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Reading Time: < 1 minute Former African National Congress (ANC) President Thabo Mbeki will be assisting the party to garner votes in Soweto later today. He will lead a walkabout and meet and greet at the Jabulani Mall in Soweto. This comes as the ANC is roping in its heavyweights to bolster its campaign ahead…

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) says it is not closing the door to discussions on forming coalition governments with the African National Congress (ANC) post the May elections. IFP leader Velenkosini Hlabisa was speaking on the sidelines of a Multi-Party Charter (MPC) media briefing outlining the eleven parties’ plan for social…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Respondents who wish to oppose the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) bid to appeal the Electoral Court order which paved the way for former President Jacob Zuma to remain on the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party’s candidate list have until today to file answering affidavits in the Constitutional Court. This comes after…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Patriotic Alliance (PA) has sprung a major surprise by winning two of three by-elections held in the Western Cape yesterday. The PA secured just over 40% of the support in the Swartland on the Cape West Coast, while the Democratic Alliance (DA) obtained second place with nearly 39% of…

Reading Time: 2 minutes African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula, has accused the judge in the trademark case of focusing on politics rather than facts pertaining to the ownership of uMkhonto Wesizwe. This is after the High Court in Durban dismissed the ANC’s case on the basis that the party did not contest…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) has refused to be drawn on the leaked recording of its National Executive Committee meeting. In the recording, ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa can be heard reading the riot act to party members ahead of the May polls. Ramaphosa called on members to ensure that the…

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…