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South AfricaDA Instability Expands with Rifts over Leadership
South AfricaDA Leader Steenhuisen Warns against Voting for Smaller Parties- South AfricaHelen Zille named DA Johannesburg mayor candidate for 2026The Democratic Alliance named veteran politician Helen Zille as its mayoral candidate for Johannesburg on Saturday, positioning the 74-year-old former Cape Town mayor to challenge for control of South Africa's economic hub in 2026 local elections. DA leader John Steenhuisen announced Zille's…September 20, 2025
- PoliticsSteenhuisen Praises GNU Budget as Savvy CompromiseCape Town- Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has welcomed the passage of the Government of National Unity (GNU)’s first budget on Wednesday, describing it as a "savvy compromise." This follows weeks of tension, where Steenhuisen had threatened to oppose the budget unless President…July 24, 2025
- USSteenhuisen Joins Ramaphosa to Tackle US–SA TensionsWASHINGTON, D.C– Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen is accompanying President Cyril Ramaphosa on a key diplomatic visit to the United States aimed at restoring bilateral relations and addressing persistent misinformation about alleged racial persecution of white Afrikaners in South…May 20, 2025
- South AfricaDA Yet to Decide on GNU Future Following Budget Dispute, Says SteenhuisenDemocratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen says the party has not yet decided whether it will remain in the Government of National Unity following the contentious budget vote earlier this week. "Whether we stay in the GNU or not is a matter for the federal executive to decide," Steenhuisen told…April 5, 2025
- South AfricaDeputy President Mashatile Defends Budget Vote Against Opposition CriticismDeputy President Paul Mashatile has defended the controversial National Budget approval, declaring that any fiscal plan ignoring marginalised communities "is not a budget that is for the people and must therefore be rejected." Speaking virtually at the Gauteng Investment Conference in Melrose Arch…April 3, 2025
