Western Cape premier and New National Party (NNP) leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk fended off an attack by the Democratic Alliance (DA) as more allegations of corruption were made against members of his cabinet. The DA believes that Van Schalkwyk must have known about the R300000 party funding scandal involving the Roodefontein golf estate and is convinced that this has adversely affected the NNP's co-operation agreement with the African National Congress (ANC).