SAPS under National Government is broken

We cannot throw our hands up, sit back and say this is National Government’s problem. The City of Cape Town and the Western Cape government has had to step up and do what needs to be done to keep the communities in our province safe.

Help us bring our safety strategy to more parts of SA.

Donate towards DA court action

The DA welcomes the court’s decision to enforce the payment of R9 985 540 plus interest calculated from 31 October 2019 by corrupt former CEO of Eskom, Brian Molefe, to the power utility’s pension fund.

This represents a victory against rampant corruption in Eskom and other SOEs, which the DA has championed from the outset.

Please donate towards further court action.

May this herald a continuation of processes that will bring the architects of state capture corruption to book – an endeavour which the DA will continue to champion in the wake of the damning report by the Zondo commission.

Please donate.

Help the DA to keep the lights on

In government:

  • The DA-led City of Cape Town has been building reserves to help reduce the impact of higher stages of rolling blackouts (shielding residents from one stage of load shedding during the first few months of this year.)
  • DA-led municipalities, such as Stellenbosch and Saldanha Bay, are working to be free from Eskom’s monopoly and have begun the process of procuring electricity from independent power producers.
  • In seeking solutions to the energy crisis, DA Johannesburg Mayor, Dr Mpho Phalatse, has hosted an Energy Indaba so that Joburg can work on becoming less reliant on Eskom.
  • DA Ekurhuleni Mayor, Tania Campbell, has also been working to free Ekurhuleni from rolling blackouts. Her team has contracted 46 private producers to generate additional renewable energy for the city.

In Parliament we have been:

  • Calling for a national state of emergency to be declared in the electricity sector.
  • Pushing government to allow for the emergency procurement of new electricity generation from independent power producers, without all the red tape.
  • Pushing the national energy regulator to make it easier for home users and small businesses to install their own electricity generation capacity, with incentives (such as tax rebates).

If our country and our economy are to survive the worsening electricity crisis, we must work together and act now. 

Please donate.

Support the DA’s efforts to protect you from the snowballing cost of living

We are working hard to protect those who are struggling.

  • Parliament agreed to urgently debate our demand for the ANC government to slash fuel prices, by cutting the exorbitant 33% tax on fuel, on Wednesday, 15 June.
  • We are drafting a proposal for a new law that will deregulate the fuel sector to encourage competition among fuel wholesalers and retailers.
  • We have launched historic and unprecedented legal action against the ANC itself, to have their long-standing policy of cadre deployment corruption declared unconstitutional and illegal. The era of giving jobs to ANC friends and not all South Africans must end now.

Please donate towards this court and parliamentary action.

Show your support for the DA’s work to keep the lights on

Residents of the Mother City often experience one full load shedding level lower than the rest of the country with the help of the City of Cape Town’s Steenbras Hydro-electric Power Scheme.

And beyond Cape Town, DA municipalities, such as Stellenbosch and Saldanha Bay, are working to be free from Eskom’s monopoly, having begun the process to get power from Independent Power Producers.

In fact, the DA-led Western Cape is set to be the first load shedding-free province in the country!

Please show your support for the DA’s work to keep the lights on by making a donation.

Back the DA’s efforts to create safer communities

The 1 100 additional boots on the ground from the DA-led Cape Town and Western Cape governments pick up some of the slack from the SAPS and collaborate to improve safety.

Significant murder rate decreases were recorded in Kraaifontein at 40.5%, Nyanga 24.1%, Khayelitsha at 21.1%, and Harare at 14.5%, which are all in the Top 30 stations nationally for this category.

In Parliament we have tabled a motion of no confidence in Bheki Cele, a police minister who completely neglected his duty during and after the riots in July 2021 and is at the helm of a DNA evidence backlog that still exceeds 200 000 cases.

South Africans deserve far better.

Please donate towards the DA’s efforts to create safer communities

Make a donation towards helping us realise a far better alternative for our nation

Where the DA governs, we know we must step in where national government has failed – particularly on critical issues such as providing electricity, public transport, and effective policing.

Not least because these things enable job-creating businesses to start and to thrive.

This was DA Leader John Steenhuisen’s focus at his annual True State of the Nation Address because there is a far better alternative to the status quo.

But this alternative can only be shaped by your participation.

Please make a donation towards expanding the Party and the work that we do.

Support court action to open schools fully

The rotational system massively violates children’s constitutional rights to basic education and, for the many learners who rely on free school meals, the system also denies their right to basic nutrition.

In fact, rotational schooling prejudices poor children and their families the most, making existing inequalities even worse.

It will cause long-lasting, possibly irreparable, damage.

Please support the DA’s court action to enable and compel schools to open fully, immediately.

Your support will make all the difference.

Show your support for the DA’s continued fight against job-killing policies

For three and a half years the DA has fought tooth and nail for its values, maintaining that just and equitable land reform is possible without tampering with the Constitution and putting the economy, the rule of law and food security at enormous risk.

Recently in Parliament the DA caucus in the National Assembly spoke in one voice and successfully defeated the disastrous 18th Constitution Amendment Bill, which would have resulted in the amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution to allow for expropriation of land without compensation.

This is a victory for South Africa and your property rights!

Please show your support for the DA’s continued fight against job-killing policies such as EWC, BEE and the National Health Insurance scheme by making a donation.

 

Maak ’n skenking vir ons pogings om Afrikaans as inheemse taal te laat erken

Die DA sal nie ophou baklei:

  • dat Afrikaans as inheemse taal in die taalbeleidraamwerk vir Hoër Onderwys erken word,
  • dat Minister Nzimande die Afrikaanssprekende gemeenskap om verskoning vra, en
  • dat Afrikaanse onderrig in universiteite uitgebrei en nie ingeperk word nie.

Wys asseblief u ondersteuning deur ’n skenking te maak vir ons pogings om hierdie kwessie te versterk.