national unity
The problem started with the ‘construction mafia’ and now pervades the private sphere and most business sectors
The Democratic Alliance will lead five portfolio committees but the bulk have remained under the leadership of the ANC
Racist Renaldo Gouws slipped through the cracks of the DA’s vetting process
Among the PA’s manifesto promises is to put God back into schools. It is now looking to 2026 to win local government seats
The national chairperson is campaigning in the far north of KwaZulu-Natal in a bid to save the party’s narrow majority in the province
Inkatha Freedom Party leader Velenkosi Hlabisa said his party would address the growing disparity between the rich and poor in the province
The Democratic Alliance leader says a coalition with the governing party might be the ‘least worst option to prevent the radicals from taking over’
The federal council chair said despite her previous views that her party could work with the ANC, she now believed this would destroy the DA
The biggest opposition parties are intent on usurping the ANC’s power by forming alliances with smaller left and right wing parties
