Category: News
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IEC urges responsibility from political parties when communicating
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…
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Zuma was imprisoned without a fair trial: MK Party
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…
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ANC working on growing SA economy to tackle unemployment: Mashatile
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…
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Lekota urges Hammanskraal to vote COPE, vows to tackle water issues
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…
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Azapo reaffirms land restoration as central to its politics
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…
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ANC confident of unseating DA in Western Cape: Mashatile
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…
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DA’s Alan Winde makes 7 promises to voters, calls for another mandate
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Western Cape launched its provincial manifesto in Paarl on Saturday. Premier candidate for the party, Alan Winde, unveiled the party’s 7 pledges to voters, asking for another five years in office. Winde says the party’s track record as government in the province is a testament…
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Zuma’s remission of sentence key to electoral challenge: Prof Kotzé
Reading Time: < 1 minute Political analyst Professor Dirk Kotzé says the pardon granted to former President Jacob Zuma in August last year could be the argument used by his lawyers to challenge the Electoral Commission’s (IEC) decision to bar him from contesting next month’s elections. The Electoral Court will on Monday hear Zuma’s appeal…
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RISE Mzansi calls for change, leads door-to-door campaign in KZN
Reading Time: 2 minutes RISE Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi has urged South Africans to vote for change in the upcoming general elections. Zibi took his party’s campaign to KwaZulu-Natal and conducted a door-to-door campaign in Inanda, Durban. Residents used the opportunity to voice their grievances about service delivery challenges. Inanda, located in the northern part…
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For free and fair elections, Electoral Code of Conduct is vital
Reading Time: 5 minutes As South Africa prepares for the 2024 National and Provincial Elections (NPE) to usher in the 7th democratic administration, stakes will be high for all political parties including the ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), which has been in charge of the country for three decades. For these elections, there…