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Reading Time: < 1 minute The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party says it’s unfazed about the African National Congress’ (ANC)  decision to seek leave to appeal the judgment in which the court dismissed the trademark case with costs yesterday. The party says it will continue to use its name and logo after the Pietermaritzburg High Court in…

Reading Time: 2 minutes South African Prisoners Organisation for Human Rights (SAPOHR) President, Golden Miles Bhudu, says the Electoral Commission (IEC) lost its independence before the 1999 national elections. In that year, the commission ordered that all prisoners be excluded from voting. The decision was later successfully challenged in court. Thousands of inmates and millions…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Electoral Commission (IEC) says 43 political parties and two independent candidates will contest the elections in Gauteng. The commission’s provincial electoral officer Thabo Masemula says preparations ahead of next month’s elections are on track. He was speaking at the Commission’s Gauteng Province Code of Conduct Signing ceremony in Kempton Park…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has reiterated the need for change during his meeting with party supporters at the Bloemfontein City Hall during the party’s Rescue South Africa Tour last night. Steenhuisen accompanied by some members of the Federal Council and the Provincial leadership told a packed city hall that…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The leader of the Referendum Party (PR), Phil Craig, has called for a referendum on Cape Independence. The party launched its election manifesto in the Western Cape. Craig says South Africa is a failed state. He says, “A referendum would allow us to build this first world country and ultimately…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Defacing or illegally removing election posters is a criminal offence. The Electoral Commission (IEC) in the Western Cape says that those found committing this offence must be reported to the police. Next month, South Africa is set to hold the most contested elections since the dawn of democracy. Election posters are…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Electoral Commission has confirmed that it has filed an application with the Constitutional Court seeking leave to appeal against the Electoral Court’s ruling in favour of the uMkhonto we Sizwe party. This is despite the fact that the Electoral Court has yet to give its reasons for ruling against the…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The uMkhontho weSizwe (MK) party has questioned the Electoral Commission (IEC) ahead of the May elections. This follows the Electoral Commission’s appeal against the Constitutional Court’s ruling that former President Jacob Zuma can stand as the party’s candidate in the May elections. The IEC had upheld two public appeals against Zuma’s…