Voter support for the Congress of the People could have fallen to between 6% and 8%, suggest surveys conducted by pollster Markinor and the DA.
Jacob Zuma came down from on high like a descending messiah through the clouds. Below his helicopter, thousands of eager faces strained upwards.
He sings, dances and says things that cause people to cringe. Yet Jacob Zuma is, arguably, the most popular SA politician since Nelson Mandela.
Police were on Thursday deployed to KwaZulu-Natal’s Ntabamhlophe area to monitor serious tensions between IFP and ANC supporters.
ANC MP Dennis Bloem says the mystery surrounding his name being on both ANC and Cope election lists will be solved on Friday.
The ”myth” that the Eastern Cape is now a Cope stronghold was debunked by the by-election results, the ANC said on Thursday.
The ANC and the IFP have reached an agreement to hold political rallies in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal, over the weekend, it was reported on Thursday.
The African National Congress on Wednesday denied distributing fake Democratic Alliance pamphlets in Mpumalanga.
There is no struggle among the leadership of Cope, newly appointed presidential candidate Mvume Dandala says.
Judges worked late into the night after intense argument by lawyers fighting over whether all South Africans living abroad should be allowed to vote.
Nelson Mandela’s grandson is following in the footsteps of his famous grandfather and entering politics.
South Africans should never again be denied the right to vote, the Freedom Front Plus said in the Constitutional Court on Wednesday.
The Constitutional Court will on Wednesday hear arguments on the right to vote for South Africans living abroad.
The ANC on Tuesday again asked the court to prevent the rival IFP from holding a rally near the venue of an ANC event in KZN over the weekend.
Twenty-eight political parties have submitted candidate lists to contest the elections for the National Assembly and some provincial legislatures.
At exactly 5pm on Monday IEC chief electoral officer Pansy Tlakula closed the door on candidate list submissions to contest the upcoming elections.
The high court’s ruling is a step in the right direction, but it comes too late.
Chronic fraud and corruption within the ranks of home affairs is one reason South Africans citizens living abroad should not be allowed to vote.
The recent Pretoria High Court ruling on the right of expatriates to vote in the next elections is highly problematic.
DA leader Helen Zille on Monday dismissed claims by Cope that her party has not made a difference to the lives of the people of Cape Town.
The ANC, DA and Cope submitted their candidate lists for the coming general election before the 5pm cut-off on Monday.
At least four women and two children were carried out of Durban’s Chatsworth Stadium on Sunday after being injured at an ANC rally.
The KZN health department on Monday confirmed that the number of people injured during a stampede at Durban’s Chatsworth stadium had risen to 63.
Allan Boesak accused the ANC of keeping silent while he wrongly went to jail for helping the struggle as he hit the campaign trail on Sunday.
Former deputy president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and prominent businessman Saki Macozoma have joined the Congress of the People.
It seems there is merit in the Congress of the People’s mumbling on affirmative action.
The Mail & Guardian quizzes Bishop Mvume Dandala about his move from religion to politics.
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/ 28 February 2009
Cope risks losing the moral high ground with their appointment of fraud convict Allan Boesak as the party’s premier candidate in the Western Cape.
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/ 27 February 2009
Allan Boesak has accepted nomination as a candidate for premier of the Western Cape for Cope, his spokesperson said on Friday.
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/ 27 February 2009
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema is a product of the ANC’s failed education policy, DA leader Helen Zille said on Friday
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/ 27 February 2009
The list also indicates pay-back for those who supported Jacob Zuma in the build-up to his election as ANC president in 2007.
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/ 27 February 2009
Lekota’s government history and ‘autocratic’ style cost him the nomination, write Mandy Rossouw and Mmanaledi Mataboge.