Alexandra Abrahams

Congratulations Minister @Leon_Schreib and team Home Affairs for taking Home Affairs to the next level in service of South Africa. 👏🏽👏🏽

RT @Leon_Schreib: Welcome to the future of Home Affairs! 🇿🇦

[WATCH] DA Johannesburg's mayoral candidate, Helen Zille, slammed MMC for Transport Kenny Kunene for an alleged pothole ribbon cutting ceremony and referred to the Patriotic Alliance as the "the Pothole Alliance." #Newzroom405

You really can’t make this up! #BelieveInJoburg

@Leon_Schreib It is amazing that this was overlooked for decades! Well Done Minister Schreiber 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Home Affairs has delivered a historic victory for the inclusion, equality and dignity of Khoi-San communities, as I today handed over the very first Smart ID containing a traditional Khoi-San name to !Khūboab Lawrence, a first-year student at Stellenbosch. A month ago, I found out that !Khūboab could not get an ID, because outdated systems could not process all the characters used in his name. We immediately got to work on this long-overlooked injustice. Just four weeks later, we have now enabled the use of traditional Khoi-San names on birth certificates, Smart IDs and Passport for the first time in South African history. This is the power of digital transformation to deliver dignity for all! 🇿🇦

@joy_zelda JHB wants to rebuild their city- Helen Zille!!!!

People of Johannesburg Who Should Become Your Mayor ? Retweet for Herman Mashaba Like for Helen Zille

[Media Statement📄] Minister John Steenhuisen, has expressed serious concerns about the escalating crisis facing the sugar industry following the liquidation of Tongaat Hulett, which has placed significant uncertainty over the operation of key sugar mills ahead of the April crushing season. 🔗nda.gov.za/images/Newsroo… #GovZAUpdates @GCISMedia @GovernmentZA

The Department of Social Development’s draft Children’s Amendment Bill criminalises baby savers and safe relinquishment. The DA’s Private Members Bill does the opposite- it legalises baby savers, baby safe havens and safe relinquishment. Speak out against DSD’s bill. Submit your support and submission on the DA’s bill before 16 November 2025 at speaker@parliament.gov.za and copy in legislation@da.org.za #babysaver #childprotection #TheSafeRelinquishmentBill #savebabies #DemocraticAlliance

Over 600 babies have been saved through life-saving baby savers. Minister Tolashe’s Bill will end that as it will criminalise the NGOs who operate them. We need compassion and solutions not cruelty and criminalisation! Speak out! #babysavers #TheSafeRelinquishmentBill #savebabies #ParliamentSA

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@zapiro Hits the nail on its head.

DA files Ethics Complaint against Minister for Social Development for misleading/lying to Parliament.

“DA files ethics complaint against Minister of Social Development by Alexandra Abrahams MP - DA Spokesperson on Social Development   Date: 19 October 2025 On Friday the Democratic Alliance filed an ethics complaint against Minister for Social Development, Nokuzola Tolashe, for allegedly misleading Parliament. Minister Tolashe contradicted a Cabinet resolution that the Director-General of Social Development, Peter Netshipale, should only be appointed for one year and thereby failed to uphold the standards of conduct expected of her. By publishing a misleading response to a written parliamentary question and submitting a misleading report to the portfolio committee on Netshipale’s appointment, the DA has concluded that the Minister has lied to Parliament not once but twice which may constitute an offence. The Minister has reportedly used her position to influenced hiring and recruitment processes by shielding her favoured special advisor, Ngwako Kgatla, from accountability and disciplinary processes. She then employed an unqualified and unsuitable person – Lesedi Mabiletja – to the position of Private and Appointment Secretary and Acting Chief of Staff, based on alleged favouritism and nepotism. Minister Tolashe’s conduct, if true, amounts to a violation of the Code of Ethical Conduct and Disclosure of Members Interest which all members of parliament and the executive are meant to be uphold. Minister Tolashe has brought Parliament and the Department of Social Development into disrepute and is not fit to hold her position and should be removed. There is a serious crisis of leadership at the Department of Social Development, one of government’s most crucial departments with budget of R294 billion and responsible for the payment of social grants, which is detrimental to deliver on its core functions and mandate. Minister Tolashe should be held to account for all the failures, and if she is found guilty by the ethics committee, the DA will be demanding serious accountability.”

A leaked letter from the Minister to her DG exposes serious failures including allegations of misconduct and an irregular appointment. This demands urgent accountability. Reports also suggest that the Minister’s adviser, Ngwako Kgatla, remains in her office despite allegations of misconduct — raising serious concerns about integrity and governance. The DA will write to the Chairperson of the Social Development Committee to summon Minister Tolashe to explain Parliament cannot again be asked: “Where was Parliament?” South Africa’s most vulnerable deserve competent, credible leadership. #DASocialDevelopment #Accountability #SASSA #TolasheMustAccount

How does a ‘clerical error’ slip past a Minister FIVE times? 🤔 Is the Minister asleep at the wheel of a R294 billion department and not reading documents before signing it? 🧐 #ministerforsocialdevelopment #Accountability

Defying a Cabinet decision isn’t a “clerical error,” Minister Tolashe — it’s unlawful and must have consequences . Accountability matters!

Too many teenage pregnancies are the result of statutory rape, illegal child marriages & failed protection systems. Every girl deserves safety, dignity & a future. The DA stands for stronger laws & real protection. 💙 #DayOfTheGirl #EndChildMarriage

A Durban-based non-profit organisation, Open Arms SA is appealing to the community to add their comments to the Department of Social Development proposal to criminalise baby savers. #news #DepartmentOfSocialDevelopment #NGOs #proposal #criminalise #baby #savers Read on

‼️[Media Release] Update on the Education Assistants Payment Delays.