The DA has learnt that the Independent System and Market Operator (ISMO) Bill has been removed from the National Assembly (NA) Order Paper and referred back to the committee for further deliberation.
 

The DA is most concerned that the review of the remuneration of teachers might well be delayed by the baseless labour actions of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU).

A total of 1049 schools in the Eastern Cape do not have proper toilet facilities, according to Education MEC Mandla Makhupula’s reply to a DA parliamentary question in the provincial legislature.

The Department of Correctional Services appears to be deliberately avoiding Parliamentary scrutiny on the controversial fencing and access control contract managed by the Independent Development Trust (IDT).

The Democratic Alliance is shocked at the arrest of three ANC Councillors and three prominent business people in connection with alleged muthi killings in Ficksburg.

The DA condemns the attack on Equal Education by the Department of Basic Education (DBE).
 
Yesterday, the DBE released a highly racist statement berating the interest Equal Education has taken in attempting to hold the Department accountable for its failure to publish Infrastructure Norms and Standards for Public Schools.

Note to editors: The following is a press statement distributed at a media briefing hosted in Parliament today by DA Parliamentary Leader, Lindiwe Mazibuko MP, DA Shadow Minister of Labour, Sej Motau MP, DA Shadow Minister of Mineral Resources, James Lorimer MP, DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Labour, Andricus van der Westhuizen MP and DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources, Hendrik Schmidt MP following the conclusion yesterday of Parliament's Labour Committee's deliberations on the Labour Relations Amendment Bill.

Today, the day before the centenary on the Native Land Act of 1913, members of the ANC in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) inexplicably rejected a DA motion which sought to acknowledge the deprivation and suffering caused by the 1913 Land Act, and which called for these wrongs to be redressed.

Note to Editors: This is an extract based on a speech delivered by DA Spokesperson on Appropriations, Marius Swart MP, during today’s debate on the Appropriation Bill in Parliament.

The DA welcomes the decision by the ANC in Parliament not to rush through an amendment to the Broadcasting Act 4 of 1999. The amendment aimed to extend the lifespan of the current interim South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board, which expires in September 2013.