56-945: Ehlanzeni is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Ehlanzeni is Mbombela . The majority of its 944 665 people speak SiSwati (2001 Census). The district code is DC32. Ehlanzeni is surrounded by: The district contains the following local municipalities : The following statistics are from the 2001 census. Election results for Ehlanzeni in the South African general election, 2004 . Districts of South Africa The nine provinces of South Africa are divided into 52 districts (sing. district, Zulu : isifunda ; Xhosa : isithili ; Afrikaans : distrikte ; Northern Sotho : selete ; Tswana : kgaolo ; Sotho : setereke ; Tsonga : xifundza ; Swazi : sigodzi ; Venda : tshiṱiriki ; Southern Ndebele : isiyingi ), which are either metropolitan or district municipalities . They are
112-431: A metropolitan municipality must have a district municipality. District municipalities have a municipality code that consists of the letters "DC" followed by a number from 1 to 48. The "DC" reflects the term for the elected political executive "District Councils". Currently all district municipalities are completely divided into local municipalities. However, before the alteration of municipal boundaries which occurred at
168-521: A "party for all the people" and not decline into a "shrinking, irrelevant minority." In the 2009 South African general election , the DA won an overall majority in the Western Cape, and Zille became the new provincial premier . In her newsletter, she wrote that "winning power in the Western Cape will allow us to show what co-operative governance between local authorities and a province can achieve." In
224-433: A DA government would manage the economy and facilitate growth. The majority of the interventions suggested by the party are aimed at creating an atmosphere conducive to job creation and greater foreign direct investment. The DA has suggested measures to make South Africa's labour market more amenable to job creation. The party has also suggested several targeted interventions to allow for higher employment, especially amongst
280-399: A Directorate for Victims of Crime, which would provide funding and support for crime victims. In addition, the party announced its support for a prison labour programme, which would put prisoners to work in various community upliftment programmes. The proposal was criticised by labour unions, who believed it was unethical and would result in labour job losses. In late 2008–2009, the DA took
336-702: A broader group of black South Africans an opportunity to compete and partake in the economy. The party advocates an active industrial policy that allows the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to co-ordinate industrial policy. Additionally it would also set up a sovereign venture capital fund to help support innovation in key industries. The DA also supports the creation of Industrial Development Zones and Export Processing Zones. The party suggests that by relaxing certain regulations in these zones, manufacturers and exporters would be able to grow faster and employ more people. This fits into
392-417: A certain amount of media attention, much of it somewhat sceptical. The ANC issued a detailed critique of the campaign, focusing especially on Suzman's role in the apartheid parliament. Partially on the basis of this campaign the DA contested the 2014 general election , where it once again grew its support base but failed in its stated goal of winning Gauteng province. In the municipal elections of 2016 ,
448-431: A core minimum of resources for each school, proper state school nutrition schemes for grade 1–12 learners, and measures to train 30,000 additional teachers per year. The DA continues to support the introduction of new performance targets for teachers and schools, and also advocates a per-child wage subsidy, and a national network of community-based early childhood education centres. The DA's "Quality Care for All" programme
504-530: A mix of high spending on crucial social services such as education and health care, a basic income grant, and a strong regulatory framework, with more "moderate" policies such as a lower budget deficit and a deregulated labour market. At her 2009 State of the Province speech, party leader Zille described her party's economic policy as pragmatic: "We believe the state has a crucial role to play in socio-economic development. We are not free market fundamentalists. By
560-613: A proposed scrapping of value added tax (VAT) on books and tax rebates for crime prevention expenditure by businesses. The DA supports an inflation-targeting monetary policy regime similar to that of the ANC government. It has also repeatedly reaffirmed its support and commitment for reserve bank instrument independence. The DA proposes to incentivise savings by reducing taxes on income earned from fixed deposits that are held for longer than twelve months. The party states that this would help South Africa to boost its domestic savings rate to enable
616-577: A stand against the South African Police Service 's VIP Protection Unit , after several officers in the unit were charged with serious criminal offences. The party later released documentation of the unit's poor disciplinary record, and claimed its divisional commander had himself dodged serious criminal charges. The DA strongly opposed the disbandment of the Scorpions crime investigation unit, and similar efforts to centralise
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#1732780982429672-714: A strong supporter of Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War . South Africa, a member of the BRICS alliance, has remained neutral throughout the Russian invasion of Ukraine , but the DA (including DA-controlled legislatures and councils) supports Ukraine and has criticised South Africa's ambiguous position, though the ANC has denied supporting Russia and insists that it is neutral. Steenhuisen visited Ukraine in 2022 in solidarity. The party has also called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to be arrested . Unlike
728-598: Is Safiyia Stanfley. According to the DAWN constitution: DAWN will: Each province has a provincial DAWN chairperson. The provincial chairpersons are as follows: The DA Abroad is the Democratic Alliance's supporters network for South Africans who live outside the South African border. The DA Abroad aims to grow the DA's overseas voter base, actively lobby for international awareness and influence for
784-594: Is a municipality which executes some of the functions of local government for a district. The district municipality will in turn comprise several local municipalities , with which it shares the functions of local government. Although the word county is not used in legislation, district municipalities are regularly referred to as such informally. District municipalities are seen as successors to former Regional Services Councils (RSC). The Constitution , section 155.1.a, defines "Category C" municipalities. The Municipal Structures Act states that areas not eligible to have
840-553: Is a South African political party which is a part of the current South African Government of National Unity (GNU). The party has been the second-largest in South Africa since its foundation in 2000. The party is broadly centrist , and has been attributed both centre-left and centre-right policies. It is a member of Liberal International and the Africa Liberal Network . The DA traces its roots to
896-493: Is focused on tackling the country's high HIV/AIDS infection rate . Included in these plans is an increase in the number of clinics offering HIV testing and measures to provide all HIV-positive women with Nevirapine . The party's health policy also plans to devote more resources to vaccinations against common childhood illnesses. The party also advocates creating a transparent and competitive health sector, to boost service delivery and encourage health care practitioners to remain in
952-423: The 2009 general election . Although the Democratic Alliance (DA) in its present form is fairly new, its roots can be traced far back in South African political history, through a complex sequence of splits and mergers. The modern day DA is in large part a product of the white parliamentary opposition to the ruling National Party . The origin of the party can be traced to the mid-1950s when some younger members of
1008-522: The 2011 elections , some areas of the country did not fall within any local municipality. This usually occurred in areas with a very low population density, for example national parks and nature reserves . In these areas, which were known as District Management Areas , all local government services were provided by the district municipality. The following map depicts the provinces and districts of South Africa. The district municipalities are labelled with numbers that correspond to their district code, while
1064-468: The 2011 local government elections , the party won control of most of the municipalities in the Western Cape. In 2013, the DA launched the "Know Your DA" campaign, in an attempt to try to show that the DA (via its proxy predecessor organisations) was involved in the struggle against apartheid. This campaign focused mainly on the role played by a few key individuals in opposing apartheid — particularly Helen Suzman and Helen Zille. The campaign received
1120-634: The Democratic Party (DP), a name that was retained into the 1990s when freedom was achieved. It was marginalised by the National Party's shift towards the center after 1990, and fared relatively poorly in the first democratic election in 1994 , won by the African National Congress. The DP established itself as a more effective party of opposition, however, and eventually rose from relative obscurity and ascended to
1176-601: The Indian and Coloured communities. The current leader of the party is John Steenhuisen , who was announced as the new leader on 1 November 2020 after the party's Federal Congress . He had previously acted as the interim leader of the party from November 2019 to November 2020. Helen Zille is chairperson of both the Federal Council and the Federal Executive, the highest decision-making structures of
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#17327809824291232-580: The Progressive Federal Party . The Progressives sought to change the system from within, but in doing so chose to comply with Apartheid legislation outlawing multi-racial membership. During this time, the party was led by liberal-minded opponents of Apartheid, such as Jan Steytler, Helen Suzman , Zach de Beer , Colin Eglin , Frederik van Zyl Slabbert and Harry Schwarz . In 1989, it merged with two smaller reformist organisations to become
1288-604: The United Party felt that they were not providing strong enough opposition to the National Party and its policy of Apartheid , causing them to break away and form the Progressive Party in 1959. In the 1970s, as it rose to become the official opposition, the party merged with more splinters from the disintegrating United Party and become known first as the Progressive Reform Party and then as
1344-654: The ANC, which outspokenly declared its support for Palestine and refused to condemn Hamas for its attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023 , the DA, along with other members of the Multi-Party Charter , specifically condemned Hamas for its attacks on Israel . However, the DA, like the ANC, supports a two state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict , seeking peaceful resolution between the two, and for Palestine to be free, saying "the people of Palestine are not defined by Hamas". These charts show
1400-554: The ANC. To this end, the DP reached a merger agreement with the NNP and the much smaller Federal Alliance (FA) in 2000. Together, they formed the Democratic Alliance. The merger was ultimately aborted, with both the NNP and FA leaving the DA. Many former NNP members remained, and the new name was kept. The DP was disbanded after the 2003 floor crossing period, establishing the DA at all levels of government. The party consolidated its status as
1456-415: The DA believes that the role of the government is to provide every citizen with a minimum basic standard of quality services and resources with which to be able to do so – a framework for choice." The DA therefore advocates a mixed-economy approach, where the state is involved in the economy only to the extent that it can expand opportunity and choice. The manifesto includes various proposals detailing how
1512-459: The DA made significant gains along with other opposition parties in some of the country's most important metropolitan areas. The DA currently governs Tshwane (including Pretoria , the administrative capital), Cape Town (South Africa's second-largest city and legislative capital) and various other municipalities. In the general elections of 2019 , the DA's national support declined for the first time in its history. The party retained control of
1568-595: The Gauteng Provincial Congress the same year. It consists of Pogiso Mthimunye (chairperson), Patrick Oberholster (deputy chairperson), Khathutshelo Rasilingwane (Recruitment and Campaigns) and Prudence Mollo (Training and Development). In the North West Province of South Africa, Emi Koekemoer is the elected Provincial Chairperson while Henning Lubbe takes the role as Provincial Deputy Chairperson of Administration, Quinton Booysen fills
1624-576: The Nation" proposed new measures to increase energy efficiency, and the introduction of sectoral carbon emission targets. The DA broadly supports reforms recommended by Frederik van Zyl Slabbert 's electoral reform task-team, that would see the current party list voting system replaced by a 75% constituency-based/25% proportional representation -based electoral system that would apply at the national and provincial level. The DA's governance policy Promoting Open Opportunity Governance also makes provision for
1680-580: The Western Cape but with a reduced majority and failed to win Gauteng once again. The conservative Freedom Front Plus (FF+) made significant gains on the DA in the Afrikaner community. In the aftermath of the election, the FF+ continued to make inroads in former DA strongholds. In the run-up to the 2024 general election , the DA joined the Multi-Party Charter , an electoral alliance taking advantage of
1736-568: The country to invest in projects that will provide additional job opportunities. The party has rejected the ANC's approach to Black Economic Empowerment , with former party leader Helen Zille arguing that the current policies have only served to enrich a small elite of politically connected businessmen. The party proposed an alternative it calls broad-based economic empowerment, which would provide for targeted interventions focusing on skills training and socio-economic investment instead of ownership targets. The party believes that this approach will give
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1792-554: The country. The DA's economic policy aims to create a society in which all South Africans enjoy both the fundamental freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution, and the opportunities to take advantage of those freedoms. In its 2010 Federal Congress booklet, The Open Opportunity Society for All , the party describes this society in the following terms: "Opportunity is the vehicle with which people are empowered to live their lives, pursue their dreams and develop their full potential. And
1848-409: The delivery of 91 000 title deeds in the province and allowing residents to have full title deeds to their homes. In the build up to the 2009 elections, the DA announced it would create a new Ministry of Energy and Climate Change, to ensure improved integrated energy planning in order to deal with South Africa's growing carbon dioxide emissions. The DA's 2009 environment and energy plan, "In Trust for
1904-427: The direct election of the president, which would give voters a more direct link to the executive branch. The DA believe voting rights should be extended to include all South African citizens who are living and working abroad, many of whom intend returning. Since 2013, South Africans living abroad can now register and vote in national elections. The DA holds a generally pro-Western foreign policy. The DA has been
1960-513: The electoral performance for the Democratic Alliance, and its predecessor the Democratic Party, since the advent of democracy in 1994: The Democratic Alliance Youth (DA Youth), which came officially into being in late 2008, was first led by Makashule Gana until 2013, Mbali Ntuli led between 2013 and 2014, Yusuf Cassim led from 2014 to 2018 and Luyolo Mphithi led from 2018 to 2022. The current Interim Federal Leader, Nicholas Nyati,
2016-454: The entire area of the continental republic. There are two types of municipality at the district level. Most of the country is covered by the 44 district municipalities , which are divided into local municipalities and share responsibilities with them. The eight largest urban agglomerations are governed by metropolitan municipalities , which act as both local and district municipalities. A district municipality or Category C municipality
2072-472: The executive mayor of Cape Town, then succeeded Leon as DA Party Leader in May 2007. In 2008, she re-launched the party as one that no longer acts solely as an opposition but also as an alternative choice for government. The party also introduced a new logo and a new slogan. Zille said the new DA would be "more reflective of our rich racial, linguistic and cultural heritage," and emphasized that she wanted it to be
2128-443: The founding of the anti-apartheid Progressive Party in 1959, with many mergers and name changes between that time and the present. The DA has a variety of ideologically liberal tendencies, including neoliberalism , social liberalism , classical liberalism , and conservative liberalism . The party draws its support predominantly from Afrikaans and English speakers, people aged over 35, and white South Africans , as well as
2184-535: The land. The party says that it is committed to ensuring that those entitled to land receive it in the form of direct ownership, and not as lifelong tenants. The DA's "Land of Opportunity" programme supports the "willing buyer, willing seller" principle, though it also allows for expropriation for reform purposes in certain limited circumstances. The party has been critical of the resources that government has allocated to land reform, claiming that government has not been sufficiently active in buying up land that comes onto
2240-611: The legal guardians of children living in poverty to ensure that their child attends 85 per cent of school classes, and undergoes routine health check-ups. In addition, to aid with youth development skills, the party proposed a R6000 opportunity voucher or twelve month community service programme to all high school matriculants. The party also supports a universal old age pension, and the abolishment of pension means tests. The DA's education programme, "Preparing for Success", focuses on providing adequate physical and human resources to underperforming schools. The DA supports guaranteed access to
2296-730: The market. Though the DA believes this could speed up the pace of land reform, their policies have been vocally criticised by members of the Tripartite Alliance. Land Affairs Minister Thoko Didiza accused the DA of attempting to "stifle" land reform, while the South African Communist Party contended that the DA's policies overly favoured big business. In a speech at the DA's national congress in April 2018, DA Leader, Mmusi Maimane, praised DA Western Cape Provincial Leader, Bonginkosi Madikizela, for overseeing
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2352-660: The metropolitan municipalities are labelled with letters that correspond to their names. Further details of the districts are listed in the table that follows the image. [REDACTED] Several projects are underway to align various services with the district boundaries. These include: South Africa's official opposition, the Democratic Alliance , believes that the districts add an unnecessary fourth layer of government (between provinces and municipalities ) and has called for them to be eliminated. Democratic Alliance (South Africa) The Democratic Alliance
2408-399: The official opposition in the 2004 general election , while the NNP collapsed. Having gone into opposition in the Western Cape in 2001 when the NNP formed a new coalition with the ANC, the demise of the NNP made the province a natural target for the party. In the 2006 municipal elections , the DA narrowly gained control of its largest city, Cape Town , in a multi-party coalition. Helen Zille,
2464-465: The party's broader vision of growing the economy by cutting red tape and regulations it claims is holding back South Africa's economic growth. The DA has been against the introduction of a national minimum wage , arguing that workers should be allowed to accept a wage of less than R3500 on their own terms. In contrast, President Cyril Ramaphosa stated that the R3500 per month (R20 an hour) minimum wage
2520-639: The party. In aftermath of the 2024 general election , the DA entered into a ruling grand coalition with the African National Congress (ANC) and various other parties, called a government of national unity , formed between ten parties with jointly 287 seats in the House of Assembly (72%). The DA also governs several major metropolitan municipalities and has governed the Western Cape , one of South Africa's nine provinces, since
2576-564: The police service such as the nationwide disbandment of specialised Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) units. The party adopted a resolution declaring farm attacks and murders as hate crimes at its 2020 Federal Congress. Central to the DA's social development policy, "Breaking the Cycle of Poverty", is a Basic Income Grant, which would provide a monthly transfer of R110 to all adults earning less than R46,000 per year. The party also supports legislation that would require
2632-423: The reintroduction of the death penalty , the party's controversial 1999 campaign slogan "Fight Back", and the short-lived alliance with the centre-right New National Party fuelled criticisms of the party from the left. After Helen Zille's election as party leader, the DA has attempted to reposition itself as a mainstream alternative to the ANC. The party's economic policy is also broadly centrist, and supports
2688-584: The role of Provincial Deputy Chairperson of Recruitment and Campaigns, Percilla Mompe is the Provincial Deputy Chairperson of Media and Publicity and Neo Mabote is the Provincial Deputy Chairperson of Training and Development. Until 28 April 2021, the Democratic Alliance Women's Network (DAWN) federal leader was Nomafrench Mbombo , who is also the current Western Cape Minister of Health. The deputy federal leader
2744-462: The ruling ANC's approach to governance, which she maintains has led to a "closed, crony society for some". This formed the basis of the philosophy underlying the party's 2009 Election Manifesto, which seeks to build a society by linking outcomes to "opportunity, effort and ability". The DA's historical roots are broadly liberal-democratic. During the 1990s, the party remained associated with liberal values, though party leader Tony Leon 's support for
2800-462: The same token we do not believe that a state, with limited capacity, should over-reach itself." In the DA's crime plan, "Conquering Fear, Commanding Hope", the DA committed itself to increasing the number of police officers to 250,000. This is 60,000 more than the government's own target. The party also announced plans to employ 30,000 additional detectives and forensics experts and 500 more prosecutors, in order to reduce court backlogs, and establish
2856-536: The second level of administrative division, below the provinces and (in the case of district municipalities) above the local municipalities . As a consequence of the 12th amendment of the Constitution in December 2005, which altered provincial boundaries, the number of districts was reduced from 53. Another effect of the amendment is that each district is now completely contained within a single province, thus eliminating cross-border districts. The districts also cover
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#17327809824292912-538: The status of official opposition in 1999 under the leadership of Tony Leon , mainly by taking votes from the New National Party , the renamed version of the NP. The party also became kingmakers in the Western Cape province, where it formed a coalition government with the NNP. With a fractured national opposition standing against an increasingly dominant governing party, there was a perceived need to better challenge
2968-479: The unpopularity of the ANC. The ANC failed to gain a majority of seats in the National Assembly after the election, leading to the DA agreeing to form a coalition of national unity, entering ruling government for the first time. The DA sums up its political philosophy as the belief in an "Open Opportunity Society for All". Former party leader Helen Zille has argued that this stands in direct contrast to
3024-469: The youth. These interventions include a wage subsidy programme to reduce the cost of hiring first-time workers. The DA has committed itself to a counter-cyclical fiscal policy approach. This is evident in the party's previous alternative budget frameworks, with both alternative budgets posting deficits. The party defended this stance by arguing that increased spending was necessary to help the economy out of recession . Other fiscal interventions have included
3080-974: Was elected at the Interim Democratic Alliance Youth Federal Congress in 2022. Robin Atson, Kamogelo Makola, Chadwin Petersen and Lindokuhle Sixabayi are the Interim DA Youth Federal Deputy Chaipersons in Administration, Recruitment, Training and Development, and Media and Publicity, respectively. In the Gauteng Province, the first dually elected Democratic Alliance Youth Provincial Executive Committee took office in November 2017 after they were elected at
3136-538: Was still not a living wage, and would only "advance the struggle for a living wage". The DA is resolutely against land expropriation without compensation. This is in response to the ANC and the EFF's recent attempts to change section 25 of the Constitution which deals with land reform. The DA says that changing the Constitution will open the floodgates and undermine property rights, allowing government to own all land and forcing all South Africans to be only permanent tenants of
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