The Democratic Alliance (DA) notes the call by public service unions to suspend the strike, which has already had seriously implications for both the South African people and economy.
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NPA restructuring: Dotted reporting line cutting off AFU and SCCU
Dene Smuts, Shadow Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development
7 September 2010
- Why is Adv. Simelane getting away with cutting the heads off the AFU and the SCCU?
- Simelane is doing so by creating the new concept of the ‘dotted reporting line’ – in anticipation of cutting along the dotted line
- Who stands to benefit from feeling safe...not from crime but from prosecution?
Mining and the Environment: Water Minister reveals actions taken against mines
6 September 2010
- In response to a DA question, Minister reveals that only 30 mines had action taken against them by Department of Water and Environmental Affairs
- Licencing backlog sending wrong signal to mines
- DA believes there should be dedicated environmental courts to facilitate the number of charges that can lead to prosecutions
Swaziland: SA Government talks human rights, practices quiet diplomacy
6 September 2010
- South African government fails to help oppressed people of Swaziland
- South Africa should be leading attempt to encourage political and democratic reform in face of severe human rights abuses
- DA calls for debate in Parliament on South Africa’s obligations, as regional leader, to Swazi people
Compensation Fund: Fund receives fifth qualified audit in a row
6 September 2010
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will be writing to the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Labour Committee, Lumka Yengeni, requesting that she have the Compensation Commissioner, Shadrack Mkhonto, who is the head of the Department of Labour’s Compensation Fund, appear before the committee to account for the fund’s poor audit performance.
Acid Mine Drainage: Government call for proposals lacks urgency
6 September 2010
- Government proposal does not deal with urgency of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) problem
- Possible that AMD below Johannesburg risen above environmentally critical limit
- DA poses parliamentary questions asking for justification from Minister
DA Shadow Cabinet: New Appointments and Portfolios
6 September 2010
I have today made a number of important changes to the composition of the DA’s Shadow Cabinet.
FET College Expansion: Let SETAs die so colleges live
6 September 2010
- Department doesn’t have additional funding to get SETAs back on track
- ANC unwilling to dismantle its dysfunctional bureaucracies
- DA to propose alternative model for FET sector
DA congratulates DASO on winning UCT Student Representative Council Presidency
5 September 2010
The Democratic Alliance Students’ Organisation (DASO) has won the largest share of seats in the elections for the Student’s Representative Council (SRC) at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
Police Resignations: Cele should resign if SIU finds he misled Parliament
5 September 2010
If it is found during the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) probe that National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele misled the Police Portfolio Committee on Friday – an allegation that is reported on in this morning’s Sunday Times – then the Democratic Alliance (DA) will have no option but to call for his resignation.
Sisulu deliberately misled Parliament
5 September 2010
The Democratic Alliance (DA) believes that the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Lindiwe Sisulu, deliberately misled the Speaker of the National Assembly, Max Sisulu, and Parliament on the question of the reports of the Interim National Defence Force Service Commission.
