Issued by Mmusi Maimane – Leader of the Democratic Alliance
29 Mar 2018 in News
Today the EFF, ANC and UDM coalition has resorted to disrupting and attempting to collapse the Council meeting in Nelson Mandela Bay, because they know they will not win the Motion of No Confidence against Mayor Athol Trollip.
The Council meeting is still attempting to proceed, despite the constant disruptions of the EFF, UDM and ANC councillors.
Their conduct today has confirmed to the country that they can only respond with chaos and violence when things don’t go their way. Instead of accepting the loss and moving on, they decided to hold the Council meeting hostage by refusing to allow the meeting to continue. They should be ashamed of their conduct.
This coalition of chaos and corruption, between the EFF and the ANC (with the UDM as hangers-on), has never had the best interests of the residents of Nelson Mandela Bay at heart, and that is why they will always fail. Their motion was always just about racism. The people of the Bay and the people of South Africa reject the hate-fuelled politics of the EFF, and reject giving the Metro back to the corrupt ANC. We must continue to guard against their hatred and continue to build a united South Africa for all.
What the public want is clean, honest government that delivers better services, especially to the poor. They want parties to work together against corruption, and they want leaders that bring our country together, not tear it apart. This project of co-operation, clean government, and unity, is the project the DA is committed to. We will commit ourselves to this project, no matter the hate and divisiveness of our opponents.
Now the Mayor and the coalition government must get back to delivering better government to the people of the Bay.
We thank those parties (ACDP, COPE, PA, and AIC) that stand with us on the right side of history.
What the public want is clean, honest government that delivers better services, especially to the poor. They want parties to work together against corruption, and they want leaders that bring our country together, not tear it apart. This project of co-operation, clean government, and unity, is the project the DA is committed to. We will commit ourselves to this project, no matter the hate and divisiveness of our opponents.
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Now the Mayor and the coalition government must get back to delivering better government to the people of the Bay.
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We thank those parties (ACDP, COPE, PA, and AIC) that stand with us on the right side of history.
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Note to editors: Please find attached soundbite by Chantel King MP.
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The DA calls on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) to reveal how vetting took place for the student accommodation online portal service providers and student accommodation accrediting agents. Recent investigations by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) into tender contracts, revealed irregularities as well as the service providers’ inability to offer these services effectively.
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Service providers have to pay up to R200 per bed for accreditation and an additional 5% of rental received to NSFAS for administration fees. The online portal providers and accrediting agents stand to make millions from these contracts.
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The OUTA investigative report also revealed that:
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Student accommodation online portal providers are also student accommodation accrediting agents and student accommodation providers;
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Connected politicians or their family members were awarded contracts to provide accrediting services;
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Employees of the state received contracts to accredit student accommodation; and
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Some contract providers have links with service provider directors of other NSFAS tenders, who in turn have links with the former CEO, Andile Nongogo.
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Most of the student accrediting agents do not have the necessary experience to render accrediting services and some were set up just before the contracts were awarded.
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We have long been of the view that NSFAS has become a lucrative business for politically connected companies. Under the watchful eye of Higher Education Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, politically connected businesses have enriched themselves at the expense of poor and working-class students.
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Investigations into the vetting of these contracts are important to root out systemic corruption at NSFAS and to hold those accountable for any wrongdoing.
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The ANC’s reign of cadre deployment and corruption must be stopped at the ballot box on 29 May 2024.
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Meanwhile, the start of the 2024 academic year was again marred by controversy at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT, Northlink College and Buffalo City TVET College, all linked to the student accommodation pilot project.
Note to editors: Please find attached soundbite by Chantel King MP. The DA calls on the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) to reveal how vetting took place for the student accommodation online portal service providers and student accommodation accrediting agents. Recent investigations by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) into tender contracts, revealed irregularities
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Last week, the DA took immediate legal action to stop unlawful land grabs on municipal property next to Lourier Park in Bloemfontein. This was after the ANC-run Mangaung Metro turned a blind eye to the court interdict against land invasion of this area. We are committed to using the court oversight process to ensure the law is upheld there.
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Residents of the surrounding communities are understandably distraught by illegal land invasions on their doorstep, which threaten their security of tenure and social cohesion. But we should all be deeply concerned about this creeping lawlessness. Allowing lawless land grabs undermines the rule of law and sets a dangerous precedent that can spread like wildfire, fueling anarchy and an unravelling of the social fabric.
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By taking quick, decisive steps to uphold the law, the DA is living our values and demonstrating them in action. The DA is committed to delivering housing, title deeds and land reform within the confines of the law, which is the only way to deliver them successfully, fairly and peacefully – and within a growing economy that attracts investment.
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In sharp contrast, the lawlessness on display in Bloemfontein shows what is in store for the whole country under an ANC/EFF Doomsday coalition. Where the DA and our partners in the Multi-Party Charter stand for the rule of law, nonracialism, a market economy, and the separation of party and state – the essential preconditions for a successful constitutional democracy and the only set of values that can deliver peace and prosperity to South Africa – the Doomsday coalition stands for the exact opposite. \nOn Wednesday, the parties to the Multi-Party Charter held a joint press conference in Cape Town, to confirm our commitment and unveil our plan to achieve law and order in South Africa. The Brenthurst poll released last Friday confirms that the Multi-Party Charter is the largest political grouping outside the ANC.
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The poll also confirmed what many others have already suggested: that the ANC will fall well below 50% in the election on 29 May 2024. This election therefore presents a crucial opportunity for law-abiding South Africans to unite behind the MPC and build a new majority around the values of the constitution, starting with the rule of law.
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They can rest assured that the DA will be at the forefront of rescuing South Africa from chaos and lawlessness. Voting DA on 29 May 2024 is the most powerful way to bring law and order to South Africa, and thereby secure the foundations for peace and prosperity for all.
Last week, the DA took immediate legal action to stop unlawful land grabs on municipal property next to Lourier Park in Bloemfontein. This was after the ANC-run Mangaung Metro turned a blind eye to the court interdict against land invasion of this area. We are committed to using the court oversight process to ensure the
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Please find attached a soundbite by Siviwe Gwarube MP.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) today announces the five-point intervention plan to address the governance and political instability we have seen in the country’s major metropolitan areas.
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The instability in these cities is due to coalitions that are bound by gentlemen’s agreements and not by good governance principles that place the residents at the heart of the governance agenda.
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Over the past fortnight, we have seen how unstable coalition governments led by the ANC/ EFF coalitions have led to unprecedented water shortages, with residents going days without any water in most parts of Johannesburg and eThekwini. In eThekwini, a long series of infrastructure maintenance and service delivery failures, coupled with an illegal SAMWU strike, has plunged the City into paralysis.
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These systemic service delivery issues have been caused and exacerbated with the coming to power of the ANC/EFF coalitions. Unless residents of these metropolitan areas are rescued from the coalitions of corruption, we will continue to see these cities plunge into even more chaos.
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That is why we are pleased to announce today that the final two bills in our trilogy of coalition bills, originally announced in October 2022, have now been introduced into Parliament to regulate coalitions in local governments. These Bills will aim to regulate the following:
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Extending the time limit to appoint mayors and speakers, from 14 days to 30 days to allow for coalition partners more time to properly negotiate a successful coalition;
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Insert an electoral threshold that would require parties to obtain a certain number of votes before they can qualify for seats in council;
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Limit the number of motions of no confidence that can be brought against a mayor or speaker, to once per twelve month period – subject to certain exceptions thereafter.
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Today, the DA plans to introduce its five-point intervention plan to rescue residents from the severe water shedding and service delivery collapses gripping Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).
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The five-point intervention plan to rescue Gauteng and KZN is as follows:
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Introducing the final two Private Member’s Bills of the trilogy of Coalition Bills to regulate and prevent unstable coalition governments.
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Urgent Call to the President to mobilise the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to make use of their logistical infrastructure and water tankers, as a short term measure, to ensure that those residents most affected by water losses are able to get clean drinking water until the water crisis has been solved.
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Calling on local and provincial governments to set up and encourage public-private partnership to collaboratively address the water-shedding crisis, leveraging resources and expertise from both sectors to find sustainable solutions.
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Calling on SAPS to establish a Specialised SAPS Investigating Team to deal with and investigate acts of sabotage contributing to the service delivery collapse and ensure they report back to the Portfolio Committee in the National Assembly on their progress made.
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Government Support for NGOs and NPOs: The DA will urge the government to onboard and allocate funds to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and non-profit organisations (NPOs) to provide support to the worst-affected areas due to the water shedding crisis, ensuring assistance reaches those in dire need.
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Political instability is at the heart of this service delivery crisis and we cannot allow these doomsday coalitions and smaller parties to hold cities to ransom to receive powerful and lucrative positions.
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We call on all parties in Parliament to support these Bills when they come to the House for a vote. Once we have a legislative framework for coalition governments, we will be able to hold governments to account for service delivery. These Bills should be passed before the May election in order to prepare the country for possible provincial and national coalition governments.
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The DA has a plan to ensure that these parties who do not enjoy the confidence and support of the people are not the ones being kingmakers over major metros.
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On the 29th of May, South Africans will have two choices. Vote for a Dooms Day coalition of destruction or vote for the DA and rescue South Africa once and for all.
Please find attached a soundbite by Siviwe Gwarube MP. Download pictures here, here and here. The Democratic Alliance (DA) today announces the five-point intervention plan to address the governance and political instability we have seen in the country’s major metropolitan areas. The instability in these cities is due to coalitions that are bound by gentlemen’s
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Note to Editors: Please find attached a soundbiteby Dean Macpherson MP.
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The Democratic Alliance in Parliament welcomes yesterday’s announcement by ANC Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula, that he will encourage President Ramaphosa not to sign the Copyright Amendment and Performers’ Protection Amendment Bills.
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Mr. Mbalula’s support for the DA’s position in Parliament on these Bills has been a long time coming and it is refreshing to see.
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For 7 long years, the DA has warned about the dangers of these Bills and how they in fact undermine performers and creators’ ability to protect their works and generate revenue from them. For too long, ANC MPs steamrolled these Bills through Parliament, seemingly under the instruction of the previous and current Secretary Generals of the ANC, ignoring all advice from the DA and industry experts.
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The DA also somewhat sympathises with ANC MPs in the Portfolio Committee in Trade, Industry and Competition, as well as MPs in Parliament that have religiously voted and spoken in support of these Bills, who now have to explain to the public that they are in fact in opposition to these bills after all. But that is their circle to square.
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The upcoming 7th Parliament provides a perfect opportunity for MPs across the political divide to put a new legislation on the table that will finally safeguard both content creators and producers, as well as providing a legislative framework for companies to invest in our talented artists and performers.
Note to Editors: Please find attached a soundbite by Dean Macpherson MP. The Democratic Alliance in Parliament welcomes yesterday’s announcement by ANC Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula, that he will encourage President Ramaphosa not to sign the Copyright Amendment and Performers’ Protection Amendment Bills. Mr. Mbalula’s support for the DA’s position in Parliament on these Bills has
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Note to Editors: Please see below the speech delivered by DA Chief Whip, Siviwe Gwarube at the official launch of the DA KZN Provincial Manifesto.
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Please find attached pictures (here, here, here and here) from today’s DA KZN Provincial Manifesto Pledge event.
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Democrats,
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The moment we have been waiting for has arrived.
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Ixesha lifikile.
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Lemini kudala kuthethwa ngayo, ilapha.
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We are now officially 75 days away from the election of our lifetime.
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I don’t have to impress upon you how important this election is.
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Because daily you see this beautiful province going to ruin.
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Every time people turn on their taps, switch on their lights, drive on the streets – they can see the decay.
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They know the cause of this failure – the African National Congress.
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This is a party that is at war with itself; whose broad church has turned into a refuge for thieves and the very worst among us.
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So broad this church was, it has birthed the MK party.
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While we must welcome the plurality of voices in our democracy; we cannot accept the threat of violence from parties when they do not get their way.
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The MK youth leader said they would ensure that there will not be an election if they do not get their way in their battle with the ANC.
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These are not just empty words from a wet-behind-the-ears young politician.
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The threat of violence is very real to the people of this province.
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Over 300 people died during the July riots alone.
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Violence that could have been prevented;
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Violence that could should have never happened;
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The victims of this violence have never received justice for their loss.
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And now we have political parties weaponizing that trauma.
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We cannot stand for it.
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If the security cluster is not paying attention once again; they will be complicit should these threats be acted on.
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This is why we need to evict them from the seat of government on May 29th.
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Mawaphume amasela eburhulumenteni!
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It is possible!
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Over 27 million South Africans are registered for this upcoming election.
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If we get as many people as possible into voting stations on that day, we can change this government once and for all.
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Abantu abatsha heeded the call to get registered.
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Umsebenzi asikawugqibi ke. Masiyo vota on the 29th to finally usher in a government that will change the trajectory of this country.
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Look around you.
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Look at what we have accomplished in uMngeni.
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They said it was impossible to unseat the ANC, but we proved them wrong.
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Against all odds, against all scepticism, we achieved the impossible.
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When everyone said it couldn’t be done, we stood tall and made it happen.
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And now, we stand here today, living proof that change is not just a distant dream but a tangible reality.
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But our journey does not end here. No, democrats, this is just the beginning.
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The winds of change that swept through uMngeni in the 2021 Local government elections can and will sweep through the entire province of KwaZulu-Natal come the 29th of May this year.
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But to make this a reality, we must do something different, something bold, something we have never done before.
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We must engage with every single citizen of KZN.
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We must not just tell them about how awful the ANC is in government.
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We must tell them about our offer.
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We must tell them about what we have managed to do in 3 three years in uMngeni apho sibolekwe khona ivoti.
Note to Editors: Please see below the speech delivered by DA Chief Whip, Siviwe Gwarube at the official launch of the DA KZN Provincial Manifesto. Please find attached pictures (here, here, here and here) from today’s DA KZN Provincial Manifesto Pledge event. Democrats, The moment we have been waiting for has arrived. Ixesha lifikile. Lemini