A climate of fear has been allowed to develop where parents are too scared to let their children attend school and of allowing them to play outside. |
a tremendous missed opportunity. |
And like a cancer, corruption and mismanagement are destroying delivery, spreading to every level of government. |
But an ordinary reading of his remarks on the occasion - as well as camera footage of the conference - clearly indicated he was making an accusation of sabotage. He is even shown clearly using the word 'sabotage'. |
Fortunately we were not hit, but there was a lot of volatility. People are understandably and justifiably angry. |
Greater emphasis should be paid to expanding employment and improving education, for these are the only factors that guarantee the success of black South Africans in the long run. |
He could do worse than to go to Delmas to see how his own government has failed its own people in its own backyard. |
I sincerely hope that people will vote on the issues, because if they do, the Democratic Alliance will do very well. |
I think the fact that the power outages have happened in such a dramatic and unpleasant fashion reinforces the fact that we need to pay more attention to the basics and not just the politics. |
I think voters are repulsed by the floor-crossers who took away their democratic mandate and this is an opportunity to make it right. |
If you vote ANC, you get failed delivery and corruption. Voting for a third party is the same as voting ANC. And if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve. |
It has failed to provide coverage of most DA events since the launch of our campaign in Durban on January 15. |
It is time to clear the air, punish the guilty and protect the whistleblowers. |
No more back-door tenders. No more closed-door meetings. We are going to open all portfolio committees, executive committees and council meetings to the media and the public. |
On our return to South Africa we will seek opportunities in Parliament to highlight the situation in Tibet and the doctrine espoused by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. |