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South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA) has hit back at reports suggesting that Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube could lose her job amid growing tensions over the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act.
On Sunday, newspaper reports suggested that President Cyril Ramaphosa is under intense pressure from within his African National Congress (ANC) to fire Gwarube who – in accordance with her party position – is openly opposed to the implementation of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act.
In a statement, DA leader John Steenhuisen insisted that firing Gwarube or any other DA minister “for doing their jobs” would not be tolerated. He said:
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Doing so would signal an end to the Government of National Unity (GNU).
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Steenhuisen also addressed misinformation surrounding the consultation process, which has been ongoing since Ramaphosa signed the BELA Act into law nearly three months ago. He said:
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These consultations are ongoing through the clearing house mechanism within the GNU. During this time, the minister has met with members from Solidarity, and the Presidency, at NEDLAC (National Economic Development and Labour Council) after a dispute was lodged by the union.
This process is entirely separate from the consultation process, and conflating the two is misleading, and factually incorrect. This was a mandatory process, in terms of the law, to prevent strike action arising out of the dispute. The outcome of this engagement was a settlement, signed by the Minister of Basic Education, the Presidency, and the union.
The fact that the Presidency has now distanced itself from this legislated process, which they were party to, is as disgraceful, as it is confusing.
As leader of the DA, I would like to make this point loud and clear. We support the process followed by the minister, as she was fulfilling her legally obligated responsibilities, and respect the outcome of the negotiations at NEDLAC.
We have been clear since the outset. We are in government to bring about positive change, including inclusive economic growth, and jobs, and at all times we are guided by the rule of law and the Constitution of South Africa. Anything to the contrary will not be tolerated.
</blockquote>
Although the Act was passed by Parliament on October 26, 2023, and assented to in September, the implementation of sections 4 and 5 has been delayed for three months to facilitate multi-party discussions and the development of proposals aimed at resolving the ongoing disputes.
Clause 4 gives the Basic Education Department the authority to instruct schools to enrol more pupils if there is a surplus in some schools. This aims to address imbalances in school admissions.
This clause allows provincial departments to amend schools’ mother-tongue education policies only if the community around the school does not speak that language. This is intended to ensure that language policies are more inclusive and reflective of the local community.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) opposes Clauses 4 and 5 of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act for several reasons.
The DA believes these clauses give the state too much control over school admissions, potentially undermining the autonomy of School Governing Bodies (SGBs) and leading to a loss of local decision-making power.
Clause 5, which allows provincial departments to amend schools’ mother-tongue education policies, is seen by the DA as a threat to the preservation of mother-tongue education. They argue that this could lead to the marginalisation of certain languages and cultures.
The DA, along with other stakeholders like trade union Solidarity and NEDLAC, has called for these clauses to be excluded from the BELA Act to maintain peace and stability in schools.
More: <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

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The DA warned President Ramaphosa not to fire Minister Gwarube for opposing a law. The law is causing tension in education. The DA supports the minister's actions and negotiations. The law allows the government to control school admissions and language policies. The DA thinks this takes away power from schools. They want the controversial parts of the law removed to keep peace in schools. The President must follow the rule of law and the Constitution.

DA Warns Ramaphosa That Firing Siviwe Gwarube Would Break GNU

The Federal Council of the Democratic Alliance (DA) was set to meet on Monday at the party’s headquarters in Bruma, Johannesburg.
As reported by <a href="https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/da-federal-council-meets-on-monday-to-discuss-gnu/">SABC News</a>, the party’s top leadership will be discussing power-sharing arrangements with the African National Congress (ANC) and other parties.
The DA garnered nearly 22% of the national vote, won the majority in the Western Cape, and showed a presence in all other provinces in the 29 May 2024 National and Provincial elections.
DA’s National Spokesperson Solly Malatsi said that the party will also specifically look at the ANC proposal to form a government of national unity (GNU). Said Malatsi:
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The DA welcomes the fact that negotiations are now moving to a substantive negotiation phase. Our negotiation team based on the announcement made by the president last night have further meetings with other parties to listen to their views and reactions.
We also hope to get more details from the ANC about the finer details of what a government of national unity entails which will then be deliberated by our federal executive and subsequently, our federal council will then be deliberated on Monday.
</blockquote>
The proposal to have the ANC and the DA working together has drawn mixed reactions, with the South African Communist Party saying it would be going against its anti-capitalist agenda.
Meanwhile, the DA laid down stringent conditions under which parties would be included in the GNU.
The party said it would only agree to be part of ANC’s proposed governing structure if the uMkhonto weSizwe, Economic Freedom Fighters and Patriotic Alliance were excluded.
Speaking to <a href="https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/gnu-arrogant-da-could-find-itself-out-of-multiparty-government-says-mk-party-b27678be-6c95-4096-ab01-2e03a720a251">IOL</a>, senior MK leader Muzi Ntshingila said the DA will likely be out of the GNU. Said Ntshingila:
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The DA has already isolated itself by being arrogant in ignoring the will of the people and the majority who voted for MK in KwaZulu-Natal.
Progressive black forces are willing to put the country and the vision of the majority of our people first and will come together to do that.
</blockquote>
Ntshingila added the party’s stance on not accepting ANC leader Cyril Ramaphosa as part of any new formation still stands.
He, however, hinted at compromises being made to ensure their bigger prize in keeping the DA out of any government coalition is achieved.
More: <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

DA Federal Council Meets To Discuss GNU

South Africa’s official opposition, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has accused the ruling African National Congress (ANC) of violating the Electoral Code of Conduct after inviting Zimbabwe’s ZANU PF to help its campaign in the run-up to the 29 May elections.
The ANC has reportedly enlisted the help of Zimbabwe’s governing party in the final stretch of electioneering and also to participate as an observer mission during the elections.
In a statement, DA spokesperson, Solly Malatsi, said that the ANC’s move is a desperate attempt to hang on to power by any means necessary. Said Malatsi:
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In its desperate attempt to hang on to power by any means necessary, the ANC is co-opting the SADC region’s electoral outcasts – ZANU-PF, to come and assist them contaminate South Africa’s electoral processes in the lead up to the general elections on 29 May.
The ANC’s invitation to ZANU-PF asking them to come and be part of their election campaign programme amounts to political interference with our elections. This compromises the Electoral Code of Conduct that all political parties swore to uphold.
ZANU-PF does not deserve to even act as an observer in the May elections because this is the same political party that has repeatedly violated Zimbabwe’s electoral laws to stay in power.
They have burnt Zimbabwe to ashes and should not be brought anywhere near what is the most consequential election in South Africa since the dawn of democracy.
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Malatsi said the DA will lodge an official complaint with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) over what the party believes is a direct political interference in the election. He said:
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The DA will be lodging an official complaint with the IEC over this direct political interference in the election and the potential harm that it could bring to the credibility of the outcome. We simply can’t allow a foreign political party to actively pursue a partisan political agenda on behalf of the ANC.
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Malatsi further stated that the ANC’s invitation of ZANU PF to observe South African elections shows that the two parties are political bedfellows allergic to democratic values. He said:
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Following Zimbabwe’s disputed elections in August 2023, which saw ZANU-PF’s Emmerson Mnangagwa controversially “re-elected” for a second term, the SADC Election Observer Mission (SADC-EOM) noted that the elections “fell short of the requirements of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, the Electoral Act, and the SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections (2021).”
Similarly, other observer missions – from the African Union, Commonwealth and the European Union, raised concern that the conduct of the election process impacted the credibility, transparency and inclusivity of the process.
The ANC’s Cyril Ramaphosa ignored these scathing findings and endorsed the ‘re-election’ of Mnangagwa. It’s now clear why he rushed to endorse this sham election – the ANC had already made up its mind that they were going to coopt ZANU-PF in their nefarious plan to interfere in South Africa’s electoral process.
It explains why the ANC expresses righteous indignation at the DA’s appeal to the international community to send observers to come and observe our elections in May.
They knew that this would expose their plan to bring compromised actors like ZANU-PF to bolster their waning electoral fortunes through political interference.
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Malatsi said the DA will do everything in its power to ensure that ZANU PF is barred from interfering in South Africa’s elections and is stopped from playing any role in observing the electoral process on 29 May.
He further asserted that ZANU PF rigged Zimbabwe’s elections many times over and will not be allowed to do the same in South Africa.
More: <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

DA Won't Allow ZANU PF To Export Vote Rigging To South Africa - Malatsi

A senior member of South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, has threatened to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if comes to South Africa.
Western Cape Premier, Alan Winde, said he will arrest Putin if he “sets foot in the Western Cape” and is prepared to face whatever consequences for his stance.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Winde said if Putin does come to South Africa for the BRICS summit in August, the Western Cape will set its law enforcement officers on him. He said:
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If the Russian leader sets foot in the Western Cape, we, as the provincial government, will have him arrested by our own Western Cape Government-funded Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (LEAP) officers. If the South African Police Service is not instructed to act, we will.
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Winde said the Western Cape will arrest Putin in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and millions of Ukrainians have fled the country and are now refugees in several European countries.
Tens of thousands of students who were attending universities in Ukraine were also forced to flee amid the chaos and blaring air raids warning sirens.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) last month issued an arrest warrant against Putin for alleged war crimes committed in Ukraine.
Kremlin is accused of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children and separating them from their families.
The warrant against Putin in March means Pretoria, due to host the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) bloc summit this year, would have to detain him on arrival.
The South African government has not said whether it will arrest Putin if he comes to the August summit.
In an interview with Newzroom Afrika on Thursday, Winde criticised the Government of President Cyril Ramaphosa for not stating what will happen to Putin if he comes to South Africa. He said:
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I am very happy to make it quite clear in this province, that if Vladimir Putin comes into this province later in the year, I will do whatever is necessary, and we will follow through and make sure that he is arrested and faces his day in court with the ICC.
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OHCHR has estimated the number of deaths of civilians, or non-armed individuals, in Ukraine at over 8 500 thousand since the start of the war on 24 February 2022.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a judicial body whose mandate is to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
The ICC only has jurisdiction over these crimes when they are committed by individuals who are nationals of or whose crimes occurred on the territory of a state party to the Rome Statute, or if the United Nations Security Council refers a case to the ICC.
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

Western Cape Premier Threatens To Arrest Vladimir Putin

The Democratic Alliance, an opposition party in South Africa has urged that country’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa and the leaders in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region to rebuke Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa for human rights violations.
We present DA’s statement in full below.
<blockquote>The Democratic Alliance (DA) calls for President Cyril Ramaphosa and Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders to prevent, on a major scale, the erosion of human rights in Zimbabwe and any further decline in reputation and investment risk to the entire region.
The DA has deep concerns over recent alleged human rights violations in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed the test for tolerance for the opposition and respect for the rule of law.
The propagated rumours of destructive forces within our neighbouring country taking bribes, and the subsequent announcement of the curfew and restriction on movement came as little surprise. When armed forces flexed muscle around Bulawayo and Harare it was clear that not only were the cities going to be eerily quiet, but the voices of the opposition were going to be oppressed.
The silence from President Ramaphosa, in his capacity as President of both South Africa and the African Union (AU), on this matter is of great concern as he has a duty to send a clear and stern warning to the Zimbabwean government to exercise restraint and to remind it the international community is watching.
President Ramaphosa has lost a great opportunity to show true statesmanship. It is therefore important internally, regionally and internationally that he makes an urgent, public statement condemning the human rights abuses and oppression of peaceful protest.
Zimbabwe has seen its fair share of trouble. It just about managed to survive the Mugabe-era of transitional justice that led to the collapse of the economy, harmed food security and put the quality of life of the average Zimbabwean into steep decline. The country might not survive President Mnangagwa using the cover of the Covid-19 pandemic as an opportunity to increase his power without fear of being called out by any of his peers.
Zimbabwe, and the whole SADC region, cannot afford for President Ramaphosa to sit on the sidelines as he is prone to do in South Africa with the likes of Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. As AU chair he has an obligation to ensure stability in the entire region and cannot turn a blind eye when people are suffering gross injustices.
The DA urges Presidents Ramaphosa and Mnangagwa to engage with SADC partners, and that:
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<li>All leaders of the SADC region must condemn all forms of human rights abuses;</li>
<li>SADC should call for a cessation of all human rights abuses on individuals and political parties as well as the unfair restriction of their rights. This should be monitored by a SADC task team;</li>
<li>SADC leaders should assist the Zimbabwean government to negotiate a mediation agreement until the next elections; and</li>
<li>South Africa should institute measurables and sanctions against Zimbabwe unless certain terms are reached and abided by.</li>
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The DA on its part will partner with all parties in the various SADC countries that have democracy, human rights and prosperity in their manifesto to be more productive and active in the region.
As AU Chair and president of a SADC country, President Ramaphosa cannot turn a blind eye to the atrocities plaguing our neighbouring citizens once again. This situation requires urgent intervention, as is the President’s mandate. The longer the President remains a spectator, the worse the situation will be, and those atrocities will be added to his tally.</blockquote>

SA's Opposition DA Calls For Ramaphosa, SADC To Reprimand Mnangagwa Over Human Rights Violations

The Democratic Alliance has blasted the Cyril Ramaphosa led government for erecting a 40km border fence in Beitbridge to stop Zimbabweans from crossing into South Africa illegally and said the taxpayers’ funds were misplaced as they could have been put to better use than erecting a washing line, The Standard reports.
Democratic Alliance’s Samantha Graham-Maré said:
<blockquote>South African taxpayers have forked out a whopping R37 million for what is effectively a ‘washing line’ to keep Covid-19 from reaching South Africa from Zimbabwe.
Almost R1 million per kilometre was spent on a 1.8-metre-high wire fence meant to halt illegal border crossings into South Africa along the Beitbridge border post. It would have ensured that kilometres of fencing stolen for animal kraals around the Beitbridge border area would have been replaced and restored.
Regrettably, within days, pictures emerged of gaping holes in the new fence. Reports of stolen fence posts followed. What sort of border fence did we procure that required its own security?
What quality of material was used that it can barely withstand a wire-cutter, and who drafted the specifications for this fence? A game fence on an ordinary game farm stands between 1.8 metres and 2.4 metres high
If the purpose of the fence was merely a temporary cessation of the influx of illegal immigrants to protect our populace against Covid-19, then perhaps the fence built would have been sufficient.
But it was not. It has been hailed as the new border fence between South Africa and Zimbabwe.  Sadly, minister de Lille’s fence is a R37 million band-aid on a bullet wound. If we are going to protect our borders, we need a ‘snake of fire’, not a washing line costing almost R1 million per kilometre.</blockquote>
In March, South Africa announced it would erect a 40KM fence to try and stop Zimbabweans from illegally crossing into South Africa and possibly spread the deadly coronavirus.
More: <a href="https://www.thestandard.co.zw/2020/04/26/border-fence-row-escalates/">The Standard </a>

DA Blasts The South African Govt For Using Taxpayer's Money To Erect A 40 Km " Washing Line" In Beitbridge

Former Mayor of Johannesburg Herman Mashaba says he joined the public service mainly to save South Africa from experiencing what happened to Zimbabwe under <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_African_National_Union_-_Patriotic_Front" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ZANU PF</a> and the late former President <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Robert_Mugabe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robert Mugabe</a> who destroyed “the hope of Africa”.
Mashaba was responding to a Zimbabwean man, one Leslie Nyakura, on Twitter who had bemoaned the fact that Zimbabweans are scattered all over the world and unwanted everywhere they go.
Nyakura had urged Mashaba to protect South Africa from greedy looters. <a href="https://twitter.com/HermanMashaba/status/1200465325025832963" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">In response Mashaba wrote</a>:
<blockquote>The evil tragedy of Zimbabwe contributed to a large extent to my entry to public service. Zimbabwe used to be real hope for Africa. Mugabe and ZANU just destroyed it overnight.</blockquote>
Mashaba was mayor of Johannesburg for three years and resigned from his post and quit his party a few weeks ago over how it handles race.
He was the first non-ANC (African National Congress) mayor of South Africa’s biggest city since the end of white minority rule in 1994.

How ZANU PF & Mugabe 'Destroyed' Zimbabwe Pushed Ex-Jo'burg Mayor Into Politics

MDC leader <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nelson_Chamisa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nelson Chamisa</a> said local authorities controlled by his party are failing service delivery due to the harsh economic environment prevailing in the country and the central government’s interference.
Addressing party supporters who had gathered at <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Rufaro%20Stadium" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rufaro Stadium</a> on Saturday for the party’s 20th Anniversary celebrations, Chamisa rejected comparisons drawn between the MDC and South Africa’s largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA). He said:
<blockquote>Our commitment is to make sure that we make a difference in the local authorities but here is the dilemma, you cannot do miracles in an environment where you are not able to have a stable macroeconomic environment.
They compare us with DA but DA has a conducive environment for them to perform and in our situation, the economy is not performing. All procurement is done by the central government. The issue of tenders is also done by the central government.</blockquote>
The DA controls most of South Africa’s major urban local authorities, among them, Cape Town, Pretoria and Johannesburg.
Meanwhile, most urban councils in Zimbabwe are controlled by the MDC. However, urban service delivery has been deplorable over the past several years with <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Harare_City_Council" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Harare City Council</a> failing to provide water for over 2 million inhabitants.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/chamisa-exonerates-bungling-mdc-run-councils/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

Chamisa Rejects MDC, DA Comparisons

The Democratic Alliance (DA) of South Africa has said that former president of Zimbabwe will be remembered for his conflicting legacy characterised by liberating and oppressing the same nation. Solly Malatsi, DA National Spokesperson said:
<blockquote>The Democratic Alliance (DA) has noted reports confirming the passing of former Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe. He will be remembered for his conflicting legacy as a liberator towards independence and an oppressor of the democratic values he once fought for.
President Mugabe oversaw the rise of Zimbabwe as an independent and prosperous Republic but he also oversaw the decline of Zimbabwe into a tyrannical dictatorship which violently repressed opposition and brutalized civilians.
Zimbabwe and her people have suffered a great deal because of this decline.
The repressive regime that President Mugabe left behind is now being put to good use by his erstwhile proteges to continue denying Zimbabweans their fundamental human rights.
It is the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) hope that Zimbabwe will one day shine again as the Jewel of this continent and that her people will finally be governed by fair democratic principles, which enshrine the protection of human rights, including the right to freedom of speech and expression, without fear of coercive violence at the hands of those in power.
We convey our condolences to President Robert Mugabe’s family and loved ones.
May there one day be Unity, Freedom and Work for the people of Zimbabwe.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://bulawayo24.com/opinion/columnist/170008">Bulawayo24</a>

"MUGABE Will Be Remembered For His Conflicting Legacy", As DA Mourn Ex-Zimbabwe President

South African political analysts have warned Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane not to undermine Zimbabwe’s sovereignty by interfering in the affairs of the country. In an interview with IOL News, Levy Ndou said:
<blockquote>The move by the DA is part of the political game. What they need to note seriously are the parameters of diplomacy and foreign policy. The responsibility of foreign policy lies with the presidency and Dirco.
Another point will be that Zimbabwe is a sovereign state, and because of that, you don’t just intervene. When you do so, you are undermining the existence of that state.
The situation in Zimbabwe, bad as it is, has a serious negative effect on South Africa.
These are the same Zimbabweans who will run, cross over to South Africa legally or illegally.
It will require South Africa, whether it is through SADC or the AU, to do something.</blockquote>
Maimane has castigated the government of Zimbabwe for unleashing the armry on protestors resulting in the death of at least twelve civilians. There are reports of women being raped as armed soldiers move form house to house at night looking for alleged protestors.
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Mmusi Maimane Warned Against Undermining Zimbabwe's Sovereingty

South African opposition party, the Democratic Alliance’s leader Mmusi Maimane has hit back at President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The Minister for Information and Publicity Monica Mutsvangwa denounced what he called “questionable supremacist politics’ of the DA. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Maimane said:
<blockquote>The Democratic Alliance (DA) notes a letter by the Zimbabwean government addressed to DA Leader, Mmusi Maimane, expressing its disappointment that the Party and the Southern African Partnership for Democratic Change (SAPDC), has taken such an “aggressive stance” towards the Zimbabwean government’s violence against citizens and protestors.
The Mnangagwa-administration expressed disapproval in our escalation of matters to the International Criminal Court and United Nations Human Rights Council.
The DA wishes to reaffirm once more that the unlawful actions of the Zimbabwean government against citizens merit immediate and strong action, not the quiet diplomacy President Ramaphosa has adopted.
The ANC’s silence on this matter does nothing but prolong the pain of Zimbabwean citizens and we cannot accept such poor regard for human rights.
The DA will continue to act on behalf of the people of Zimbabwe, in efforts to end their anguish. We will remain committed to ensuring peace and justice prevail in our neighbouring country. We will not be intimidated by ZANU-PF’s “disappointment.”</blockquote>
Maimane is expected to visit Zimbabwe in the near future where he will meet opposition leaders, Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti of the MDC Alliance.
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SA Opposition Leader Mmusi Maimane 'Not Intimidated' By ZANU PF's Disappointment

In an interview with The Herald after paying a courtesy call on Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday in Harare, South Africa’s ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Mphakama Mbete urged Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane to stay out of Zimbabwe’s politics.
He also expressed surprise that Maimane wants to  approach the UN, International Criminal Court (ICC) and parliament over the political and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe. Mbete said:
<blockquote>We do not agree with what Honourable Maimane has been saying. We are very focused and we are clear about where we want to take the relationship between South Africa and Zimbabwe. He does not have the authority to interfere with the politics in other country. We are clear about that, as the ruling party, they do not have. We are actually surprised with such articulations.</blockquote>
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Stay Out Of Zimbabwe’s Politics: South Africa's Ambassador To Zimbabwe Urges DA Leader Mmusi Maimane

The leader of South Africa’s main opposition leader Mmusi Maimane of the Democratic Alliance is set to visit Zimbabwe this week. Maimane is expected to see MDC president Nelson Chamisa and vice national chairperson Tendai Biti.
Maimane is seeking to gather support for a regional intervention in Zimbabwe. While addressing the media on Monday. Said Maimane:
<blockquote>I will pay a working visit to Zimbabwe this week. I will meet with the current opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, and former Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, Tendai Biti, among others.
The purpose of this visit is to seek practical solutions to the ongoing crisis and garner support across the region for much-needed intervention in Zimbabwe.
Widespread civilian suppression, military-led violence, and bloodshed have ensued, as (President) Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zanu-PF government has implemented what can only be described as a dictator-like military clampdown on citizens, which has to date claimed the lives of at least 12 people.
Zimbabweans are fleeing their country, as we are told by border officials that over 130,000 people crossed the Zimbabwean/SA border in a single day in mid-January. The situation is dire.
There has been no advocacy for the citizens, no justice for the deceased, and no protection of civil liberties for those who are currently detained.</blockquote>
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SA Opposition Leader, Mmusi Maimane To Visit Chamisa This Week

South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA) says it will approach the UN, International Criminal Court (ICC) and parliament over the political and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe. While addressing the media in South Africa on Monday, the youthful DA leader Mmusi Maimane said:
<blockquote>Today, [Zimbabwe] finds itself on the verge of a humanitarian crisis.
Widespread civilian suppression, military-led violence, and bloodshed have ensued, as Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zanu-PF government has implemented what can only be described as a dictator-like military clampdown on citizens, which has to date claimed the lives of at least 12 people.
Firstly, in my capacity as chairperson of the Southern African Partnership for Democratic Change (SAPDC), I will pay a working visit to Zimbabwe this week.
I will meet with the current opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, and former MDC leader, Tendai Biti, among others. The purpose of this visit is to seek practical solutions to the ongoing crisis and garner support across the region for much-needed intervention in Zimbabwe.
Last week, the DA approached President Ramaphosa. For President Ramaphosa and his ANC, maintaining the brotherhood of ‘big man politics’ across the continent is more important than the dignity, livelihood and human rights of fellow human beings.
From Zimbabwe to Zambia, to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) — the ANC has chosen oppressors over the oppressed. This is because Ramaphosa and Mnangagwa are cut from the same cloth.</blockquote>
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SA Opposition Leader, Mmusi Maimane Says DA To Approach UN, ICC Over Zimbabwean Crisis

South Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance said that it will announce on Monday the next steps it will take in order to resolve Zimbabwe’s current crisis. A statement issued by the DA president Mmusi Maimane read in part:
<blockquote>Despite concerted pressure from the DA, President Ramaphosa and his government have failed to show leadership and intervene in what has now become a humanitarian crisis. It is vital that stability is restored in Zimbabwe and in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.
To date, Ramaphosa has simply called for the end to sanctions against Zimbabwe. The president is mistaken to focus solely on the economic situation in Zimbabwe whilst turning a blind eye to the dictator-like military clampdown on citizens which has to date claimed the lives of at least 12 people.</blockquote>
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South Africa's Main Opposition Party, DA To Reveal Next Step To Resolve Zim Crisis

South Africa’s Sunday Times reports Democratic Alliance (DA) president Mmusi Maimane has offered its support to the MDC Alliance ahead of next week‘s harmonised elections.
Maimane said while he is still to meet MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa, he has spoken to several of his lieutenants and offered his support. Said Maimane:
<blockquote>We certainly stand with the opposition and hope that the election will produce a credible outcome. These are the conversations I also used to have with Tsvangirai, to say, ‘How can we help the people of Zimbabwe and have the economy working again. An unstable Zimbabwe is unstable for Sadc and also for South Africa.”</blockquote>
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South Africa's Democratic Alliance Supports Chamisa

The South African opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on its government to tighten South Africa’s borders to prevent unskilled people from coming into the country. DA Shadow Minister of Home Affairs, Haniff Hoosen, bemoaned the fact that while unskilled immigrants could easily enter the country, skilled people such as doctors were finding it extremely hard to get the necessary paperwork.  Said Hoosen,
<blockquote>We have a border with no fence that anyone can just walk across. An unknown number of mostly unskilled and undocumented immigrants are entering the country and are employed in labour-intensive industries across the country.
The employment of illegal and undocumented immigrants has a direct impact on our job creation abilities as a country and this is an area of focus that must be addressed. Far too many companies employ undocumented immigrants and simply pay a fine when they get caught. This is a clearly an insufficient response to a massive challenge.
…We MUST secure our borders and fix our fence, making it almost impossible for people to enter the country illegally
We MUST make it as easy as possible for those who wish to enter legally, with an emphasis on skilled workers.
We MUST also take stronger sanctions for people who employ immigrants illegally.
Madam Speaker, we call upon Minister Gigaba approach his job as a public servant of the people with the seriousness it deserves, rather than the apathy and contempt he has displayed in the recent past. The health and well-being of millions of South Africans depends on it.</blockquote>

South Africa's DA Calls For More Secure Border Fence To Prevent Illegal Entry, Stronger Sanctions For South Africans Who Employ Illegal Immigrants

South African opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA_ has said that the resignation of Robert Mugabe as President of Zimbabwe is a step towards a new Zimbabwe but more work needs to be done.
The DA also said that what is left is for free and fair elections to remove ZANU-PF and bring a new beginning to Zimbabwe and stated that “As Africans, we must liberate ourselves from the liberators”. The DA notes that Mugabe’s resignation is not the silver bullet that will fix the country.
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Robert Mugabe’s resignation the first step towards a new beginning for Zimbabwe
The Democratic Alliance (DA) notes the decision by Robert Mugabe to resign as President of Zimbabwe after 37 years in power. This is a victory for the people of Zimbabwe who have suffered greatly under the latter years of Mugabe’s reign.
The story of Robert Mugabe is not a unique one, and is all too familiar on our continent. A once liberator of his people, Mugabe brought division, instability, and economic ruin to Zimbabwe as he made the unfortunate transition from liberator to dictator.
While Mugabe’s resignation is the first step towards a new beginning for Zimbabwe, it is not the silver bullet that will fix the country. Mugabe may be gone, but the ruling ZANU-PF remains.
As is the case with liberation movements across the continent, ZANU-PF has become nothing more than a patronage network engulfed in fighting over access to power and state resources for those who are politically connected. Moreover, it is clear from the tense situation over the past few days that this was not a voluntary relinquishing of power by Mugabe, but a forced one.
ZANU-PF is complicit in each and every ill committed by the Mugabe regime, and as such cannot be trusted to bring a new beginning to Zimbabwe. History has taught us that failed liberation movements cannot and will not self-correct. The solution has to come from outside these movements
Therefore we maintain that a fresh mandate is required from the electorate, and the people of Zimbabwe must be given the opportunity to go to the polls and elect a new President. The only way forward for Zimbabwe is for fresh elections to be held immediately.
As Chairperson of the Southern African Partnership for Democratic Change (SAPDC), I have engaged with the opposition in Zimbabwe on a number of occasions, and it is clear that the only way forward is for free and fair elections to be held as soon as possible.
We call on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to take the lead in ensuring an interim government is put in place, and that elections are held as soon as possible.
Today the will of the Zimbabwean people has prevailed as Robert Mugabe is no longer President of their country. It is now time for the Zimbabwean people to decide who ought to replace him as President, and for an election to be held at once.</blockquote>

"Mugabe may be gone, but the ruling ZANU-PF remains": DA reacts to Mugabe's resignation

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have condemned the Democratic Alliance (DA)’s rejection of political asylum for President Robert Mugabe. DA told President Jacob Zuma’s African National Congress (ANC) that President Mugabe is not welcome in South Africa. The DA stressed that Mugabe should not be granted political asylum after reports that Mugabe had agreed in principle to step down. According to an article in NewsDay, Mugabe is expected to go into exile in South Africa after he was ousted by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces on Wednesday.
However, EFF said that ANC should grant Mugabe asylum as this  will advance peace in Zimbabwe and provide even better conditions for Zimbabweans to move faster into a better future under a democratic civilian rule.
EFF CONDEMNS THE DA’S REJECTION OF POLITICAL ASYLUM FOR PRESIDENT MUGABE Friday, November 17, 2017 I Mbuyiseni Quintin Ndlozi
The EFF condemns the DA’s rejection of the granting of political asylum to President Mugabe with the disgust and contempt it deserves. The DA basis its rejection of political asylum on the legal argument that President Mugabe does not qualify for political asylum under our immigration laws since he is suspected of human rights violations. This is despite the fact that no court of law in the world has ever found President Mugabe guilty of human rights violation, neither are there any credible courts in the world that have put such allegations against him. 
President Mugabe remains one of us despite his many mistakes as President of Zimbabwe. As a matter of fact, he does not need any passport to come and live in South Africa and we shall never confine our relationship with him as an African leader to colonially imposed borders. 
The DA’s rejection of political asylum to Mugabe is hypocritical because as a party they themselves house many apartheid politicians and bureaucrats who facilitated and sustained the worst forms of crimes against humanity. These characters have never been held responsible within our law in relation to their role under apartheid because our people chose peace and reconciliation over vengeance.
The DA’s anti-pan-Africanist position is in essence driven by vengeance for white Rhodesians whose farms were taken following the failure of the British government to implement the Lancaster Agreement. In the name of the properties of these whites, DA wants South Africa to reject Mugabe as a form of punishment.
Many DA adults are beneficiaries of inhuman forced removals of black people that occurred under apartheid and colonial times. Their families continue to live in neighbourhoods in South Africa that are a result of these forced removals. This includes over 80% of DA voters who are white people living in a land attained through a crime against humanity; colonisation and apartheid, yet nobody to this day has demanded vengeance against them, including denial of basic rights.
The DA’s racism has no shame because they openly associate and embrace other world leaders who preside over crimes against humanity like Benjamine Netanyahu of Israel. They never rush to courts to stop state visits of USA presidents to our country despite their records of human rights violations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. This is because, for the DA, only black African leaders must be punished.
We call on the ANC to be decisive for once in their lives and grant President Mugabe political asylum. This will advance peace in Zimbabwe and provide even better conditions for Zimbabweans to move faster into a better future under a democratic civilian rule.
President Mugabe’s moral record, with all its weaknesses, is still superior to moral records of many in the ranks of the DA who actively participated, benefited and continue to benefit from apartheid crimes against black people. The DA houses many fascists and proto-fascists in its parliament caucus who never paid for their apartheid crimes. These include Rika Kruger, Johannes Blanch (Blanche), Leslie Labuschagne, Tertius Delpolt, Sam Pienaar to mention a few. They are therefore the last political party to moralise over President Mugabe’s legacy since their own legacies are more questionable.
Peace in Africa, amongst Africans, must always be the priority of those who love our continent. It is in the interest of peace and stability that we believe President Mugabe must come to his home, South Africa and retire peacefully, whilst giving other generations of leaders in Zimbabwe a chance to advance his anti-imperialist legacy for themselves and the rest of the continent.
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MBUYISENI QUINTIN NDLOZI 
(National Spokesperson) 
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"Mugabe doesn't need any passport to come and live in South Africa": EFF condemns DA's rejection of political asylum for Mugabe

The South African opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has told President Jacob Zuma’s African National Congress (ANC) that President Robert Mugabe is not welcome in South Africa. The DA stressed that Mugabe should not be granted political asylum after reports that Mugabe had agreed in principle to step down. According to an article in NewsDay, Mugabe is expected to go into exile in South Africa after he was ousted by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces on Wednesday.
Writing on their Twitter account, the DA said:
<blockquote>We firmly reject the prospect of the South African government granting Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, access to the country on so-called “political asylum”.</blockquote>
The party added that Mugabe does not qualify to be granted refugee status as it is against the law and posted the following.
 
<blockquote>Handing Robert Mugabe asylum will be against the law
The Democratic Alliance (DA) firmly rejects the prospect of the South African government granting Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, access into the country on so-called “political asylum”. We are of the view that this would be a violation of South Africa law, and as such President, Jacob Zuma must make a public statement rejecting such an outcome.
We are of the view that allowing Robert Mugabe into South Africa on political asylum, or “refugee status” would be in contravention of the Refugees Act (130 of 1998) – the empowering legislation.
Asylum is applied for in terms of Section 21 of the Act, and is defined as “refugee status”. Section 4 of the Act which deals with “exclusion from refugee status”, states as follows:
“(1) A person does not qualify for refugee status for the purposes of this Act if there is reason to believe that he or she –
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<li>has committed a crime against peace, a war crime or a crime against humanity, as defined in any international legal instrument dealing with any such crimes; or 
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<li>has committed a crime which is not of a political nature and which, if committed in the Republic, would be punishable by imprisonment; or</li>
<li>has been guilty of acts contrary to the objects and principles of the United Nations Organisations, or Organisation of African Unity; or</li>
<li>enjoys the protection of any other country in which he or she has taken residence. (Emphasis Added)</li>
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Robert Mugabe has, like many other leaders on the continent, turned from liberator to dictator, with human rights abuses and crimes against peace being committed under his watch. As such, he ought to be denied refugee status as per the law. As long as Mugabe would not face torture or death penalty in Zimbabwe, the South African government must exclude him from asylum.
It cannot be that under Jacob Zuma’s ANC, our nation’s borders are opened up to human rights violators like Robert Mugabe. This opposes the very spirit of our Constitution and is an assault on the dignity of the millions of fellow Africans who have suffered under the reign of Robert Mugabe. South Africa’s role must be to stabilize the transitional government, ensure prosecution of those who have broken the law, and ensure that free and fair elections take place.
We maintain that the only way forward for Zimbabwe is for fresh elections to be held immediately, and for Robert Mugabe to step down as President of Zimbabwe.</blockquote>

Mugabe Not Welcome Here, Don't Grant Him Political Asylum: South Africa's Democratic Alliance

South African opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) has said that it is seeking to join forces with other parties across the continent to fight for democracy and rule of law. The DA has accused the African Union (AU) and Southern African Development Community (Sadc) of turning a blind eye to regimes which trample on the rule of law and democratic principles.
Leader of the DA, Mmusi Maimane, in a statement said:
<blockquote>In this light, I will be making contact with African leaders, including Morgan Tsvangirai and Tendai Biti, in order to establish a plan of action on the way forward in entrenching democratic values and the rule of law in Africa. We must not cease in our efforts to liberate Africa from the stranglehold of “big man” politics.
Indeed, opposition parties have a role in realising this through cooperation</blockquote>
MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora said:
<blockquote>We identify with all those that are fighting for democracy, however, we have not had any formal discussion with the DA. While we agree with Maimane on the need to democratize our continent, we wish to state it clearly we have not had any formal discussion with them but we agree with his sentiments that right thinking political parties must fight the entrenchment of democracy within the continent. Africa is in need of a second liberation,</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2017/05/29/mdc-t-pdp-join-hands-sas-da/">NewsDay</a>

MDC-T and PDP to join with SA's Democratic Alliance to fight for democracy and rule of law

<blockquote>PRESS STATEMENT 
An elementary knowledge of the genesis and growth of apartheid in South Africa, and the subsequent trans-border expansion and entrenchment of white settler colonial interests in the rest of Southern Africa towards the close of the 19′ Century, will help our region understand and situate an emerging, trans-border opposition narrative vainly agitating for “a post-liberation era” in Southern Africa. Largely white sponsored and driven, this brand of politics founds and fronts black opposition figures in the region, preferably those with previous association with liberation movements, with trade union credentials or from religious movements, to fawn native legitimacy and to inveigle voters who must be persuaded to view them as well-intentioned and home-grown, or better still, as a natural and necessary development from politics and struggles of national independence waged in our region. In reality they are not, tracing their origins as they do from entrenched but challenged white interests that seek to perpetuate their control and dominance of key assets of national economies, principally land, minerals, industry and finance. This political development whose endgame scenarios are the founding of black-led, neo-colonial client states, constitutes a threat to liberation movements and their governments in the region, and amount to a direct challenge to the bid to transform regional national economies towards a new era of black economic empowerment and social justice. It thus comes as no surprise to the Government of Zimbabwe that President Robert Gabriel Mugabe, himself a leading proponent of region-wide black economic empowerment, should be the natural target for the white-driven Democratic Alliance, DA, and the white-adopted Economic Freedom Fighters, EFF, both of South Africa, and jointly agitating for “a post-liberation era” in Southern Africa. As a rule, neo-colonialism requires black political fronts who are relied upon to implement foreign/alien indigenous majority. Examples abound in our region and on the continent. Thus, it was necessary for the original Leons and the Zilles of the white DA to morph into a black Maimane, the same way that a seemingly radical Malema needed to be tempered by a growing white membership in the EFF into the political retrograde whose spectacle we continue to watch in the South African Parliament. Looking at the whole political situation from this side of the Limpopo, the Government of Zimbabwe is not at all surprised by the now open political collaboration, amity and alliance between the two quislings and the parties they purport to lead. If anything, this white-chaperoned alliance consummated in local government elections held recently in South Africa should be understood as a new subterfuge of a dying settlerism and apartheid, indeed as an early warning to all progressive political forces of our region that the struggle for economic emancipation is far from easy or over. The DA/EFF alliance is neither democratic not about economic freedom. Rather, it is an act of political beguilement calculated to protect a white-led economic status quo targeting those threatening it. For how else does a young, landless and economically marginalized black politician abhor the empowerment programme championed by leaders of liberation movements and governments of the region, while wishing for a neo-colonial “post-liberation era” in which he remains an economic minor? 
Thankfully, the consciousness wrought by politics of national liberation remains formidably strong and unstoppable in the region, making counterrevolutionaries like out of place ins Malema and Maimane both irrelevant and attempts pite of fluke gains they by the same f may enjoy now and then. Even forces to infiltrate and destabilize liberation movements in our region through the so-calle succession fail, more so in respect of as solid a Partyd as Zanu-PF wquestion here such attempts have been made through the likes of Julius Malema, and through roundly rejected factional politics. To the contrary, all governments run by former liberation movements in Southern Africa are democratically elected by citizens of their respective countries. They do not derive their legitimacy from the say-so of serial electoral losers in the opposition, much less from the unsettled, historically-derived white interests which vainly think they can push the clock back. Today a liberated, post-apartheid and democratic Southern Africa is an irreversible fact, and no amount of reading tired and retrogressive scripts from the Tony Leons of this world, or from re-made New National Parties, will challenge the new economic normal in Zimbabwe, or defeat the push towards the eventual goal of an economically liberated Southern Africa. 
Dr. Christopher C. Mushohwe 
Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services, Zimbabwe 
22/02/17</blockquote>

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