Author: eddie
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Mbalula rules out possibility of officials resigning post elections
Reading Time: 2 minutes African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Fikile Mbalula has ruled out any possibility of the party’s top officials and their National Executive Committee members stepping down, should the party dip below 50% during next week’s election. He was speaking to the media on the party’s preparedness for its Siyanqoba rally at…
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Malema meets with traditional leaders in Moletji, Limpopo
Reading Time: 3 minutes Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has met with Kgoši Kgabo Moloto III and traditional leaders at Moletji Moshate, outside Polokwane, Limpopo. This is part of the EFF’s build-up campaign towards the “Tshela-Thupa” rally. The party’s final election rally will be held at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on…
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Electoral Court to hear MK Party ‘founder’ Jabulani Khumalo’s case
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Electoral Court will today hear the case of the man who registered the uMkhonto weSizwe Party, Jabulani Khumalo, and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). Khumalo wants the court to declare invalid the commission’s registration of Jacob Zuma as the party leader. According to Khumalo, the court must compel the commission to register him as…
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National Assembly’s five-year term expires today
Reading Time: < 1 minute The National Assembly’s five-year term will expire at midnight today. However, the House will continue to operate until May 28, on the eve of the elections. In 2019, the Assembly had to pass a motion that the late former African National Congress (ANC) Chief Whip Jackson Mthembu had brought to…
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2024 Election campaign solid: DA
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it is convinced that it has conducted a solid election campaign. With eight days remaining before South Africans choose their national and provincial leaders, the main opposition party is preparing to make its last appeal to citizens. The DA will hold its final election rally on…
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DA alleges attack on members while putting up election posters
Reading Time: < 1 minute The DA says its members have been attacked while putting up election campaign posters in Atteridgeville west of Pretoria. The party’s Katlego Makgaleng says one of the members was injured after falling during the attack. He says they have opened a case at the Atteridgeville police station
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IEC to officially launch results centre
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Electoral Commission (IEC) will today officially launch the National Results Operations Centre (ROC) ahead of the 2024 National and Provincial Elections. The National ROC, located at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, will be the central hub for electoral operations. It will further serve as a central hub for…
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KZN identified as potential violence hotspot ahead of polls
Reading Time: 2 minutes IFP leader, Velenkosini Hlabisa says political parties must accept the outcomes of the 29 May polls because it will be the will of the people. This is as KwaZulu-Natal has been identified as a potential violence hotspot in next week’s election in places like Nongoma, Ulundi and the Ethekwini region. Hlabisa…
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DA’s Steenhuisen campaigns in Ntuzuma
Reading Time: 2 minutes Residents of Ntuzuma township, north of Durban say the area is lagging behind in terms of service delivery. Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen and the party’s provincial leadership are campaigning in the area today. Residents, Sinokwethemba Dlamini and Pinky Biyela, say they are both unemployed and are putting their faith…
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Party members should be taught political tolerance: Analyst
Reading Time: < 1 minute Political Analyst, Professor Bheki Mngomezulu says party leaders should educate their followers about political tolerance. Attacks on members of political parties during electioneering have become widespread in some parts of the country, ahead of next week’s elections. In Tshwane, DA members were allegedly attacked by a group of unknown people…