Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate: The Democratic Alliance (DA) has approached the Gauteng High Court to overturn the City of Tshwane Council's decision to protect Deputy Executive Mayor and MMC for Finance, the ANC’s Eugene Modise, after he was found to have breached the Councillors' Code of Conduct. The City's own forensic investigation found that Mr Modise failed to legally disclose his financial interests linked to Triotic Protection Services, a company …
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Unregistered Tshwane Residents Urged to Register to Vote
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate: The Democratic Alliance (DA) calls on all eligible voters in Tshwane to register or update their voter registration details this weekend. Based on DA data modelling for the City of Tshwane, the DA can reveal there are currently an estimated 320,593 unregistered or incorrectly registered DA supporters in the metro. To put this into perspective, the ANC received only 234,521 votes in the 2021 local government …
Detective Shortage and Critical Resource Failures at eThekwini Police Stations
Statement by Mzamo Billy MP - DA NCOP Member on Security & Justice: The Democratic Alliance (DA) has uncovered alarming detective shortages and resource constraints at some of eThekwini’s busiest police stations following parliamentary oversight visits to Inanda SAPS, Phoenix SAPS and Durban Central SAPS. The oversight, conducted as part of my work on the NCOP Select Committee on Security and Justice, paints a concerning picture of a policing system struggling to keep pace with the demands …
End the Coalition Chaos
The following speech was delivered by DA Federal Leader, Geordin Hill-Lewis at the DA's "Get On The Roll" Registration Rally in Eersterust, City of Tshwane.: Please see pictures here, here, here, here, and here Dumêlang, batho ba Tshwane! Goeiemore, Pretoria! Good morning, Tshwane! Good morning to every DA activist, volunteer, organiser, branch member and voter registration champion here today. It is wonderful to be here in the capital city of South Africa. It is wonderful …
At least 20 senior officials implicated
Statement by George Michalakis MP - DA Parliamentary Leader: The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Wednesday officially handed over a series of ministerial replies to written questions implicating several senior officials in contravening section 195(1) of the Constitution, read with their Code of Conduct, to the Public Service Commission headquarters in Pretoria. Senior officials of state departments are constitutionally and ethically bound to remain impartial and professional. This, …
First Rally for Voter Registration Campaign
This Saturday, 30 May, the Democratic Alliance will hold a national rally as our voter registration campaign ramps up. The rally will be in the City of Tshwane, and will be addressed by DA Federal Leader Geordin Hill-Lewis. This voter registration campaign is critical because all measures show that across South Africa in towns and cities the DA can win, but only if DA voters come out to register, and to vote. The keynote address will be by DA Federal Leader, Geordin Hill-Lewis, with …
Cilliers Brink Announces Pledges to get Tshwane Working
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate: Today, DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate Cilliers Brink officially launched the DA’s election pledges at the Mamelodi West Community Centre, setting out a clear and actionable plan to get South Africa’s Capital City working again. Addressing residents, community leaders and members of the media, Brink outlined five focused pledges aimed at fixing failing services, restoring accountability and rebuilding a city that works for all …
Tshwane’s Madlanga revelations voted down by self-serving coalition of corruption
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate: In today’s Tshwane Council meeting, the ANC, ActionSA and the EFF voted against a Democratic Alliance (DA) sponsored motion calling for an urgent, independent investigation into serious allegations raised at the Madlanga Commission. The motion sought to investigate senior City officials, Members of the Mayoral Committee and political parties in Council who have been implicated in testimony before the Commission. These …
Coalition of Corruption Declares the City has No Water Crisis
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate: Executive Mayor Nasiphi Moya ought to have used her State of the City Address to acknowledge recent revelations of systemic corruption in Tshwane linked to the water tanker mafia. She ought to have spoken to the anger of the people of Hammanskraal - a community that Moya has ignored since being installed in her position by an ANC-led coalition. Instead, Moya boldly declared that Tshwane has no water crisis. Yet under her …
Nasiphi Moya complicit in Tshwane’s coalition of corruption
Statement by Ald Cilliers Brink - DA Tshwane Mayoral Candidate: This morning, Mayor Nasiphi Moya appeared at a press conference about revelations made at the Madlanga Commission about tender rigging in Tshwane only to confirm that she has no intention to champion a clean administration. Seated next to Moya was Eugene Modise, ANC regional chairperson, deputy mayor, and Member of the Mayoral Committee for Finance. Credible information, including a forensic report by the Tshwane Metro, …