UDM input at a meeting of the leaders of opposition parties and universities’...
Thank you for affording the United Democratic Movement (UDM) the opportunity to participate in this meeting and contribute to a discussion that will hopefully find lasting solutions to the current...
View ArticlePravin Gordhan to have his day in court
Statement by Bantu Holomisa, MP (UDM President) The United Democratic Movement has noted that Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has been issued with a formal summons to appear in court in relation to the...
View ArticleUDEMWO saddened by Khwezi’s death
Statement by Thandi Nontenja, UDEMWO Secretary General The United Democratic Movement Women’s Organisation (UDEMWO) would like to convey a message of condolences to the family and friends of Fezekile...
View ArticleUDM shocked by the Department of Human Settlement, Gauteng
Statement issued by Thandi Nontenja, UDM Treasurer The United Democratic Movement (UDM) is shocked and disappointed by the state of affairs within the Gauteng Human Settlements Department, where more...
View ArticleANC must take action: Zuma must go!
STATEMENT ISSUED BY MR BANTU HOLOMISA – UDM PRESIDENT We have been watching one after the other Zuma-scandal hitting South Africa. The United Democratic Movement believes that the proximity of the...
View Article#FeesMustFall
Honourable Baleka Mbete, MP Speaker of the National Assembly PO Box 15 Cape Town 8000 Dear Madam Speaker #FeesMustFall: REQUEST FOR URGENT DEPLOYMENT OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT TO INTERVENE AND ASSIST IN...
View ArticleCouncils disruptions: UDM condemns ANC barbaric acts
The United Democratic Movement (UDM) condemns in the strongest terms, the ANC’s barbaric acts in councils designed to introduce administration by the African National Congress government. This...
View ArticleBridging the gap: advancing civil military relations to deepen democracy
Address by Mr B Holomisa, MP (UDM President) at the Civil Military Relations Conference 2016, CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria on 27 and 28 October 2016 · Programme Director, ·...
View ArticleRoad map: towards the South African National Convention: A UDM perspective
This document is a suggestion of the United Democratic Movement (UDM) to find a way towards the hosting of a National Convention, as agreed upon in the Co-governance Agreement for Local Government...
View ArticleAddress by Bantu Holomisa at the March Against State Capture, St Alban’s...
Fellow South Africans We are here today to talk about the challenges we face as a Nation and we wish to send a strong message to Government. Our Nation finds itself on the slippery slope of corruption,...
View ArticleMotion of no confidence in the President in terms of section 102 (2) of the...
Address by Bantu Holomisa, MP Madam Speaker, Deputy President and hon members Two weeks ago, the president misled the nation, during the NCOP question session when he claimed that he was never given...
View ArticleUDM on resignation of Eskom CEO, Brian Molefe
Statement by President Bantu Holomisa, MP The United Democratic Movement, noted the reported resignation of Mr. Brian Molefe, the Chief Executive Officer of Eskom. The damning revelations in the report...
View ArticlePresident Zuma is considering a judicial inquiry into South African major...
The United Democratic Movement (UDM) is appalled to learn that President Zuma is considering establishing a judicial inquiry into the closure of the bank accounts of the Guptas’ Oakbay Investments. The...
View ArticleUDEMWO calls on men to campaign against women abuse
Statement issued by Thandi Nontenja, UDEMWO Secretary General The country is marking another 16 days of abuse against women and children but the battle is far from being over. As the United Democratic...
View ArticleThe People’s Parliament must get its priorities right: Parliamentary...
Letter written to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Baleka Mbete, from Mr N Kwankwa, MP (UDM Chief Whip in the National Assembly) Dear Madam Speaker THE PEOPLE’S PARLIAMENT MUST GET ITS...
View ArticleUDM mourns the loss of Struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada
The United Democratic Movement is saddened to hear that Struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada has passed away after his brief illness. Another giant has left this earth. I first met Kathy in 1989, in...
View ArticleApril Fool’s joke? Zuma’s cabinet reshuffle
The United Democratic Movement has noted President Zuma’s cabinet reshuffle. The appointment of Malusi Gigaba as the new minister of finance is disconcerting, because of his clear association with the...
View ArticleUDM Chief Whip asks the NA Speaker for urgent debate on President Zuma motion...
Dear Madam Speaker MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE IN THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC IN TERMS OF SECTION 102 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH AFRICA AND SECTION 129 OF THE RULES OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY With his...
View Article#ZumaMustFall: Opposition united behind putting SA first
Opposition Programme of Action This Programme of Action stems from already existing partnerships and other ad hoc co-operation arrangements which exist in the country’s metros and other municipalities,...
View ArticleNegative impact of Zuma’s cabinet shuffle: South Africa hits junk status
President Zuma’s cabinet reshuffle has caused “radical economic transformation” of a different kind with Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global announcement that South Africa's sovereign credit rating...
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