The DA Youth notes the flagging by the Auditor General of irregular expenditure with respect to the World Festival of Youth and Students held by the NYDA in December 2010. NYDA CEO, Steven Ngubeni, an ANC YL deployee who earns the same as a national cabinet minister from the state agency, stated at the release [...]

Fellow Democrats, This month there are a number of SRC elections taking place at universities across South Africa. Although these are usually fairly quiet, internal affairs, they have been placed firmly in the public spotlight this year, largely due to the violence at the University of the Freestate resulting from the refusal by the university [...]

The DA Youth would like to congratulate the DA Students Organisation (DASO) branch at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) for their win of the university SRC with a full majority. The branch won 10 of the 18 seats that were contested and will be filling all of the key executive portfolio positions including, president, deputy [...]

In light of reports that the treasury has budgeted R187.5 million in the current financial year for salaries for the NYDA’s 363 staff members, amounting to an average of R517 000 per employee per anum, the DA Youth repeats our call to the President to disband the NYDA immediately and put its budget towards meaningful [...]