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One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane believes it is better to lose the school academic year than to lose lives. Image: Mmusi Maimane via Twitter

It’s better to lose the school year than lives: Mmusi Maimane

One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane believes it is better to lose the school academic year than to lose lives. Maimane, together with his One South Africa movement, is appealing against a judgment of the full bench of the North Gauteng…

One SA leader Mmusi Maimane.Image: Twitter/Mmusi Maimane

‘We have to be at the forefront of the battle,’ says Mmusi Maimane on protecting women and tackling GBV

Mmusi Maimane has shared the difficulty of living in fear on behalf of his daughter and women across the country who are vulnerable to gender-based violence. He was speaking to TV host Olwethu Leshabane via Instagram Live on Monday night.…

One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane has not made a case for direct access to the Constitutional Court, the court said on Friday.                                                                                                                                    Image: Twitter/Mmusi Maimane

ConCourt dismisses bid by Maimane’s movement to stop school reopening

The Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed an application by former DA leader Mmusi Maimane’s One South Africa Movement to halt the reopening of schools. Maimane said earlier this week the One South Africa Movement had asked the apex…

Former president Thabo Mbeki.Image: SUNDAY TIMES

Thabo Mbeki on changes in the DA: ‘They have to do with continuing racism’

Former president Thabo Mbeki has weighed in on recent developments in the DA, calling them concerning. Mbeki said he understood Mmusi Maimane’s resignation, in particular, to be linked to racism. “In this context, I wish to emphasise…

Former DA chief whip John Steenhuisen with former party leader Mmusi Maimane.Image: Trevor Samson
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DA leadership chaos: John Steenhuisen steps aside

The leadership crisis in the DA intensified on Thursday when John Steenhuisen ceased to be its chief whip in the National Assembly. “The chief whip is appointed by the leader. Since Mmusi Maimane has announced his resignation from the…

Mmusi Maimane slammed over ‘Ramaphosa’s Russian nuclear deal’ tweets

Unathi Nkanjeni DA leader Mmusi Maimane got Twitter up in arms after tweeting that president Cyril Ramaphosa was in Russia for a “nuclear deal“. Except Ramaphosa landed in Japan. Ramaphosa was attending the seventh Tokyo International…

Deputy chief whip Jacques Julius, DA leader Mmusi Maimane, chief whip John Steenhuisen and national spokesperson Solly Malatsi at the shadow cabinet announcement.Image: Twitter/@Our_DA

DA shadow cabinet: What you need to know

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has announced its shadow ministers and functionaries in the sixth democratic parliament. This a week after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his cabinet. The shadow cabinet was handpicked by DA leader Mmusi…

DA protest call: Eskom mess sign of larger crisis

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for a National Day of Action on Friday March 29 to protest against the ongoing electricity crisis. The DA is calling on members of the public, civil society groups, NGOs, religious bodies and…

DA leader Mmusi Maimane. Picture: MOELETSI MABE

Maimane nominated unopposed as DA leader

Mmusi Maimane and James Selfe have been nominated unopposed respectively as the candidates for the positions of leader and federal council chairperson of the Democratic Alliance. However‚ it will be a three-horse race between incumbent…

DA leader Mmusi Maimane. Picture: MOELETSI MABE

DA meeting: Tempers flare as Maimane pushes for Zille’s exit

DA leader Mmusi Maimane’s rush to have his predecessor Helen Zille suspended has left the party with egg on its face. It emerged yesterday that the party had flouted its own constitution. In a bid to flex his muscles and show that he was…