A speech I gave in parliament on the 13 April 2010


Honourable Speaker, Honourable members.

Are we helping South Africa’s workers and the unemployed? When we look
at how the labour department is performing, there is some good, some bad
and some really ugly.

This year, the good is the work of the Unemployment Fund, the CCMA and
Nedlac. They are performing their functions well and we get very little by
way of complaints about their service generally. To them, the DA says:
“Well done”.

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(7 December 2009 - link here)

1) Mr Ollis thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to answer my questions.  How would you describe your personal political convictions, persuasion, and ideology? How do they compare with the DA’s beliefs?

I would answer your question in two ways. On the one hand I am a liberal democrat. Each of those words has a special meaning. Democrat locates power in the hands of the people and not bureaucrats, technocrats, politicians, autocrats or politi...

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Statement by Helen Zille, 25 March 2010
 

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has recorded emphatic victories in by-elections in the Breede Valley and Theewaterskloof municipalities.

 

The DA continues to grow across South Africa, increasing our support levels in all communities and winning more and more seats previously held by the ANC.

 

Since the 2009 national election the DA has won four seats previously held by the ANC and one seat previously held by ICOSA.

 

Last night’s result in Breede Val...

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