Fellow South African, Even if you no longer live in SA, we urge you to help us protect fundamental property rights for your friends and family in your home country. The US Secretary of State has also spoken out this week about this impending disaster, saying that changing the Constitution to ... Read more about Protect Your Property Rights
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Sign our petition for a capable Home Affairs abroad
A six to twelve month wait for critical documents like passports and ID books is unacceptable! The Department of Home Affairs and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation are failing on their joint responsibility to ensure South Africans living overseas get their passports, ... Read more about Sign our petition for a capable Home Affairs abroad
Meet the 2019 elected DA Abroad Country Teams
We are pleased to announce the results of the first stage of the DA Abroad Country Elections where we elected our Global Country Representatives and National Organising Committees (NOCs). We would like to thank all our members who took part in this process and also our dedicated volunteers who ... Read more about Meet the 2019 elected DA Abroad Country Teams
Severe delays in issuing documents a service delivery failure at South African missions abroad
By Francine Higham - DA Abroad Leader On Tuesday the Democratic Alliance's (DA) Shadow Minister for International Relations and Cooperation, Darren Bergman, together with the DA Abroad UK Committee Chairperson, Justin Adams and Committee Member, Rory Jubber, conducted an oversight visit to the ... Read more about Severe delays in issuing documents a service delivery failure at South African missions abroad
DA Abroad calls on South Africans abroad to assist with our “Loss of Citizenship” court challenge
Last year the Democratic Alliance launched an application in the Johannesburg High Court to challenge section 6(1)(a) of the South African Citizenship Act 88 of 1995 (the Act) which we deem to be unconstitutional. The government’s response was that the many hundreds of South Africans who are losing ... Read more about DA Abroad calls on South Africans abroad to assist with our “Loss of Citizenship” court challenge
DA Abroad 2019 Internal Election Schedule
Dear DA Abroad member, We would like to invite you to take part in the 2019 DA Abroad Internal Elections. Following the recent South African General Election, the DA is more determined than ever before to succeed in our mission of uniting South Africans around the principles required for a ... Read more about DA Abroad 2019 Internal Election Schedule
2019 Elections: South Africans abroad continue to support the DA, but voting challenges persist
By Francine Higham, DA Abroad Leader With the results of the 2019 General Election now confirmed we are pleased to announce that 74.45% of South Africans who cast their vote abroad on the 27 April, voted for the DA. Thank you to every single voter abroad who travelled great distances to ... Read more about 2019 Elections: South Africans abroad continue to support the DA, but voting challenges persist
WATCH: Ross Taverner and Mary Paccard speak to Radio France Internationale about the SA Elections
DA Abroad France Chairperson, Ross Taverner, and Deputy Chairperson, Mary Paccard, spoke to Radio France Internationale about the upcoming South African elections and what's at stake for our country's future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh9g7z87QB0&feature=youtu.be ... Read more about WATCH: Ross Taverner and Mary Paccard speak to Radio France Internationale about the SA Elections
WATCH: DA Abroad’s Sibongile Zulu speaks to Press TV about the state of South Africa 25 years after Apartheid
On Friday, 26 April, DA Abroad UK Secretary, Sibongile Zulu spoke to Press TV about the state of South Africa after 25 years of ANC government. The verdict - our country needs change and only the DA can deliver this change. Watch the full interview below. ... Read more about WATCH: DA Abroad’s Sibongile Zulu speaks to Press TV about the state of South Africa 25 years after Apartheid
Thank you to the thousands of South African abroad who voted for change on Freedom Day
By Francine Higham, DA Abroad Leader The DA’s Blue Wave truly went international on Freedom Day! Thank you to the tens of thousands of South Africans living abroad, who travelled great distances to foreign missions around the world on Saturday, 27 April to cast their vote for change in South ... Read more about Thank you to the thousands of South African abroad who voted for change on Freedom Day