Patrick Andries

Changemaker

[Ngasii @Ngasii_]

Tyla’s rendition of the South African National Anthem at the FIFA World Cup Opening Match was a master class in music theory, performance as well as musicology 🎤🇿🇦

A THREAD 🧵

[Democratic Alliance @Our_DA]

The DA's plan is simple: restore law and order, make communities safer and ensure criminals face consequences.

🚔 Catch the criminals.
⚖️ Convict the offenders.
🧹 Clean up the corruption that protects them.

[Democratic Alliance @Our_DA]

👀Who will be the DA's Mayoral Candidate for Cape Town?

Don't miss out, as we announce the candidate who will keep Cape Town working for all.

📺Watch live on the DA's Facebook and YouTube channel
📆 Saturday, 13 June
⏰11:00

[Patrick Andries @PatrickAndries2]

@JordiGriff The problem with GNUb is the ANC in it

[Jordan Griffiths @JordiGriff]

"DA rated more positively than the FF+ in GNU polling."
Across both white and black voters the DA was rated highly outperforming the FF+. Particularly among black voters. The DA had a 61% favourability rating. The blues will be very pleased with this

[DA Western Cape @WesternCapeDA]

💙Thank you to every activist, volunteer, staff member and public rep who poured everything into the Ward 11 campaign.

Together, we grew our support and we are ready to build on this momentum ahead of 4 November!

Check your registration status to #VoteDA: https://t.co/n9OBhCqfZe

#KomPadToe

[Sir Mo @moreki_mo]

Dear Jo'burgers!!
Gogo @helenzille has got this! She did it before in Cape Town. Please give her a chance, Jozinators.
Don’t split your vote. Give her a 50%+ mandate to do what she’s said she wants to do and not more chaotic coalitions.
#VoteDA @Our_DA

[Ryan Coetzee @RyanCoetzee]

The post below sets out in its first sentence what the DA stands for - and has always stood for.

One implication of the DA’s approach is that it must work forwards from its values and beliefs, and backwards from the needs of voters in real-world places as diverse as Emfuleni, Hanover Park, Chatsworth, Boksburg and Constantia. Given South Africa’s history, that’s quite a challenge, but the DA does it every day.

Meanwhile, here on X, keyboard activists for the ANC, MK and the EFF tell people the DA isn’t a party for black South Africans; the rightwing says the DA isn’t a party for Afrikaners; the PA’s brigade says the DA isn’t a party for coloured South Africans, and ASA says the DA isn’t a party for Herman, Mike or Athol 😉

The frustration of a lot of these activists online is that the DA isn’t more like the party they support - more like the ANC or the FF or the PA or ASA, etc.

Well here’s the thing: the DA does not exist to make the online activists of other parties happy. It exists, as I said at the beginning, to offer all South Africans the opportunity to live lives they value. So you’re going to be disappointed if the DA doesn’t do exactly as you demand in your social media posts.

And look, the DA is now big and complex: it is in opposition in many places; governs outright in some; is the bigger partner in some coalitions and the smaller partner in others - and this across all three spheres of government. So yes, mistakes will be made, and hopefully rectified, but overall the DA governs better than any other party, by some considerable distance. And it does so for everyone, not just the group you happen to champion.

[Cilliers Brink @CilliersB]

Help us to take back your city and get it working

Today the Democratic Alliance (DA) in Tshwane announced the names of the councillor candidates we will be fielding in wards that have traditionally been won by the ANC.

On 4 November 2026 South Africans will have the chance to elect their councillors who represent their wards and who will ultimately govern their municipalities.

We have selected candidates who are champions in their own communities, who care about people, and who are ready to work.

The DA candidates include business folk and professionals, but they don’t make their living from municipal tenders.

Township communities have suffered long enough under ANC councillors who don’t attend to service delivery in their wards, and case more about water tankers than water in taps.

ANC ward councillors make noise in council meetings, but they are not championing the interests of communities. They take the support of their communities for granted.

Like we did in Evaton two weeks ago, we believe that the DA can win township wards in Tshwane that have traditionally supported the ANC.

After the 2026 local government election, residents can experience the difference that a DA ward councillor can make in a city led by the DA.

Our message to Tshwane voters is clear: help us take back your city from those who profit from crime, corruption, and chaos. And let’s get Tshwane working.

[Cilliers Brink @CilliersB]

Any party that wants to govern Tshwane will need to win new wards. The DA is the only party with the support, capacity and momentum to do so.

Register to vote for a DA government in Tshwane🗳️https://t.co/zl6ucom2Or

#backbrink #takebackyourcity

[Jarrod Delport @Jarrod_Delport]

I am a proud Joburger. I love this city and its people, but I refuse to accept decline as our future.

Johannesburg deserves safe streets, reliable services and leadership that delivers. Johannesburg deserves better.

Helen Zille and the DA will get Joburg working.

[Democratic Alliance @Our_DA]

🔥 Dada Morero cooked in Parliament! Watch as DA MP Farhat Essack exposes ANC lies and fights to get Joburg working for all.

[Patrick Andries @PatrickAndries2]

@geordinhl @Our_DA Well done 👍🏽✅

[Geordin Hill-Lewis @geordinhl]

Today I visited His Majesty King Misuzulu kaZwelithini at Emashobeni Royal Palace, together with our DA leaders, to affirm the DA’s respect for the institution of traditional leadership and its important role in the lives of millions of South Africans. 🇿🇦

My message was that as the DA grows across the country, we will always continue this relationship of respect. Also, that the best way to honour the Zulu nation is to build a country that truly works - where young people can find work, families can live in safety, and children can receive a quality education. That is what the DA will do.

[Democratic Alliance @Our_DA]

The DA's Khathutshelo Rasilingwane refuses to give up on Ekurhuleni! 🗣️

🇿🇦 Register to vote on 20-21 June 2026. Vote DA to Get Ekurhuleni back from the disastrous ANC-led coalition.

🗳️Check your registration status today: https://t.co/KEfYbAooVd

[Democratic Alliance @Our_DA]

🗳️⏰ Not registered to vote yet? It only takes a few minutes.

Watch how easy it is to register and make sure your voice counts in the 2026 Local Government Elections.

🇿🇦 Check your registration status or register to vote: https://t.co/KEfYbAooVd

[Patrick Andries @PatrickAndries2]

@PresidencyZA @CyrilRamaphosa I wish they vote not except your budget until impeachment hearing is done

[Geordin Hill-Lewis @geordinhl]

Our beautiful 'Great African Seaforest' featured in @TIME 🌊😍

"At the edge of Cape Town’s city lights, one of the ocean’s most intricate ecosystems is held together by creatures most people have never seen."

📲 Full article: https://t.co/SdO2QX8h5H

[SABC News @SABCNews]

WATCH | President Cyril Ramaphosa has filed papers in the Western Cape High Court to review the Section 89 independent panel report into Phala Phala. The report found that he may have a case to answer over the February 2020 theft at his Limpopo farm. CASAC Executive Director Lawson Naidoo weighs in.

[DA Gauteng @DAGauteng]

Good morning, Democrats! ☀️💙

#dailymotivation