Browsing: Lindiwe Mazibuko

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

Democratic Alliance MP Marian Shinn has been named by the party’s parliamentary leader, Lindiwe Mazibuko, as the new shadow minister of communications, replacing Natasha Michael, who takes on the public enterprises portfolio. Junita Kloppers-Lourens has been appointed shadow

On Sunday evening, DA political strategist Ryan Coetzee held a “town hall meeting” on Twitter. It went off rather well, and the party plans to host them weekly. It’s clear social media are becoming an important new electioneering

The Democratic Alliance says communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda must explain to parliament why he sacked his director-general Mamodupi Mohlala. DA shadow deputy minister of communications Lindiwe Mazibuko says the agreement reached between Mohlala and Nyanda yesterday suggests the latter’s decision to fire the former was a mistake.