News
DA pressure stops draconian dam regulations, which threatened to block public access and affect jobs
11+ hour, 54+ min ago (272+ words) Please find attached English and Afrikaans soundbites by Dr Igor Scheurkogel MP. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has fought alongside communities to oppose draconian water regulations that have now been halted for further consultation. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS)…...
DA will make crime the agenda after eight years of ANC failure
14+ hour, 14+ min ago (391+ words) The Democratic Alliance calls on President Cyril Ramaphosa and Parliament to pass the DA's SAPS Amendment Bill and commence with lifestyle audits of all SAPS leadership, following the release of the latest national crime statistics. After eight years of the…...
DA calls on NPA to explain missing prosecutor in Joe Sibanyoni extortion case
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (266+ words) The Democratic Alliance (DA) calls on the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to explain why its prosecutor failed to pitch in the Joe "Ferrari" Sibanyoni bail hearing on Monday. We note that the NPA has now suspended the Prosecutor in this…...
DA backs WC government and City of Cape Town legal challenge to flawed Procurement Act
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (181+ words) Please find attached English and Afrikaans soundbites by Jan de Villiers MP. The Democratic Alliance (DA) supports the Western Cape Government and the City of Cape Town in their Constitutional Court challenge to the Public Procurement Act, which will take…...
Presidential Crisis Committee must fix Joburg Water's broken finances before Rand Water shutdown exposes another disaster
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (452+ words) President Cyril Ramaphosa's National Water Crisis Committee must prove it is not another talk shop by urgently intervening in Johannesburg Water's collapsing finances. Eskom and Rand Water will conduct planned maintenance over winter, yet due to the City of Johannesburg's…...
No rape kits on the Cape Flats as SAPS failures deepen under Patekile
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (307+ words) Serious violent crime, gang activity and sexual offences remain a daily reality on the Cape Flats, yet key SAPS FCS units tasked with assisting rape victims are operating without usable rape kits. In December 2025 the DA uncovered a similar rape…...
DA calls on President to remove Minister Tolashe from Cabinet
1+ week, 1+ day ago (329+ words) Note to Editors: A letter'from DA Leader Geordin Hill-Lewis to President Cyril Ramaphosa'is attached. I have written to President Cyril'Ramaphosa calling for the immediate removal of Minister of Social Development Sisisi Tolashe from the national executive, following a growing series…...
Thirteen Senior Police in Court today, and over 25 on paid suspensions as crime surges
1+ week, 2+ day ago (142+ words) Please find attached English and Afrikaans soundbites by Lisa Schickerling MP. This concentration of cases at leadership level raises serious concerns about the stability and integrity of policing at a time when violent crime continues to escalate in the country....
DA will clean up Ekurhuleni's captured safety system and fix the EMPD
1+ week, 2+ day ago (248+ words) Yesterday, I joined the DA's Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate, Khathutshelo Rasilingwane, in Daveyton to hear directly from residents about crime, failing services and the collapse of trust in local government. What we heard confirms what the Madlanga Commission has already exposed,…...
Malatsi's "faster, cheaper internet for all' Budget is a gamechanger
1+ week, 2+ day ago (300+ words) Minister Solly Malatsi has announced that he is delivering on his promise to make internet access in South Africa faster and cheaper for all people, and the DA proudly welcomes this. In his Budget Speech, tabling the Department of Communications…...