Author: eddie
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LIVE | IEC launches National Results Operation Centre
Reading Time: < 1 minute The IEC is launching the National Results Operation Centre (ROC) located at the Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand. It will serve as primary management hub for electoral operations housing political parties, the media, government observers, government and business leaders.
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IFP leader Hlabisa reaffirms no coalition with ANC
Reading Time: 3 minutes Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Velenkosini Hlabisa has reaffirmed the party’s position of not wanting a coalition with the African National Congress (ANC). This as the party has called for the resignation of a senior party member who managed to secure himself a seat as mayor in the Umvoti Local Municipality,…
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SADC traditional healers hold ritual for peace ahead of elections
Reading Time: 2 minutes Divine intervention is pivotal in ensuring peace during elections, this is according to the SADC Unified Ancestors Traditional Practitioners Association. The association made of traditional medicine practitioners from the SADC region, performed a ritual ceremony to appeal for peace and tolerance from ancestors during next week’s general elections. The event known…
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Mamabolo describes National ROC the beating heart of 2024 elections
Reading Time: 2 minutes Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo has described the National Results Operation Centre (ROC) as the beating heart of the 2024 National and Provincial elections. The Electoral Commission has formally launched the ROC at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, Johannesburg, on Wednesday. Mamabolo has described…
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ARA party eyes one million votes in national general elections
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Africa Restoration Alliance (ARA) party says it’s expecting a million votes in the upcoming national general elections. ARA president Jerome Swartz says the party will participate nationally, and provincially to help change the lives of South Africans. Addressing the party’s rally at Norman Dubel Hall in Heidedal, Free State, Dr…
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Concerns over attacks on political party members ahead of 2024 polls
Reading Time: 3 minutes With only six days before South Africans head to the polls to cast their votes, attacks on members of political parties during electioneering have become widespread in some parts of the country. In Tshwane, Democratic Alliance (DA) members were allegedly attacked by a group of unknown people in Atteridgeville this week…
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Msimanga vows to restore investor confidence if elected in Gauteng
Reading Time: 2 minutes Democratic Alliance (DA) Gauteng Premier Candidate Solly Msimanga says he will restore investor confidence should he be voted into office in the upcoming general elections. Speaking during the Reya ba Tsena provincial rally in Soweto, Msimanga says investors are waiting for a government that will not loot government coffers. Msimanga bemoans…
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DA leader slams ANC cadre deployment for economic hindrance
Reading Time: 2 minutes Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has again criticised the African National Congress (ANC) cadre deployment policy, saying it was preventing the economic progression of towns and industries. He was speaking at Upington, Northern Cape, at a rally ahead of the May 29th general elections. Steenhuisen says the DA hopes to win…
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Scrapping e-tolls: too late or perhaps not, to save ANC in Gauteng?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The public defiance of e-tolls and its scrapping serves as a reminder that public policy processes in a representative democracy are sacred. While elections give legitimacy to government, public engagement lends credibility to policymaking. The abolition of e-tolls on April 11, 2024, may have come too late for the ruling party…
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Malema criticises Eastern Cape govt for neglecting rural communities
Reading Time: 3 minutes Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema took his election campaign to Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, where he slammed the provincial government for failing to provide basic services to impoverished communities in the rural areas. Malema also met with the controversial abaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo. The EFF leader was welcomed…