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SABC bosses were protecting their positions when they decided not to broadcast an advertisement by the Democratic Alliance, party leader Helen Zille said on Saturday. “They are terrified for their positions because he [president Jacob Zuma] deployed them,” she

Opposition parties will continue to push for the truth behind the enforced power cut “crisis” before the elections, the Democratic Alliance said on Monday. The DA and the Independent Democrats called for an investigation into the bonuses paid to Eskom executives, as part of a range of measures to counter the

The Democratic Alliance wants a commission of inquiry to probe funding of The New Age newspaper, party leader Helen Zille said on Wednesday. “I have today written to President Jacob Zuma to request that he appoint a judicial commission of inquiry, headed by a retired judge, to investigate the funding of The

The ANC is trying to deflect attention away from the fact that millions have been siphoned out of state-owned enterprises, including Telkom, for a series of The New Age newspaper’s business breakfasts, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Wednesday. “[Telkom’s involvement] was

A scarce-skills allowance for teachers and specialised secondary schools for mathematics and science are among Democratic Alliance proposals to solve SA’s education crisis. “Yes, we will overhaul the whole system. You can’t simply pass mathematics with 40%, or 33%. If you can’t get 51% in a mathematics exam, you can’t count

In February, Western Cape premier Helen Zille said she wanted to ensure every citizen in the Cape Town metropolitan area had access to 100Mbit/s broadband by 2020. Though some critics have dismissed this as political posturing, advertisements seeking a

Western Cape premier Helen Zille wants every citizen in the Cape Town metropolitan area to have access to 100Mbit/s broadband by 2020. In addition, she wants government buildings and schools to enjoying that sort of connectivity by 2014. Zille made the

The Western Cape will see a “game-changing” infrastructure plan this year, premier Helen Zille said on Friday. This will include delivering broadband to every school in the province by 2014. “The most powerful economic lever in the hands of a provincial government

South Africans are the most active tweeters on the African continent, producing twice as many tweets as Kenya, the next most active country. According to communications consultancy Portland Communications, more than 5m tweets were sent from SA in the last quarter of 2011. Nigeria, Egypt

While some governments have used social media to monitor unprecedented levels of social unrest this year, many have been leveraging these platforms to improve the quality of their services, engage citizens and cut costs. In an ideal world, political protests would