It could be a wake-up call for a party distracted by power struggles over its next group of leaders
The worst-performing municipalities were found in the Free State and North West which had huge liquidity shortfalls.
The Metsimaholo results indicate that the party’s support among the township dwellers in the municipality has collapsed.
There is no guarantee that any are likely to be given an outright mandate to pursue their manifestos.
By taking on its alliance member, the SACP is ‘making history’ in the small Free State district
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The state has to prove Jacob Zuma is HIV-positive and that was why he could allegedly rape an HIV-positive woman, his defence told the Johannesburg High Court on Tuesday. Zuma’s lawyer Kemp J Kemp said the state’s argument that the former deputy president was HIV-positive was ”totally flawed”.
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The state pulled out all the stops on Wednesday to prove that Jacob Zuma raped an HIV-positive woman, saying his version of events was ”laughable” and ”fanciful”. Prosecutor Charin de Beer described Zuma’s details of November 2 last year as ”recent fabrication” to enhance his claim of consensual sex.
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There was no doubt efforts were made to persuade Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser to drop the charge, the Johannesburg High Court heard on Wednesday. ”There is little doubt [KwaZulu-Natal finance minister Zweli] Mkhize tried to broker a settlement,” state prosecutor Charin de Beer told the court.
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Former deputy president Jacob Zuma will know ”as soon as possible” whether he will be convicted of rape, Johannesburg High Court Judge Willem van der Merwe said on Tuesday. ”Yes, let me say that I want to do it as soon as possible for obvious reasons,” said Van der Merwe.
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Emotional transference could lead a victim of previous rape to perceive consensual sex as rape afterwards, a forensic psychologist told Jacob Zuma’s rape trial on Tuesday. Testifying for Zuma, Louise Olivier also questioned whether his rape accuser froze during the alleged rape at his Johannesburg home.