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Fruitless and Wasteful expenditure bankrupting public coffers

Marius Swart, DA Spokesman on Appropriations
18 June 2013

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.

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The DA remembers the sacrifice of the youth of Alexandra
17 June 2013

Note to editors: This is an extract of the speech that was delivered by the DA Parliamentary Leader, Lindiwe Mazibuko MP, during the DA’s commemoration of the Alexandra Riots that took place on June 17, 1976.

Liberation through education
16 June 2013

 Note to Editors:  This extract is based on a speech delivered by the DA Youth Leader at the Kgabo High School during the DA’s youth day celebrations. 

We Can Win' – 5 pledges for a DA-governed Gauteng
15 June 2013

 Note to editors: This is a speech delivered by DA Leader Helen Zille at the ‘We Can Win’ Gauteng rally that took place in Newtown, Johannesburg today.

The 5 crises of the Zuma Presidency
13 June 2013

Note to editors: This is an extract of the speech that was delivered by the DA Parliamentary Leader, Lindiwe Mazibuko MP, during the Presidency Budget Vote Debate today in Parliament.

Parliament’s Governance Model is failing
11 June 2013

Note to editors: The following is an extract of the speech delivered in Parliament today by DA Deputy Chief Whip Sandy Kalyan MP, during the debate on Parliament’s budget vote.  

Parliament must start speaking truth to power
11 June 2013

 Note to editors: The following is an extract of the speech delivered in Parliament today by DA Chief Whip Watty Watson MP, during the debate on Parliament’s budget vote. 

DA opposes inferior Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill
4 June 2013

Note to Editors: This is an extract based on a speech delivered by DA Shadow Minister of Trade and Industry, Wilmot James MP, during today’s second reading debate of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill in Parliament.

Government has “dragged its feet” in land restitution
31 May 2013

Note to Editors: This is an extract based on a speech delivered by DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Japie van der Linde MP, during today’s debate on the Rural Development and land Reform budget vote in Parliament.

Land Reform Programme failing its beneficiaries
31 May 2013

Note to Editors: This is an extract based on a speech delivered by DA Shadow Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Athol Trollip MP, during today’s debate on the Rural Development and Land Reform budget vote in Parliament.

Professional police service needed to tackle crime
30 May 2013

Note to Editors: This is an extract based on a speech delivered by DA Shadow Minister of Police, Dianne Kohler Barnard MP, during today’s debate on the Police’s budget vote in Parliament.