Helen Zille

PE losing crime battle - Zille

IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday

The people of Port Elizabeth are fighting "a losing battle" against criminals as the city's ANC councillors wage war on each other, says Western Cape Premier Helen Zille.

News flashes - November 30, 2009

The Star (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009

DA leader Helen Zille yesterday criticised Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Sicelo Shiceka for neglecting municipalities that were in dire straits.

Zille takes aim at Shiceka

IOL (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009

DA leader Helen Zille has accused the minister of co-operative governance and traditional affairs, Sicelo Shiceka, of neglecting municipalities that in dire straits.

• Zille takes aim at Shiceka - Mail & Guardian

'Zuma is allergic to courts'

IOL (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009

President Jacob Zuma will grant his erstwhile friend, Schabir Shaik, a presidential pardon and maybe even "give him back R39.2 million of his ill-gotten gains", Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said.

Opposition parties oppose Semelani’s appointment

Bush Radio 89.5 fm Newsroom (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009

By Nomaba Nobumba 28 November 2009 Opposition parties are rallying to stop Menzi Simelane from taking office as National Director for Public Prosecutions. Three separate bids have been launched and could end up derailing Simelane’s bid to become the country’s next NPA boss. The General Bar Council and the Public Protector have both been approached to considering complaints made against...

Efforts to block new chief prosecutor’s appointment

Bush Radio 89.5 fm Newsroom (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009

By Khanyisa Tabata 27 November 2009 A senior counsel of the Pretoria Bar, Patrick Ellis, is taking action to have the new national chief prosecutor Menzi Simelane struck off the roll of advocates before he takes up the position on Monday. On Wednesday, President Jacob Zuma named the justice department's former director-general as the country's prosecutions head. It is believed Ellis is arguing that...

Sadtu slams plan for education in Cape

IOL (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

Premier Helen Zille has announced a new strategic plan for education in the Western Cape which will see teachers, principals and schools accountable for failure to achieve set targets.

ANC expresses sadness over death of DA MP

Bush Radio 89.5 fm Newsroom (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

By Ofentse Mokae 24 November 2009 The office of the ANC chief whip has expressed its sadness over the death of Democratic Alliance Member of Parliament, Cobus Schmidt. Schmidt died in a car accident last night. Mathole Motshekga says Schmidt was one of the hardest working MPs who always contributed excellent arguments that enhanced the quality of Parliament’s oversight role. The ANC has sent...

DA MP killed in accident

IOL (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

DA leader Helen Zille has expressed her and the party's shock at the sudden passing of Cobus Schmidt.

H Zille and D Grant to release strategic plan for education, 24 Nov

New Government Speeches (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

Western Cape Government releases its strategic plan for education 23 November 2009 Tomorrow, 24 November 2009, Premier Helen Zille, the MEC for Education Donald Grant, and the Western Cape Education Department's (WCED) Head of Department Penny Vinjevold, will be releasing the provincial government's strategic plan for education. The release of the education plan is just one part of the Western Cape...

Zille visits Atlantis

IOL (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

A march against crime and gangsterism in Atlantis led by DA leader Helen Zille, doubled as a rally for the party before the by-elections in the ward.

The roof-wetting of Cape Town’s 2010 stadium celebrated

Bush Radio 89.5 fm Newsroom (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009

By Khanyisa Tabata 15 November 2009 Western Cape Premier Helen Zille says she had sleepless nights worrying about what Cape Town’s 2010 Green Point Stadium would look like. She said she worried that it might permanently scar Cape Town’s renowned beauty. But Zille told about two thousand guests at the stadium’s roof-wetting last night that she was now convinced that the ultra-modern...

Zille believes DA can win ANC stronghold

IOL (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

DA leader Helen Zille says that the official opposition has what it takes to go head-to-head with the ruling party in the Eastern Cape, traditionally seen as an ANC stronghold.

More disruptions on matric exams

Bush Radio 89.5 fm Newsroom (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

By Nomava Nobumba 13 November 2009 Western Cape education MEC Donald Grant is seeking an urgent interdict against the Congress of South African Students after the disruption today of a second examination centre at Thembelihle High School in Khayelitsha. Dissatisfied learners from the Lagunya Finishing School, led by Cosas, are trying to disrupt the matric exams because of the possible closure of Lagunya....

More turmoil in the WC ANC

Bush Radio 89.5 fm Newsroom (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

By Khanyisa Tabata 11 November 2009 Interim Western Cape African National Congress leader Membathisi Mdladlana says the former premier of the province Ebrahim Rasool and the ANC chief whip in the provincial legislature Max Ozinsky have been suspended. Mdladlana says this is because of the public spats between the two played out in the media. Rasool and Ozinsky have been involved in a dispute over allegations...

• Rasool, Ozinsky censured by ANC after 'public spat' - Mail & Guardian