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ID – SALGA ILLITERACY STUDY ON COUNCILLORS LONG OVERDUE
27 AUGUST 2008-'100% of ID councillors are literate,' says Jenner
ID WANTS ANSWERS OVER SCOTT-CROSSLEY PAROLE QUEUE JUMPING
14H15, 27 AUGUST 2008-Sakkie Jenner, MP and the ID spokesperson on correctional services, has called on the department 'to conduct a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding Mark Scott-Crossley's jumping of the parole queue.'
ID DEMANDS FULL DISCLOSURE ON TRANSNET'S V&A WATERFRONT SALE
14H00, 25 AUGUST 2008-Lance Greyling, the ID spokesperson on environmental affairs, says 'the Independent Democrats wants Transnet to provide a full disclosure of all the details concerning their recent sale of the V&A Waterfront.
ID SLAMS SUGGESTION OF POLITICAL SOLUTION TO ZUMA CASE
24 AUGUST 2008-ID President Patricia de Lille has slammed the suggestion by Business Unity South Africa (Busa) Chief Executive Jerry Vilakazi that a political solution be found to ANC President Jacob Zuma's corruption case.
ID GAUTENG - KALAFONG HOSPITAL SHOULD INVESTIGATE DRUNK DOCTOR
15H35, 19 AUGUST 2008-ID MPL for Gauteng, Khosi Mncedane has called on the provincial department of health to investigate the incident of a doctor who allegedly abused patients while drunk on duty at Kalafong Hospital in Atteridgeville, Pretoria.
ID SLAMS R11M OLYMPIC WASTAGE
14H00, 17 AUGUST 2008-ID MP Lance Greyling has slammed 'the completely unnecessary wastage of R11m on a publicity project to showcase South Africa at the Beijing Olympic Games.
ID'S GREYLING WELCOMES NEWS OF WATERKLOOF FOUR IMPRISONMENT
15H00, 13 AUGUST 2008-ID MP Lance Greyling has welcomed the news that the Waterkloof Four 'are finally in prison for their murder of a homeless man' in what appeared to be a racist attack.
ID'S PATRICIA DE LILLE -'ID IS NOT SURPRISED BY LATEST ARMS DEAL ALLEGATIONS'
13H30, 10 AUGUST 2008- ID President Patricia de Lille says 'the ID is not surprised by the latest allegations that the South African government has not penalised arms company MAN Ferrostaal for failing to deliver on its promised offsets for its share in the multi-billion rand arms deal.
ID PRESIDENT PATRICIA DE LILLE ISSUES WOMEN'S DAY MESSAGE
15H45, 7 AUGUST 2008-ID President Patricia de Lille has issued a message for National Women's Day this Saturday, appealing to South African women 'to remember the vision and ideals of the struggle and to draw strength from the role women played in overthrowing the Apartheid system.
ID's Patricia de Lille Calls for a Referendum on the Scorpions
Tuesday 05 August 2008 - Independent Democrats Leader Patricia de Lille is calling on the South African President to urgently hold a referendum on the fate of the Scorpions.
ID MP Questions SABC’s Olympic `gravy plane’
Tuesday 05 August 2008-Independent Democrats Chief Whip Lance Greyling has questioned the SABC’s 'gravy plane' delegation to the Beijing Olympics.
ID CALLS FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO ROBBEN ISLAND ‘LOOTING’
Tuesday 05 August 2008-The ID’s Simon Grindrod, Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee member for Economic Development and Tourism, is calling on National and Provincial government to get the police involved in the Robben Island museum fiasco.
Latest Arms Deal Allegations in line with allegations in De Lille Dossier
Sunday 03 August 2008 -ID Rejects amnesty calls and insists on an Independent Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Arms Deal
ID GAUTENG ELECTS PROVINCIAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Sunday 03 August 2008-The Gauteng Region of the Independent Democrats elected its first Gauteng Provincial Executive Committee yesterday, Saturday 02 August.
ID SHOCKED BY ANC WESTERN CAPE'S PROMOTION OF FORMER NATIONAL PARTY MEMBERS
16H00, 31 JULY 2008-Rodney Lentit, the ID Western Cape Provincial Secretary, says the ID is 'shocked by the promotions in the new Western Cape Cabinet of three former New National Party (NNP) members.
ID - ZUMA FACTION NOW IN CONTROL OF WESTERN CAPE FINANCES
31 JULY 2008- Cape Town ID Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Development and Tourism, Simon Grindrod, has questioned the creation of a new mega-ministry, under the auspices of Garth Strachan, in the Western Cape Provincial Government announced today.
ID'S DE LILLE - CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ZUMA JUDGEMENT
12H00, 31 JULY 2008-ID President Patricia de Lille has made a call to everyone, 'especially the leadership of the ANC, to respect the independence of the judiciary and the judgement of the Constitutional Court,' which has ruled against ANC President Jacob Zuma on the lawfulness of search and seizure operations carried out at the ANC president's premises.
ID'S De Lille to report back to Schubart and Kruger Park residents
15H30, 30 JULY 2008-ID President Patricia de Lille will report back to residents of Pretoria's Schubart and Kruger parks tomorrow, Thursday 31 July, at 18H00.
ID says investigation into racism as tertiary institutions should be expedited
30 JULY 2008-ID MPL for Gauteng, Khosi Mncedane, has called on the ministerial committee set up to investigate racism and discrimination at institutions of higher learning to speed up its work after yet another racist incident, this time at the University of Johannesburg.
ID – Western Cape Premier must urgently get Provincial Government working
10H00, 30 JULY 2008-Independent Democrats Deputy Leader Simon Grindrod has today called on new Western Cape Premier Lynne Brown to urgently end the uncertainty and confusion surrounding the appointment of new MECs to her provincial cabinet.
