9 June 2021
🇿🇦 The DA is first out of the blocks with its registration campaign
Today, the DA’s first registration poster for the 2021 Local Government Elections was fixed to a street pole in Gelvandale in Nelson Mandela Bay, signalling the start of the election campaign in earnest.
Read more: https://www.da.org.za/2021/06/the-da-is-first-out-of-the-blocks-with-its-registration-campaign
💸 DA to report Minister Mkhize to Parliament’s Ethics Committee over R150m Digital Vibes scandal
The DA will lay a complaint with Parliament’s Ethics Committee against the Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, for his role in the awarding of a multi-million rand contract to Digital Vibes.
🍀 Clover disinvestment sends a message to loyal ANC voters
The DA highlighted the important message that Clover is sending to loyal ANC voters, after the dairy brand decided to close down its factory in Lichtenburg (the largest of its kind in the country) due to the collapse of municipal services.
Read more: https://www.da.org.za/2021/06/clover-disinvestment-sends-a-message-to-loyal-anc-voters
🏛️ Socio-Economic Impact Assessment on Expropriation Bill wholly flawed
As South African property owners stare down the barrel of a gun as the public hearings on the Expropriation Bill 23 of 2020 move to the 7th province, the DA will be lodging an objection with the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure.
Read more: https://www.da.org.za/2021/06/socio-economic-impact-assessment-on-expropriation-bill-wholly-flawed
đź“ş Remember to tune in to the Inside Track tomorrow morning
This Youth Month, we discuss how the DA puts young people at the centre of the agenda in a country ranked world number one for the highest youth unemployment rate (at 74,7% when you include those who have given up looking)!
Stream it here at 11h00 tomorrow: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemocraticAllianceSA
🥇Midvaal’s clear blue water
Nothing could better underscore the importance of voting – and voting DA – than the news that Clover has decided to close SA’s biggest cheese factory in North West due to poor service delivery. On the other side, the DA-run Midvaal is getting things done. Writes DA Leader, John Steenhuisen.
Read more: https://www.da.org.za/2021/06/midvaals-clear-blue-water
đź’ˇ Stage 4 Rolling Blackouts: South Africans must register to vote to keep the lights on
The announcement of stage 4 rolling blackouts by Eskom once again shows how desperately South Africa needs change. And the only way to achieve this is to vote the ANC out.
🤑 SAPS must speed up investigation into DA’s VBS charges against Malema and Shivambu following Brian’s secret deal
Following the revelation that Brian Shivambu signed a secret contract admitting to having received R4.55 million in VBS loot, we call on SAPS to give an update on the charges we laid against Malema and the Shivambu brothers.
🎱 Lotteries Commissioner doesn’t want to tell Parliament who scored a Covid-19 tender
In response to parliamentary questions posed by the DA, the Commissioner at the National Lotteries Commission has chosen to hide behind Regulation 8 of the Lotteries Act in order to avoid telling Parliament who scored a Covid-19 tender. The DA will now take further action to obtain this information in the interest of all South Africans.
đź“ş Inside Track | Youth unemployment crisis: Just one in four employed.
In case you missed it, the DA put young people at the centre of the agenda in a country ranked world number one for the highest youth unemployment rate.
Watch it here: https://youtu.be/jvoOEFdZ4Wg
