The ANC looks bad whichever way Cyril Ramaphosa meant his nonsensical statement about the boers coming back if we don’t vote, writes Verashni Pillay
For the first time, the Independent Electoral Commission will be integrating social media into its 2014 election campaign.
Though the ruling party is upping its technology game, the marketing behind it remains weak, say experts.
Why have a group of white people released red balloons into the sky? Most other white people are mystified, if Twitter is anything to go by.
The IEC’s top leadership made a show of organisational strength amid worries that potential suspensions could destabilise the organisation.
The IEC will launch an elections drive at quite short notice and to very little fanfare, despite the struggle to get first-time voters to register.
The ANC’s attempt to hijack the Democratic Alliance’s campaign was itself hijacked by Twitter. Only in South Africa.
President Jacob Zuma’s reading of the Bible misses an important point: we are allowed to criticise his decisions whether he likes it or not.
The property company awarded a contract to lease office space to the IEC did not submit its tax clearance certificate, but got the job anyway.
Opposing parties have put the elections first, uniting to try to stabilise a floundering electoral commission.