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SA's second-largest political party. Committed to building one nation with one future. 🇿🇦
South Africa
Joined March 2009
📢 Bheki Cele you can negotiate with criminals, we won't! Watch as the Mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis stands for the rule of law on the #TaxiStrike. "We are protecting residents. We cannot negotiate which portions of the law will apply to some people and not to others."
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By abusing state machinery to violate the rights of Zimbabweans, the ZANU-PF regime has demonstrated that it is prepared to go to any lengths to entrench its authoritarian rule. SA, and by extension the SADC, must hold the Zimbabwean government to account.
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🇿🇦 The DA is proud to rise to the challenge & take our place, for the first time, at the seat of national government where we can introduce our track record of good governance, zero tolerance for corruption & pragmatic policy-making.
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🥈 No DNA, just RSA! Congrats to Team SA for taking silver in the Men’s 4x100m relay and setting a new African record! SA is proud of you!. #ProudlySouthAfrican🇿🇦
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🏆 Congratulations Bafana Bafana! South Africa is showing the world how it’s done, putting our best feet forward across the sporting arena. You make your country proud!
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More theft and stage 4 loadshedding or CHANGE? . Your choice! 🇿🇦
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✅ DA-run uMngeni debt free less than a year into governance. After only 11 months of DA governance a R10.4 million loan was paid off which will save rate payers R450 000 in interest this year. #DAatWork #DAdifference
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Today we lay charges against Julius Malema and the EFF for incitement of violence and destruction of property. We call on SAPS to do their job and protect the citizens of this country. The EFF are destroying the livelihoods of thousands of #Clicks employees. Enough is Enough!
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The DA calls for Ramaphosa and SADC leaders to prevent, on a major scale, the erosion of human rights in Zimbabwe and any further decline in reputation and investment risk to the entire region. We are deeply concerned about the situation in Zimbabwe.
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🚨BREAKING NEWS: The DA’s Annelie Lotriet has been elected as the new Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly. Working alongside other members, Annelie will work to rebuild Parliament, ensure that the institution works for all citizens, and holds the executive accountable. 🇿🇦
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⚖ Protect Our Judiciary: No to Hlophe! 🇿🇦. It is neither reasonable nor rational to elect MK Party's Dr Hlophe, found guilty of gross misconduct, to the JSC. We must uphold judicial integrity and protect our courts' independence and effectiveness. Read more:
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The President has once again disgraced 🇿🇦SA on the global stage with his failed so-called 'peace mission' trip. The DA will be submitting urgent parliamentary questions & hold Ramaphosa accountable for the millions of taxpayer funds wasted on his PR stunt
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Meet the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the DA-run uMngeni Municipality in KZN. Chris Pappas - 30 years old. Sandile Mnikathi - 26 years old. This is the team that will lead the project to rebuild uMngeni into the vibrant, growing, and inclusive place it needs to be. 🇿🇦
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS: The DA’s Francois Rogers has been appointed as the new MEC of Finance for KwaZulu-Natal. The DA congratulates Francois on this appointment. We are confident that he will deliver on his priorities and the commitments we made during the elections.
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"If Rampahosa fails to intervene and advise Mnangagwa to stop the military clampdown on civilians, the DA will be left with no option but to approach the International Criminal Court (ICC)". - @smokgalapa .
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🚨 BREAKING: The DA has retained its majority in the Western Cape. Voters have rewarded the party’s strong track record of delivery. To every person who voted DA, we thank you for trusting us to keep the Western Cape working.
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The DA has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly, requesting for a full investigation into exactly how and who paid for an extravagant trip by Mr. Julius Malema and others to the home of ex-President Mr. Jacob Zuma in Nkandla. - @Natasha9Mazzone .
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🚨 DA wins court case against the ANC's illegal takeover in Johannesburg. The High Court has declared the removal of Mayor Mpho Phalatse unlawful. This is a victory for the Rule of Law. With 71% of promises delivered within 10 months, Dr Mpho will continue to focus on delivery.
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🚨 [BREAKING NEWS] The DA is excited to reveal its KZN Premier candidate, Chris Pappas. With a track record of good governance and better service delivery as Mayor of uMngeni Municipality, Chris is ready to deliver this for all KZN residents. 🌐 Visit
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🤷🏽♂️ "Is it not time that we give the DA a chance? . we wouldn't have things like loadshedding" - MacG. Siyavuma Chillers, the quality of life would be better. 🏆Gauteng's top-performing municipality is run by the DA. 71% of Western Cape households get their income from salaries.
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Dricus Du Plessis and Cameron Saaiman flying the South African flag high at the UFC. 🤩🇿🇦. Here’s to more wins!
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🚨 The DA has written to Parliament's Police Portfolio Committee Chairperson, requesting SAPS be summoned for failing to update on the alleged VBS corruption by Shivambu and Malema. As a party for the rule of law, we will not rest until justice is served.
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Jacob Zuma must now face the 783 criminal charges still awaiting him before the Courts. There can be no amnesty or immunity. #ZumaResigns.
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We are calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to withdraw his appointment of Baleka Mbete and Sydney Mufamadi as Special envoys to Zimbabwe because of their political bias towards the ZANU-PF-led regime in Zimbabwe. - @darrenbergman .
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WATCH: John Steenhuisen responds to claims that he should not be the DA's Chief Whip in Parliament without a university degree. "The Constitution of the republic is very clear as to who qualifies to be a member of this house. ". 🎞 Without the spurious points of order 🎞
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The DA can confirm that the party’s Federal Executive has unanimously resolved to terminate Mr Renaldo Gouws’ membership. Mr Gouws has been formally informed of this decision. He therefore forfeits his DA seat in Parliament: This decision follows a.
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👑 Congratulations to our newly crowned Miss South Africa 2023, Natasha Joubert. 🇿🇦. #MissSA2023
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The ANC will block Elon Musk’s Starlink, as it would require the company to hand over at least 30% of its equity to ANC-connected cadres through BEE to operate within SA. The DA will take action for government to urgently amend its ridiculous regulations.
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It is ridiculous that Bheki Cele has called for an investigation into the Mpumalanga Premier's failure to wear a mask. Had this been an ordinary citizen, they would have already been arrested without investigation. NO to preferential treatment for cadres!. #ArrestRefilweMtsweni
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The DA applauds Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber's decisive move to revoke Gupta son Kamal Singhala's citizenship, which was granted irregularly in 2015. We remain committed to upholding the rule of law, and we stand by Minister Schreiber’s efforts.
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS: As counting continues, the DA has now secured over 1 million votes. More results are starting to come in, and we would like to thank you for uniting to #RescueSA. More people are endorsing the DA’s proven track record of good governance. #ElectionResults
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🥇 Gold in the bag! The DA congratulates Tatjana Smith for winning the gold medal in the Women's 100m breaststroke at the 2024 Olympics. Flying the South African flag high. Sithi halala! 🇿🇦
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🚀 On @MacGUnleashed, it’s @jsteenhuisen like you’ve never seen him before! Grab a drink and join John for some podcast and chill. Tune in today at 15h00: Danko!
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📢| The results from our lockdown poll are in!. 89% of South Africans want the national hard lockdown to end. South Africans have a right to choose to get on with their lives, citizens need to safely get back to work. Let's save both lives and livelihoods.🇿🇦. #day57oflockdown
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💳 uMngeni Municipality in KZN is now debt free. After only 11 months of DA governance, a R10.4 million loan was paid off which will save rate pavers R450 000 in interest this year. #DAdifference #TheDAgetsThingsDone
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We call on President Ramaphosa, in his capacity as the African Union Chairperson, to show leadership and go to Zimbabwe - meet with all the relevant stakeholders and get a balanced picture of the political crisis and human rights violations unfolding there.
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🚨 DA tables a motion to dissolve Parliament for early elections, giving power back to the people. "South Africans should not have to choose between the Phala Phala corruption of Cyril Ramaphosa, the Digital Vibes corruption of Zweli Mkhize or the Mafia state of David Mabuza."
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“My fellow South Africans, today, the 14th of June 2024, will go down in the annals of history as the start of a new chapter for our beloved country.” - @jsteenhuisen. #RescueSA #7thParliament
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🎉 Congratulations to Banyana Banyana on the 3-2 victory against Italy at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. Passion, talent and hard work have brought you here, and today we celebrate with you as a nation. Let's stay winning! 🇿🇦
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🚨 | In a ground-breaking judgment handed down today by the High Court, the DA has won the battle to expose complete records of the ANC national cadre deployment committee’s role in the corruption, capture, and collapse of SA’s public sector. Read more:
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Going for gold! 🏆. We would like to wish @KaizerChiefs all the best tonight as they face Al Ahly for the CAF Champions League title. Sininqwenelela impumelelo makhosi amahle. 🇿🇦. #Amakhosi4Life.
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🚨 The DA condemns the abhorrent and inflammatory remarks made by an EFF Tshwane councillor who expressed a desire to "moer a boer", and his utterance that he "wants the blood of an Afrikaner”. The DA is taking action against this blatant display of hate speech.
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The DA will lay criminal charges against Duduzane Zuma, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla and the EFF's Julius Malema. "It's no secret that leaders of the pro-Zuma faction, as well as others with aligned interests, have been fanning the flames on social media with impunity." -@jsteenhuisen
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The DA expresses sincere thanks to André de Ruyter for his 3-year service as CEO of Eskom. We commend his bravery, especially in the television interview this week in which he lifted the veil on the large-scale corruption at Eskom.
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BREAKING: The motion of no confidence against @HermanMashaba has been defeated. He will remain Mayor of the City of Johannesburg. Let good clean governance continue!. #HandsOffMashaba
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📌 In his first move as MEC for Finance in KZN, the DA’s Francois Rodgers announced the closure of the department’s overpriced offices overlooking the Durban Harbour. This move will save Treasury over R1 million a year on rent, redirecting the funds to improving service
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🤩 The DA-run uMngeni CBD in KZN looking clean including the Howick Taxi Rank. A big shout out to all the teams that work until late to keep communities clean. DA governments are committed to keeeping communities clean.
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🚨BREAKING: For the first time in 30 years, the ANC will lose its majority. The DA’s mission has been to end the ANC’s dominance and to transform South Africa into a vibrant, multiparty democracy where politics is a battle of ideas for the people. We are on track to #RescueSA.🇿🇦
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It appears that Dlamini-Zuma lied to South Africans in her justification for the continued ban on the sale of cigarettes & other tobacco products. If this is indeed the case, then Ramaphosa has no choice but to fire her. -@jsteenhuisen. #Level3Restrictions.
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South Africans, can we please get a RETWEET to thank each & every opposition party for coming together & putting South Africa FIRST 🇿🇦☝️
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS: The DA’s Alan Winde has been re-elected as the Premier of the Western Cape. Congratulations to the Premier of jobs!. In this year’s election, voters have united behind the DA’s track of good governance to keep the province working for all.
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South Africans must reject Malema for the bloodthirsty tyrant and demagogue he really is!. The DA won't allow Malema’s hatred and racism to be normalised. This is why the DA is taking action to stop him and the EFF's violence. Visit and register to vote!
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The DA unreservedly condemns the call to “Shoot to kill” and “Kill the Boer” by Julius Malema. Incitement to violence has no place in our society. The EFF is our political enemy number one and the DA is determined to stop Malema in the 2024 election.
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🚨 DA court victory: The Constitutional Court has confirmed the DA's position on the illegal granting of medical parole for Jacob Zuma’s jail sentence. This is a victory for the rule of law. Zuma must now go back to jail!
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🚨 BREAKING: The DA has filed papers to remove John Hlophe from the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Hlophe is not a fit and proper person to be a judge, was impeached from office, and should not serve on the commission that selects judges. Read more:
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🚨Enough is enough! The DA demands an end to the unfair electricity surcharge in Joburg. Join us in holding the City of Johannesburg accountable. Sign our petition today:
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It's time for Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla and many others who have incited violence to be held accountable for the looting and violence we have witnessed over the last few days. DA Leader @jsteenhuisen confirms that we will now be laying criminal charges - no one is above the law!
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The DA distances itself from President Ramaphosa’s comments that Russia is a “valuable ally & friend”. SA cannot align with an authoritarian regime violating international law. Our government must prioritise relations that promote growth and job creation.
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“By showing support for the ZANU-PF, Ramaphosa is endorsing a stolen government that has caused hyperinflation, the collapse of the Zimbabwean economy, the suffering of tens of millions of fellow Africans, and the mass migration.” - @jsteenhuisen.
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Sikuthanda sonke emakhaya, #NoxoloGrootboom. 🇿🇦. Thank you for your 37 years of selfless service to our nation at the SABC. Sibamba ngazo zozibini kuwe MaMfene. 💙
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🇿🇦 Good Luck to South Africa's UFC superstar, Dricus "Stillknocks" du Plessis with his fight tomorrow. You've put in the hard work, and now it's time to show everyone why you are the best of the best! 💪
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🚨 URGENT: The IEC has confirmed in writing that voters in queues at 21h00 must be assisted. All voters that are in the queue - whether or not they are inside the voting stations - must be assisted. Please share this far and wide. South Africa is worth rescuing. A long voting
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On the 8th of May 2019, we have a choice. Either we stay on this path, or we make a change for the better. Only you can #BringChange!. WATCH and RETWEET - This is the real South Africa:
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“There has recently been a spate of very violent farm attacks in SA. We will not & cannot stay quiet on this matter, and will continue to raise it until something is done. It is time now for action." - @jsteenhuisen
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🇿🇦 To rescue SA, the DA has appointed a negotiating team to facilitate engagements with other parties. The DA will do anything to stop the MK party and the EFF to take over power. Full speech: We must create more jobs and lift people out of poverty.
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📺 | The Mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis responds to the remarks made by the Minister of Transport about the #TaxiStrike. "The Minister has not read the legislation she is responsible for.". The city is taking action to protect commuters, residents, and the rule of law.
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The announcement of stage 4 loadshedding is outrageous, it's time for Minister Gwede Mantashe to go!. If Ramaphosa won’t fire Mantashe, we'll take that burden off his hands and do it for him with our motion of no confidence. ⚡️Here's why Mantashe must go:
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🚨 Tomorrow, Tuesday 14 March, DA Leader, @jsteenhuisen will announce urgent legal steps against the EFF’s national shutdown, as well as a mechanism to empower SA citizens to hold any EFF member accountable for any and all damage inflicted upon public and private property.
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MUST WATCH: Leader @MmusiMaimane, unveil the giant billboard. The names on the billboard are those who died at #Marikana both miners & security personnel - the victims of the #LifeEsidimeni , & the children that have drowned after falling into pit latrines. #TheANCisKillingSA
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New Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, the DA's Dean Macpherson @DeanMacpherson, announced that government may only use existing properties for politicians, and no new offices or houses may be procured. This decision will save and protect public money.
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Tomorrow the DA will lay criminal charges against Julius Malema & EFF MP, Nazier Paulsen for inciting violence. In what constitutional democracy in the world will elected public reps be allowed to openly incite racial warfare? We will not allow it here. 🇿🇦
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The use of the apartheid flag at #BlackMonday protests is disgusting. There is no place for that flag in South Africa.#ApartheidFlagMustFall.
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🚨 The spineless President Cyril Ramaphosa has undermined the rule of law to keep Jacob Zuma out of prison for political reasons. It is clear that if you are an ANC cadre you will never be held accountable under Ramaphosa. Let's unite to stop the ANC now:
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🚨 The ANC government appears to have made up its mind to use the electricity crisis as an excuse to impose an outrageously expensive 20-year Karpowerships contract. The DA will fight Ramaphosa's scam to rip off billions of rands from South Africans.
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💧The DA-run City of Cape Town has become the first city on the African continent to be added to the Leading Utilities of the World list. Receiving this global water and sanitation accolade confirms that DA governments are hard at work improving the lives of all residents.
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The duly elected federal leader of the DA is John Steenhuisen 🎉. The Leader will lead us into 2024 as we work to build a new national government. Only a strong DA can build a better future in South Africa! 🇿🇦. #DAcongress2023
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🥇 | Did you know that within 10 months in office, Mayor Mpho Phalatse and her Joburg team have successfully delivered on 71% of their promises❓. From investing R2.8 billion to improve the City’s water infrastructure to cleaning up the inner-city. #HandsOffJoburg
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🏆 The DA's Mayor Chris Pappas has made it to the TIME100 Next 2023 list - recognising emerging leaders from around the world who are shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. The work of rescuing South Africa continues! 🇿🇦.
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🔴 [LIVE NOW]. Ever wanted to see a political leader completely unscripted? Watch this broadcast to see another side of John Steenhuisen. Broadcast link: #PodcastAndChillWithMacG
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS: The DA is now just 7% from overtaking the ANC according to the DA’s latest tracking poll. The gap between the DA and the ANC is the closest it’s ever been. Your vote can win it!. Register to vote this weekend. Visit #RegisterToVoteDA
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🚫 The DA rejects Minister Parks Tau’s recent unilateral policy announcement regarding the creation of a R100 billion race-based BEE Transformation Fund. This will not guarantee empowerment and undermines the GNU's key objectives of jobs and growth.
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🚁 In a gross abuse of state resources, Minister Bheki Cele, should be billed for chartering a SA Police Service helicopter to the ANC’s manifesto launch. A full SAPS internal investigation must review the decision-making process that authorised this.
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🚨 BREAKING: The DA wins Ward 25 in Msunduzi, KZN, securing 96% of the votes. This result proves that voting for the DA in 2024 is not about politics, it is about choosing the only credible option to save SA. We would like to thank all voters who united behind the DA. #KhulaDA
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🚨Justice for victims of EFF looters! Today, the DA is outside the North Gauteng High Court to protest against the VBS scandal perpetrators. These corrupt politicians have stolen pensioners' savings & municipal funds to fund their lavish lifestyles. The DA demands accountability!
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"President Rampahosa is faced with an easy choice, either he intervenes to stop civilian abuse by the military in Zimbabwe or his govt will be one of the parties that will answer to the ICC on why they failed to act to stop the human rights violation" - @smokgalapa.
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🚨 The DA will challenge the Expropriation Bill, signed into law by Ramaphosa. While the DA recognises that the Constitution allows for acts of redress and restitution, we have reservations about the procedure and aspects of the Bill. Our legal team will now formulate our case.
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🇿🇦 It's time to rescue Tintswalo’s South African Dream. "Without jobs, without electricity, without an honest government, without functioning schools and without working hospitals, all of our children will be doomed to lives far worse than our own." - @jsteenhuisen
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