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Coalition Tensions Erupt: DA’s Zille warns Brink’s ouster could sink ANC alliance

By Vusuthando Percyvil Dube In a political landscape already filled with instability, the Democratic Alliance (DA) federal chairperson Helen Zille has voiced serious concerns over the recent sacking of Cilliers Brink as the mayor of Tshwane. "All these things add up to poison the atmosphere," Zille cautioned, highlighting the potential fallout from Brink's removal and its implications for national relationships between her party and the African National Congress (ANC). Brink […]

3 October 2024

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DA Provincial Congress officially kicks off in Boksburg

The Democratic Alliance Gauteng Provincial Congress has officially kicked off in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, Saturday morning. The DA’s Federal Chairperson, Helen Zille, is among the attendees. Almost 1000 delegates from across the province will discuss policy matters and also vote for a new provincial leader. Incumbent leader, Solly Msimanga is up against Khume Ramulifho. Msimanga says his goal is to strengthen the DA’s hold in Gauteng following next year’s elections. Source: […]

12 August 2023

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New D6 community health centre opens

After months of hard work, finally the ribbon was cut to officially unveil the District Six Community Day Centre (CDC) on Wednesday. Premier Helen Zille and Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo did the honours at the special event, attended by members of the District Six community. The R104 million four-storey District Six CDC will provide a comprehensive primary healthcare package of services to a population of 70 000 from Woodstock, Salt […]

25 July 2018

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Zille’s tweet on colonialism violates Constitution: Public Protector

The Public Protector has found that a tweet about colonialism by Western Cape Premier Helen Zille is in violation of the Constitution. In a report released on Monday, Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane said that Zille's conduct was tantamount to improper conduct in terms of the Constitution, as well as violating the Executive Ethics Code. In 2017, Zille tweeted: "For those claiming legacy of colonialism was ONLY negative, think of our […]

12 June 2018

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Gigaba’s R6bn drought relief too little too late: Zille

The R6-billion allocated by Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba for drought relief and infrastructure is a drop in the ocean‚ Western Cape Premier Helen Zille said on Thursday. “Although R6-billion is a lot of money‚ divided between five provinces it will hardly touch sides if it is intended both for relief and new infrastructure‚” Zille said in her State of the Province address. “The City [of Cape Town’s] infrastructure-build programme‚ on […]

23 February 2018

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SAB’s Cape Town brewery to bottle spring water as Day Zero looms

After 200 years of making beer‚ Newlands Brewery in Cape Town is going into the water business. Queues at the brewery’s spring‚ where free water can be collected‚ have become almost unmanageable as the reality of Day Zero has dawned on Capetonians. Now South African Breweries “has indicated its willingness to assist in the bottling and distribution of water drawn from the Newlands spring”‚ according to a statement on Sunday […]

22 January 2018

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University study to probe child killings in WCape

Premier Helen Zille has decided that a university-led study will probe the spate of child murders in the Western Cape. Zille met with child protection NGOs and the Human Rights Commission to discuss the way forward regarding child murders in the province. Close to 40 children have been murdered in the Western Cape since January. In addition to child protection NGOs, the meeting also attended by the Chief Magistrate for […]

22 September 2017

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Zille’s study on child murders rejected by the Trauma Centre

Following widespread calls for decisive action to address the senseless child killings in the province, Premier Helen Zille will convene a meeting of NGOs specializing in child protection. More than 20 children have been murdered in the Western Cape since the start of the year, and in most cases, the girls were raped. The pattern emerging from incidents in the Western Cape - in almost all cases - is that […]

16 August 2017

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Zille and housing activists hold ‘fruitful’ meeting

Reclaim the City (RTC) activists met with Premier Helen Zille on August 3 to discuss RTC's objections to the application by the province for rezoning of the Somerset Precinct. Earlier that day, at about 4am, the RTC members had protested outside her house, GroundUp reported. The Somerset Precinct, situated between V&A Waterfront and the Cape Town stadium, will consist of both business and housing under the rezoning application. The proposal […]

9 August 2017

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