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No mass DA exodus, for now

Despite growing disgruntlement and a string of high-profile resignations, often by black members, DA rank and file don’t appear to be jumping ship

‘You see, for some, when they are caught out undermining clean governance for the people, and zero tolerance for corruption, they move towards racial victimhood,’ Mmusi Maimane said. (David Harrison/M&G)

DA candidates go all out in final push for votes

DA contenders for the leadership and the federal chair posts are trying to win delegates’ votes before the national congress this weekend.

Maimane took what was dubbed Twitter Town Hall in his stride.
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Maimane, James face off in DA leadership debate

The debate between the party’s parliamentary and federal leaders laid bare key differences in their personal politics, and political personability.

‘You see, for some, when they are caught out undermining clean governance for the people, and zero tolerance for corruption, they move towards racial victimhood,’ Mmusi Maimane said. (David Harrison/M&G)

TV face-off could resurrect public political debate tradition

DA leadership candidates Mmusi Maimane and Wilmot James have agreed to participate in a debate chaired by Rapport editor Waldimar Pelser on Insig.

No term limits for DA leader

Big changes are not on the cards in the opposition party’s constitutional amendment document.

After the DA’s first policy conference

M&G Newsroom: Can the DA come out black and blue?

After the DA’s first policy conference, we speak to the deputy federal chairperson Makashule Gana about its views on race and redress policies.

The Democratic Alliance’s Wilmot James. (Gallo)

To BEE or not to BEE? The DA’s dilemma

The Democratic Alliance is taking flak for struggling to reconcile its non-racial philosophy with its newly trumpeted commitment to BEE.

Helen Zille was last weekend re-elected as leader at the party’s national congress in Boksburg.

DA’s federal chairs score on diversity, generational mix

The DA is gearing up for national elections in 2014 in which it plans to win at least 30% of the votes from the 17% it obtained in 2009.

DA leader Helen Zille will be unopposed at the party’s federal congress.

No challenge to Zille as DA heads to congress

The Democratic Alliance has announced the candidates who will contest elections at the party’s federal congress in November.

People in countries such as Brazil, India and China are two to three times more likely to be entrepreneurs than South Africans.

Freedom lies in a competitive South African economy

The lesson of Egypt’s Tahrir Square is clear: A system that benefits insiders only is unsustainable.

The Democratic Alliance’s Wilmot James. (Gallo)

DA: Secrecy Bill will imprison our minds

Speaking out against the planned Protection of State Information Bill the DA has said the Bill will rob South Africans of the freedom they had won.

Way out of the poverty trap

Way out of the poverty trap

Instead of nationalisation we must follow India and China’s example.

Setting an example for learners

Schools should use role models, ensure teachers are qualified and promote critical thinking, says Wilmot James Speaking at the annual conference of South African Principals…