DA interim leader John Steenhuisen (Jan Gerber, News24) The DA has claimed that its newly adopted non-racialism principle will help fix the country. Interim leader John Steenhusen said it is not only possible, but entirely necessary, to fix the country’s unjust past. He added that sanity would eventually prevail and many of those who now tried to…
DA interim leader John Steenhuisen says the ANC rewards corrupt members by giving them better positions. Steenhuisen says he will draw up a list of all corrupt ANC members and send it to Ramaphosa to test if he is serious about ending corruption.Steenhuisen ripped into Ramaphosa, calling him a paralysed spectator to his own party,…
DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille shortly before her predecessor as DA leader, Tony Leon, addressed the Cape Town Press Club at Kelvin Grove on Tuesday. (Jan Gerber, News24) DA interim leader John Steenhuisen says while Helen Zille made comments that there were more racist laws now in SA than under apartheid, this was not the…
John Steenhuisen, interim DA leader. (Felix Dlangamandala) The president has to stop smashing the economy to death with the "blunt instrument" of lockdown and start putting his country ahead of his party, writes DA leader John Steenhuisen.It is unconscionable that the ANC government opted to move South Africa to Level 3, even as scientists advised…
John Steenhuisen: ‘The DA is in a far healthier position than it was a year ago’"So, he seems to feel undermined and says his leadership is always being called into question. John says its important to go into the elections with a mandate, having been elected for by the party," said the first source.This was…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…