Do not even try to suggest synonymity. On the simmering matter between Action SA chairman Michael Beaumont and Tony Leon’s private company, Resolve Communications, lobbying has suddenly sprung up to be preferred, purportedly free of corruption. The two words, lobbying and corruption, are now cast to be neck to neck in the race for meaning. This follows outgone DA leader John Steenhuisen’s interview with News24 editor Adriaan Basson. In the interview, Steenhuisen claimed his exit as DA leader and Agriculture…

Democratic Alliance leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has removed former party leader John Steenhuisen from one of the party’s most prominent Cabinet positions, announcing a sweeping reshuffle of the DA’s Government of National Unity (GNU) team that will see Forestry Minister Willie Aucamp take over the Agriculture portfolio. The changes, announced on Wednesday, mark the first major reconfiguration of the DA’s representation in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet since the formation of the GNU following the 2024 general election. In a letter to…

Hundreds of learners in the West Rand continue to attend classes in ageing asbestos structures that pose serious health risks, despite years of promises by the Gauteng Provincial Government to eradicate dangerous school infrastructure. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has raised alarm over conditions at Randfontein Secondary School and Toekomsrus Primary School in Toekomsrus, accusing the provincial government of failing to protect learners and educators from exposure to hazardous asbestos materials. In a statement released on Monday, DA Shadow MEC for…

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has strongly defended South Africa’s parole monitoring system following explosive allegations that nearly 28,000 parolees and probationers have become untraceable, insisting that offenders are still actively monitored and that absconders remain under investigation. The controversy erupted after investigative publication amaBhungane raised concerns about parole absconders and weaknesses within Community Corrections, prompting the Democratic Alliance (DA) to demand an emergency parliamentary meeting into what it has described as a “public safety crisis”. In a detailed…

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Ekurhuleni has intensified pressure on the City of Ekurhuleni to suspend embattled City Manager Kagiso Lerutla, warning that it will pursue legal action should the municipality fail to act. A small group of DA supporters gathered outside municipal offices on Monday morning, wearing blue party T-shirts and carrying placards reading “Ekurhuleni is a crime scene” and “Justice for Ekurhuleni” as Lerutla prepared to return to work following a period of special leave. The DA argues…

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has formally written to Parliament demanding the immediate establishment of an impeachment committee against President Cyril Ramaphosa following Friday’s landmark Constitutional Court ruling on the Phala Phala scandal. In a letter addressed to the Speaker of the National Assembly, EFF National Chairperson and Parliamentary Chief Whip Nontando Nolutshungu called on Parliament to urgently implement the apex court’s judgment, which declared Parliament’s 2022 decision to block the impeachment process unconstitutional and invalid. “We write to you…

The Constitutional Court has ruled that Parliament acted inconsistently with the Constitution when it blocked the impeachment process against President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala matter, handing a major legal victory to the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the African Transformation Movement (ATM). In a landmark judgment delivered on Friday, the court declared the decision was unconstitutional and invalid because it allowed Parliament to terminate an impeachment process before a full inquiry could be conducted. The court also declared…

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has intensified calls for urgent intervention in the City of Johannesburg, demanding that President Cyril Ramaphosa place the metro under financial administration amid worsening concerns over collapsing service delivery and the city’s deteriorating finances. The renewed pressure comes after Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana issued a strongly worded letter to Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero, warning of serious breaches of municipal finance laws and regulations. The letter, titled “Transgressions of the Budget Laws and Associated Regulatory…

Concerns over the safety and future care of 172 mental health patients at the Talisman Foundation in southern Johannesburg have intensified, with the Democratic Alliance’s Gauteng Shadow MEC for Health, Jack Bloom, warning that the situation requires urgent oversight to avoid risks to vulnerable patients. Bloom said the possible relocation of patients, triggered by an eviction notice issued to the facility, raises serious questions about whether adequate safeguards are in place. The current challenge stems from an eviction notice issued…

The GOOD Party has sharply criticised the Democratic Alliance (DA)-led Western Cape government for failing to rebuild the GF Jooste Hospital in Manenberg, accusing it of neglecting poor and predominantly black communities on the Cape Flats. On Monday, GOOD Secretary-General and Western Cape Member of Parliament Brett Herron said the DA had failed to honour a promise made more than a decade ago to replace the facility. He pointed out that in 2012, then Western Cape Health MEC Theuns Botha…