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ID’S PATRICIA DE LILLE TO MAKE IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING ACCESS TO INFORMATION
1 SEPTEMBER 2010-The Independent Democrats will be hosting a press conference at noon (12H00) tomorrow, Thursday 2 September, where party Leader Patricia de Lille will make an important announcement regarding MPs’ travel claims.
ID’S JOE MCGLUWA ACCUSES ANC, SACP AND COSATU LEADERS OF ‘CONFUSING ORDINARY SOUTH AFRICANS’
29 AUGUST 2010-Joe Mcgluwa, ID National Organiser and Member of Parliament has accused leaders of the Tripartite Alliance - the ANC, SACP and Cosatu - of using the current public sector strike ‘for their own selfish purposes.
ID’S HANIFF HOOSEN ACCUSES GOVERNMENT AND COSATU OF ‘PLAYING WITH PEOPLE’S LIVES’
25 AUGUST 2010-Haniff Hoosen, the ID spokesperson for Health and Education has accused the ANC Government and Cosatu of ‘putting the selfish goals of their own unholy alliance before the needs of patients and students.
ID’S PATRICIA DE LILLE TO ATTEND 3 WOMEN’S DAY EVENTS - IN SOMERSET WEST, MITCHELL’S PLAIN AND GEORGE
6 AUGUST 2010-ID President Patricia de Lille says women should use the opportunity of Women’s Day ‘to reflect on their dreams and aspirations.
ID’S PATRICIA DE LILLE SLAMS MANNER IN WHICH SUNDAY TIMES JOURNALIST WAS ARRESTED
5 AUGUST 2010-ID President Patricia de Lille has slammed ‘the outrageous manner’ in which Sunday Times journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika was arrested yesterday.
ID’S PATRICIA DE LILLE WELCOMES SELEBI SENTENCE
3 AUGUST 2010-ID President Patricia de Lille has welcomed the 15-year prison sentence handed down to former Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi for corruption.
ID’S PATRICIA DE LILLE ‘CAN’T IMAGINE AN SA WITHOUT DESMOND TUTU’S VOICE’
22 JULY 2010-ID President Patricia de Lille says she ‘cannot imagine a South Africa without Achbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s voice.’
ID’S PATRICIA DE LILLE TO SPEAK AT DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE FEDERAL CONGRESS ON SUNDAY
22 JULY 2010-Patricia de Lille, the ID Leader, has accepted an invitation to address the Federal Congress of the Democratic Alliance on Sunday morning, 25 July.
QUESTION TO THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS – FOR WRITTEN RESPONSE
19 JULY 2010-ID’S PATRICIA DE LILLE RECEIVES ANSWER FROM MINISTER NYANDA ON STAFF’S MORE THAN HALF MILLION RAND TRIP TO BRAZIL
ID’S JOE MCGLUWA CONGRATULATES SAFA ON APPOINTMENT OF NEW BAFANA BAFANA COACH
15 JULY 2010-Joe Mcgluwa, the ID spokesperson for sport has congratulated Safa on its appointment of new Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane.
ID’S HANIFF HOOSEN WELCOMES PRESIDENT ZUMA’S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WORLD CUP POLICE WILL STAY
14 JULY 2010-Haniff Hoosen, the ID spokesperson for police, has welcomed President Jacob Zuma's announcement on SABC television last night that the 40 000 additional police officers employed for the Soccer World Cup will not be released and will instead be used to augment the South African Police Force’s (SAPF’s) crime fighting strategy.
ID’S HANIFF HOOSEN SLAMS ‘GOVERNMENT’S DENIALIST APPROACH’ TOWARDS XENOPHOBIA
12 JULY 2010-Haniff Hoosen, the ID spokesperson for police has slammed what he calls ‘Government’s denialist approach towards xenophobia,’ likening it to ‘many of the stances taken by the Mbeki administration.
ID WESTERN CAPE’S RODNEY LENTIT WRITES TO MEC ALAN WINDE ABOUT POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS OF LIQUOR ACT
12 JULY 2010-‘Is Western Cape Liquor Board acting independently of City and Province?’
ID CAPE TOWN SAYS CAPE TOWN’S WORLD CUP DELIVERY WAS ‘A PERFECT SCORE’
12 JULY 2010-Brett Herron, ID Councillor and Spokesperson for the ID Caucus in the City of Cape Town, says the ID gives Cape Town ‘a perfect score’ for the manner in which the City hosted its World Cup matches and guests.
ID’S JOE MCGLUWA GIVES SOUTH AFRICAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION CENTRE THE THUMPS UP FOR ‘EFFICIENTLY’ BROADCASTING WORLD CUP
11 JULY 2010-Joe Mcgluwa, the ID’s spokesperson for Sport has given the South African Broadcasting Corporation Centre in Sandton the thumbs up.
ID’S HANIFF HOOSEN WELCOMES REVIEW OF NATIONAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
7 JULY 2010-Haniff Hoosen, the ID Spokesperson for Education, says the ID ‘welcomes the review of the current National Curriculum Statement and, in particular, the external literacy and numeracy testing at grades 3,6 and 8.’
ID’S JOE MCGLUWA ‘PLEASED THAT CASTER SEMENYA HAS BEEN VINDICATED’
06 JUNE 2010-Joe Mcgluwa, the ID spokesperson for sport says he is ‘extremely pleased that Caster Semenya has been vindicated by being permitted to return to international women’s athletics.
ID’S JOE MCGLUWA SAYS ‘SAFA HAS SCORED AN OWN GOAL WITH APPOINTMENT OF BAFANA COACH’
4 JULY 2010-‘SAFA must put country first and stop with its shenanigans,’ says ID leader
ID 'S PATRICIA DE LILLE EXTENDS BEST WISHES TO THE BLACK STARS
2 JULY 2010-ID President Patricia de Lille has sent her 'best wishes' to the Ghana football team for tonight's quarter finals at Soccer City, Johannesburg.
ID’S PATRICIA DE LILLE REACTS TO JACKIE SELEBI GUILTY VERDICT
2 JULY 2010-ID President Patricia de Lille says ‘the Independent Democrats welcomes the verdict of Judge Meyer Joffe in the South Gauteng High Court.
