The 2009/2010 ‘Child Gauge’ report released yesterday by the Children’s Institute identifies South Africa as one of just 12 countries in the world to have seen their infant morality rate increase since 1990 (when the figure was 56 deaths per 1000). The report relies on figures from UNICEF, going up to 2008 (67 deaths per [...]

The findings of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey, which noted that South Africa lost 61 000 jobs in the second quarter alone, highlights the fact that Cabinet must act now to implement a comprehensive wage subsidy policy to stem the jobs crisis in our country. This is a measure that the Democratic Alliance (DA), the [...]

We are pleased to announce that the Democratic Alliance Youth has completed its leadership elections at the DA Federal Congress, and has elected the following officebearers: Makashule Gana (27) is the DA Federal Youth Leader. A DA councillor in the City of Johannesburg, Gana joined the DA Youth in 2002, and worked as Limpopo DASO provincial [...]

The DA Youth is targeting areas in the Tshwane and Metsweding municipalities where overgrown grass, which is meant to be cut by municipalities, provides a shelter for criminals. If the municipalities won’t cut the grass, we will. We hope that by being proactive about this issue we will pressure the authorities into action. We will [...]