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  • Mantashe confident of ANC getting good results in KZN

    Mantashe confident of ANC getting good results in KZN

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    Reading Time: < 1 minute African National Congress (ANC) national chairperson Gwede Mantashe says the party will do well in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in the upcoming elections. Mantashe also remained mum on what percentage of votes that he thinks the party would attain at the 29 May polls. This is as experts are predicting…

  • Zuma wins appeal, remains on MK Party list

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    Reading Time: < 1 minute Former President Jacob Zuma has won his appeal at the Electoral Court, which means he remains on the list of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party. Yesterday’s court proceedings below: The IEC had sustained an objection to Zuma’s candidature on the MK Party’s list for the National Assembly because he was convicted…

  • Voters yield power to change the current government: Ntuli

    Voters yield power to change the current government: Ntuli

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    Reading Time: 3 minutes Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in KwaZulu-Natal chairperson and premier candidate, Thami Ntuli, says voters have the power to change the current government through their votes. Ntuli was speaking during the launch of the IFP’s provincial election manifesto in Ulundi yesterday. Persistent rainfall did not deter scores of IFP supporters from attending…

  • “Declaring Zuma ineligible for public office violates his rights”

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    Reading Time: 2 minutes The uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s legal representative, Advocate Dali Mpofu, says declaring former President Jacob Zuma ineligible to stand for public office is a violation of his rights. Mpofu says according to the Constitution, every adult citizen has the right to stand for public office. He is representing the party in the Electoral…

  • IEC urges responsibility from political parties when communicating

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    Reading Time: < 1 minute Electoral Commission’s chairperson Mosotho Moepya has urged all political parties and their supporters to exercise restraint and responsibility in the manner in which they communicate to voters ahead of next month’s elections. He was speaking in Sandton, Johannesburg, where the commission and Media Monitoring Africa are hosting a multi-sectoral dialogue…

  • Zuma was imprisoned without a fair trial: MK Party

    Zuma was imprisoned without a fair trial: MK Party

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    Reading Time: 2 minutes The uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Party says former President, Jacob Zuma, was imprisoned by the Constitutional Court without being afforded his constitutional rights to a free and fair trial. This comes as the MK Party heads to the Electoral Court to challenge the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) decision that disqualifies Zuma…

  • ANC working on growing SA economy to tackle unemployment: Mashatile

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    Reading Time: < 1 minute African National Congress (ANC) deputy president Paul Mashatile says the government run by his party is working on growing the economy in an effort to address the jobs situation. Mashatile is on his third day of campaigning in Cape Town ahead of the 29 May election. He is in the…

  • Lekota urges Hammanskraal to vote COPE, vows to tackle water issues

    Lekota urges Hammanskraal to vote COPE, vows to tackle water issues

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    Reading Time: 2 minutes Congress of the People (COPE) leader Mosiuoa Lekota has called on the people of Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, to vote for his party and promised to address their challenges. Hammanskraal has experienced a water crisis in recent years including a devastating cholera outbreak last year that claimed dozens of lives. There…

  • Azapo reaffirms land restoration as central to its politics

    Azapo reaffirms land restoration as central to its politics

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    Reading Time: 2 minutes Azapo maintains that its politics still revolve around land and returning it to its rightful owners. This weekend the liberation party took its elections campaign to Galeshewe Township and interacted with some residents during their door-to-door campaign. Galeshewe residents, who interacted with the president of Azapo, say they can only consider…

  • ANC confident of unseating DA in Western Cape: Mashatile

    ANC confident of unseating DA in Western Cape: Mashatile

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    Reading Time: 2 minutes African National Congress (ANC) deputy president Paul Mashatile says he’s confident his party will unseat the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Western Cape in the upcoming elections. Mashatile and other ANC leaders are campaigning in the province this weekend. They kick off their electioneering in Khayelitsha in Cape Town. The DA…