📢 Bheki Cele you can negotiate with criminals, we won't! Watch as the Mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis stands for the rule of law on the
#TaxiStrike
.
"We are protecting residents. We cannot negotiate which portions of the law will apply to some people and not to others."
🏆 Congratulations Bafana Bafana! South Africa is showing the world how it’s done, putting our best feet forward across the sporting arena. You make your country proud!
✅ DA-run uMngeni debt free less than a year into governance.
After only 11 months of DA governance a R10.4 million loan was paid off which will save rate payers R450 000 in interest this year.
#DAatWork
#DAdifference
Today we lay charges against Julius Malema and the EFF for incitement of violence and destruction of property. We call on SAPS to do their job and protect the citizens of this country.
The EFF are destroying the livelihoods of thousands of
#Clicks
employees.
Enough is Enough!
The DA calls for Ramaphosa and SADC leaders to prevent, on a major scale, the erosion of human rights in Zimbabwe and any further decline in reputation and investment risk to the entire region.
We are deeply concerned about the situation in Zimbabwe.
🚨BREAKING NEWS: The DA’s Annelie Lotriet has been elected as the new Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly.
Working alongside other members, Annelie will work to rebuild Parliament, ensure that the institution works for all citizens, and holds the executive accountable. 🇿🇦
The President has once again disgraced 🇿🇦SA on the global stage with his failed so-called 'peace mission' trip. The DA will be submitting urgent parliamentary questions & hold Ramaphosa accountable for the millions of taxpayer funds wasted on his PR stunt
Meet the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the DA-run uMngeni Municipality in KZN.
Chris Pappas - 30 years old.
Sandile Mnikathi - 26 years old.
This is the team that will lead the project to rebuild uMngeni into the vibrant, growing, and inclusive place it needs to be. 🇿🇦
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: The DA’s Francois Rogers has been appointed as the new MEC of Finance for KwaZulu-Natal.
The DA congratulates Francois on this appointment. We are confident that he will deliver on his priorities and the commitments we made during the elections.
🚨 BREAKING: The DA has retained its majority in the Western Cape. Voters have rewarded the party’s strong track record of delivery.
To every person who voted DA, we thank you for trusting us to keep the Western Cape working.
"If Rampahosa fails to intervene and advise Mnangagwa to stop the military clampdown on civilians, the DA will be left with no option but to approach the International Criminal Court (ICC)". -
@smokgalapa
🚨 DA wins court case against the ANC's illegal takeover in Johannesburg. The High Court has declared the removal of Mayor Mpho Phalatse unlawful. This is a victory for the Rule of Law.
With 71% of promises delivered within 10 months, Dr Mpho will continue to focus on delivery.
The DA has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly, requesting for a full investigation into exactly how and who paid for an extravagant trip by Mr. Julius Malema and others to the home of ex-President Mr. Jacob Zuma in Nkandla. -
@Natasha9Mazzone
🚨 [BREAKING NEWS] The DA is excited to reveal its KZN Premier candidate, Chris Pappas.
With a track record of good governance and better service delivery as Mayor of uMngeni Municipality, Chris is ready to deliver this for all KZN residents.
🌐 Visit
🤷🏽♂️ "Is it not time that we give the DA a chance? ...we wouldn't have things like loadshedding" - MacG
Siyavuma Chillers, the quality of life would be better.
🏆Gauteng's top-performing municipality is run by the DA. 71% of Western Cape households get their income from salaries.
We are calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to withdraw his appointment of Baleka Mbete and Sydney Mufamadi as Special envoys to Zimbabwe because of their political bias towards the ZANU-PF-led regime in Zimbabwe. -
@darrenbergman
WATCH: John Steenhuisen responds to claims that he should not be the DA's Chief Whip in Parliament without a university degree.
"The Constitution of the republic is very clear as to who qualifies to be a member of this house..."
🎞 Without the spurious points of order 🎞
The ANC will block Elon Musk’s Starlink, as it would require the company to hand over at least 30% of its equity to ANC-connected cadres through BEE to operate within SA.
The DA will take action for government to urgently amend its ridiculous regulations.
It is ridiculous that Bheki Cele has called for an investigation into the Mpumalanga Premier's failure to wear a mask.
Had this been an ordinary citizen, they would have already been arrested without investigation.
NO to preferential treatment for cadres!
#ArrestRefilweMtsweni
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: As counting continues, the DA has now secured over 1 million votes. More results are starting to come in, and we would like to thank you for uniting to
#RescueSA
.
More people are endorsing the DA’s proven track record of good governance.
#ElectionResults
🚀 On
@MacGUnleashed
, it’s
@jsteenhuisen
like you’ve never seen him before! Grab a drink and join John for some podcast and chill.
Tune in today at 15h00:
Danko!
📢| The results from our lockdown poll are in!
89% of South Africans want the national hard lockdown to end.
South Africans have a right to choose to get on with their lives, citizens need to safely get back to work.
Let's save both lives and livelihoods.🇿🇦
#day57oflockdown
💳 uMngeni Municipality in KZN is now debt free. After only 11 months of DA governance, a R10.4 million loan was paid off which will save rate pavers R450 000 in interest this year.
#DAdifference
#TheDAgetsThingsDone
We call on President Ramaphosa, in his capacity as the African Union Chairperson, to show leadership and go to Zimbabwe - meet with all the relevant stakeholders and get a balanced picture of the political crisis and human rights violations unfolding there.
🚨 DA tables a motion to dissolve Parliament for early elections, giving power back to the people.
"South Africans should not have to choose between the Phala Phala corruption of Cyril Ramaphosa, the Digital Vibes corruption of Zweli Mkhize or the Mafia state of David Mabuza."
“My fellow South Africans, today, the 14th of June 2024, will go down in the annals of history as the start of a new chapter for our beloved country.” -
@jsteenhuisen
#RescueSA
#7thParliament
🎉 Congratulations to Banyana Banyana on the 3-2 victory against Italy at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Passion, talent and hard work have brought you here, and today we celebrate with you as a nation. Let's stay winning! 🇿🇦
🚨 | In a ground-breaking judgment handed down today by the High Court, the DA has won the battle to expose complete records of the ANC national cadre deployment committee’s role in the corruption, capture, and collapse of SA’s public sector.
Read more:
This week the DA Mayor of Mogale City opened the Krugersdorp Taxi Rank. While the ANC could not get the project to completion within 3 years, the coalition government under DA Mayor Gray managed to complete the project within 1 year.
#DAatWork
Going for gold! 🏆
We would like to wish
@KaizerChiefs
all the best tonight as they face Al Ahly for the CAF Champions League title.
Sininqwenelela impumelelo makhosi amahle. 🇿🇦
#Amakhosi4Life
The DA expresses sincere thanks to André de Ruyter for his 3-year service as CEO of Eskom.
We commend his bravery, especially in the television interview this week in which he lifted the veil on the large-scale corruption at Eskom.
The DA will lay criminal charges against Duduzane Zuma, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla and the EFF's Julius Malema.
"It's no secret that leaders of the pro-Zuma faction, as well as others with aligned interests, have been fanning the flames on social media with impunity." -
@jsteenhuisen
BREAKING: The motion of no confidence against
@HermanMashaba
has been defeated.
He will remain Mayor of the City of Johannesburg.
Let good clean governance continue!
#HandsOffMashaba
📊 A new era for democracy! In a historic breakthrough during the 2024 elections, the DA has become the largest party in South Africa's metros.
#KhulaDA
🤩 The DA-run uMngeni CBD in KZN looking clean including the Howick Taxi Rank.
A big shout out to all the teams that work until late to keep communities clean. DA governments are committed to keeeping communities clean.
🚨BREAKING: For the first time in 30 years, the ANC will lose its majority. The DA’s mission has been to end the ANC’s dominance and to transform South Africa into a vibrant, multiparty democracy where politics is a battle of ideas for the people.
We are on track to
#RescueSA
.🇿🇦
It appears that Dlamini-Zuma lied to South Africans in her justification for the continued ban on the sale of cigarettes & other tobacco products. If this is indeed the case, then Ramaphosa has no choice but to fire her. -
@jsteenhuisen
#Level3Restrictions
🚨 The ANC and EFF chaos taking place in Parliament at
#SONA2023
shows how important it is for South Africans to unite behind the DA at the next election. It is the only way to keep anarchy out!
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: The DA’s Alan Winde has been re-elected as the Premier of the Western Cape. Congratulations to the Premier of jobs!
In this year’s election, voters have united behind the DA’s track of good governance to keep the province working for all.
The DA unreservedly condemns the call to “Shoot to kill” and “Kill the Boer” by Julius Malema.
Incitement to violence has no place in our society.
The EFF is our political enemy number one and the DA is determined to stop Malema in the 2024 election.
South Africans must reject Malema for the bloodthirsty tyrant and demagogue he really is!
The DA won't allow Malema’s hatred and racism to be normalised. This is why the DA is taking action to stop him and the EFF's violence.
Visit , and register to vote!
🚨 DA court victory: The Constitutional Court has confirmed the DA's position on the illegal granting of medical parole for Jacob Zuma’s jail sentence. This is a victory for the rule of law.
Zuma must now go back to jail!
It's time for Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla and many others who have incited violence to be held accountable for the looting and violence we have witnessed over the last few days.
DA Leader
@jsteenhuisen
confirms that we will now be laying criminal charges - no one is above the law!
“By showing support for the ZANU-PF, Ramaphosa is endorsing a stolen government that has caused hyperinflation, the collapse of the Zimbabwean economy, the suffering of tens of millions of fellow Africans, and the mass migration.” -
@jsteenhuisen
🚨 This election is about survival! Watch the DA's new TV advert. Your vote can stop a corrupt coalition between the ANC, the violent EFF and the Zuma faction.
A strong DA can anchor a new caring government to create more jobs and get things done. Unite to
#RescueSA
. 🇿🇦
#DAtvAd
Sikuthanda sonke emakhaya,
#NoxoloGrootboom
. 🇿🇦
Thank you for your 37 years of selfless service to our nation at the SABC.
Sibamba ngazo zozibini kuwe MaMfene. 💙
🚨 URGENT: The IEC has confirmed in writing that voters in queues at 21h00 must be assisted. All voters that are in the queue - whether or not they are inside the voting stations - must be assisted. Please share this far and wide.
South Africa is worth rescuing. A long voting
🇿🇦 To rescue SA, the DA has appointed a negotiating team to facilitate engagements with other parties. The DA will do anything to stop the MK party and the EFF to take over power.
Full speech:
We must create more jobs and lift people out of poverty.
On the 8th of May 2019, we have a choice.
Either we stay on this path, or we make a change for the better. Only you can
#BringChange
!
WATCH and RETWEET - This is the real South Africa:
“There has recently been a spate of very violent farm attacks in SA. We will not & cannot stay quiet on this matter, and will continue to raise it until something is done. It is time now for action." -
@jsteenhuisen
The announcement of stage 4 loadshedding is outrageous, it's time for Minister Gwede Mantashe to go!
If Ramaphosa won’t fire Mantashe, we'll take that burden off his hands and do it for him with our motion of no confidence.
⚡️Here's why Mantashe must go:
📺 | The Mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis responds to the remarks made by the Minister of Transport about the
#TaxiStrike
.
"The Minister has not read the legislation she is responsible for."
The city is taking action to protect commuters, residents, and the rule of law.
🚨 Tomorrow, Tuesday 14 March, DA Leader,
@jsteenhuisen
will announce urgent legal steps against the EFF’s national shutdown, as well as a mechanism to empower SA citizens to hold any EFF member accountable for any and all damage inflicted upon public and private property.
MUST WATCH: Leader
@MmusiMaimane
, unveil the giant billboard.
The names on the billboard are those who died at
#Marikana
both miners & security personnel - the victims of the
#LifeEsidimeni
, & the children that have drowned after falling into pit latrines.
#TheANCisKillingSA
Tomorrow the DA will lay criminal charges against Julius Malema & EFF MP, Nazier Paulsen for inciting violence.
In what constitutional democracy in the world will elected public reps be allowed to openly incite racial warfare? We will not allow it here. 🇿🇦
🚨 The spineless President Cyril Ramaphosa has undermined the rule of law to keep Jacob Zuma out of prison for political reasons.
It is clear that if you are an ANC cadre you will never be held accountable under Ramaphosa. Let's unite to stop the ANC now:
🚨 The ANC government appears to have made up its mind to use the electricity crisis as an excuse to impose an outrageously expensive 20-year Karpowerships contract.
The DA will fight Ramaphosa's scam to rip off billions of rands from South Africans.
The duly elected federal leader of the DA is John Steenhuisen 🎉
The Leader will lead us into 2024 as we work to build a new national government.
Only a strong DA can build a better future in South Africa! 🇿🇦
#DAcongress2023
💧The DA-run City of Cape Town has become the first city on the African continent to be added to the Leading Utilities of the World list.
Receiving this global water and sanitation accolade confirms that DA governments are hard at work improving the lives of all residents.
🏆 The DA's Mayor Chris Pappas has made it to the TIME100 Next 2023 list - recognising emerging leaders from around the world who are shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership.
The work of rescuing South Africa continues! 🇿🇦
🥇 | Did you know that within 10 months in office, Mayor Mpho Phalatse and her Joburg team have successfully delivered on 71% of their promises❓
From investing R2.8 billion to improve the City’s water infrastructure to cleaning up the inner-city.
#HandsOffJoburg
🔴 [LIVE NOW]
Ever wanted to see a political leader completely unscripted? Watch this broadcast to see another side of John Steenhuisen.
Broadcast link:
#PodcastAndChillWithMacG
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: The DA is now just 7% from overtaking the ANC according to the DA’s latest tracking poll.
The gap between the DA and the ANC is the closest it’s ever been. Your vote can win it!
Register to vote this weekend. Visit .
#RegisterToVoteDA
We firmly reject the prospect of the South African government granting Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, access into the country on so-called “political asylum”.
#Zimbabwe
🚁 In a gross abuse of state resources, Minister Bheki Cele, should be billed for chartering a SA Police Service helicopter to the ANC’s manifesto launch.
A full SAPS internal investigation must review the decision-making process that authorised this.
🚨 BREAKING: The DA wins Ward 25 in Msunduzi, KZN, securing 96% of the votes.
This result proves that voting for the DA in 2024 is not about politics, it is about choosing the only credible option to save SA.
We would like to thank all voters who united behind the DA.
#KhulaDA
"President Rampahosa is faced with an easy choice, either he intervenes to stop civilian abuse by the military in Zimbabwe or his govt will be one of the parties that will answer to the ICC on why they failed to act to stop the human rights violation" -
@smokgalapa
🇿🇦 Tomorrow is a better country.
“With the DA at the heart of a new multiparty government, South Africa is ready to write a hopeful new chapter that defies the odds once again.” - John Steenhuisen, DA Leader
Let’s unite to
#RescueSA
.
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: The DA’s Refiloe Nt’sekhe has been elected as the new DA Deputy Speaker of the Gauteng Legislature.
For the very first time, the DA will now be able to bring the same expertise that we honed in places like uMngeni and the Western Cape to serve Gauteng
🇿🇦 It's time to rescue Tintswalo’s South African Dream.
"Without jobs, without electricity, without an honest government, without functioning schools and without working hospitals, all of our children will be doomed to lives far worse than our own." -
@jsteenhuisen
🇿🇦 🚀 A historic victory for Dricus “Stillknocks” Du Plessis! He is now the new Middleweight champion of the world.
Nou weet hulle wat ons weet! Sithi halala!
You truly make our country proud.
#UFC297
🚨 BREAKING: The DA has now secured over 2 million votes as the counting by the IEC continues.
The DA is now unquestionably back to a growth path, after growing in Election 2021 and 2024 consecutively.
Thank you for uniting to
#RescueSA
. 🇿🇦
The DA would like to offer its condolences to the people of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
During her extraordinary reign over a period of 70 years, the Queen was known for her sense of duty and her devotion to a life of service. 🕊
🇿🇦💙 Thank you to all the South Africans who united behind the DA to
#RescueSA
in this election. Your support means a lot to all of us at the DA.
We would also like to thank all those who are still out waiting to cast their votes at various voting stations across the country.
We call for the immediate dismissal of Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe due to his continuous defiance of the President and his failure to acknowledge his responsibility in energy planning and international cooperation.
André de Ruyter’s apparent sudden resignation at Eskom is a reflection on Gwede Mantashe’s relentless campaign against a man who despite having one hand tied behind his back – conducted a dutiful and responsible effort at the discharging of his duties.
🚨 BREAKING: As counting continues the DA has now secured over 3 million votes! The DA has registered significant growth in the Free State, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, the North West, and elsewhere, as more people united to rescue South Africa.
Enkosi Mzansi. 🇿🇦
#RescueSA
The Patriotic Alliance (PA) has voted with the ANC again! They had a chance to help the DA and the multi-party coalition win back Nelson Mandela Bay. Instead, they chose to keep the ANC coalition in power.
When you vote PA, you get ANC.
Read more here:
When Cyril Ramaphosa was elected President, the price of petrol per litre was R13,76. Today South Africans pay R21.84 per litre.
Don’t let the uncaring ANC tax you into poverty - support the call to deregulate, cut taxes, and
#SlashFuelPrices
.
Visit NOW.
The DA has launched a court application requesting a declaratory order to the effect that if President Vladimir Putin arrives in SA, and upon receipt of a request from the ICC to arrest Putin, the SA government must detain and surrender Putin to the ICC.
Congratulations to the young and charismatic Executive Mayor of the Midvaal Municipality,
@BaloyiBongani1
for achieving the fifth consecutive clean audit.
🚨 The DA can today reveal that the 97 mansions occupied by ANC Ministers and Deputy Ministers are collectively worth a staggering R967 million.
To stop this abuse of taxpayers, the DA is introducing an amendment to cut the Ministerial perks in Parliament.
🚨The DA will file an urgent court application against Ramaphosa for violating the Electoral Code of Conduct.
In his "address to the nation" last night, he abused the highest office in the land to manipulate voters.
Let's
#VoteDA
and get rid of the ANC!
The new Jozi anti-corruption unit started by
@HermanMashaba
has uncovered close to R16 billion in corruption, made 451 arrests, and seen over 100 city officials suspended
#HandsOffMashaba
Despite Russia accounting for as little as 0.3% of South Africa’s trade ties, the ANC and President Ramaphosa are willing to disregard South Africa’s crucial domestic interests in order to protect an alleged war criminal and shore up oligarchic patronage.