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2009 Elections

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/ 16 March 2009

Missing dockets: ‘The minister cannot stay silent’

There has been a 56% increase in the number of missing police dockets over the past year, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 16 March 2009

ANC tells defectors that all is forgiven

African National Congress defectors were free to come back and rejoin the organisation, said ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe on Sunday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 16 March 2009

Football lessons from Motlanthe

Niren Tolsi on President Kgalema Motlanthe’s recent visit to a small KZN community: refreshing, no promises, but an activist vision of South Africa.

By Niren Tolsi
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Analysis
/ 16 March 2009

A mother of a race

Political scientists suggest voters in the Western Cape are more likely to consider alternatives in this election.

By Nic Dawes Author
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Article
/ 16 March 2009

Of language and politics

Tragically, the good people among us assisted this by remaining silent.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 15 March 2009

Zuma visits Rhema, prays for peaceful election

ANC president Jacob Zuma asked for prayers for a peaceful election during a service at the Rhema Bible Church, in Randburg, on Sunday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 15 March 2009

Zille: ‘I will keep on telling the truth about the ANC’

Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille promised on Sunday to attack ”ANC corruption” no matter what the international consequences.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 15 March 2009

Ex-tourism chief now Cope’s election czar

Cope has beefed up its election machinery by appointing new organisers, including outgoing South African Tourism chief executive Mooketsi Mosola.

By Mmanaledi Mataboge
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Article
/ 15 March 2009

Here, politics ‘don’t tik’

Pearlie Joubert visits a place where drugs, gangs and crime rule.

By Pearlie Joubert Author
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Article
/ 14 March 2009

Buthelezi: SA electing a dictator in a democratic way

South Africans need trusted leaders, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 14 March 2009

Cope faltering, ANC going strong

Cope seems to be faltering, while the ANC is suffering little fallout from the legal cloud over Jacob Zuma’s head, a political analyst said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
1 husband, 2 kids, 0 bribes
Article
/ 14 March 2009

1 husband, 2 kids, 0 bribes

Rapule Tabane posed 10 tough questions to
DA leader Helen Zille

By Rapule Tabane
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Article
/ 13 March 2009

Zille on blessings of a DA win in W Cape

The leader of the DA, Helen Zille, has outlined an idyllic picture of what life will be like if her party wins the April 22 election.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 13 March 2009

How a plump public purse serves Zuma, Selebi

The taxpayer has to fork out nearly a R1-million a month for the protection of Jacob Zuma and has given millions for the legal fees of Jackie Selebi.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 13 March 2009

Cope unveils election posters

Presidential candidate Mvume Dandala unveiled Cope’s election posters in Midrand on Friday, blaming the delay on a shortage of resources.

By Sapa Author, Mail Guardian Online Reporter and Sapa Afp
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Article
/ 13 March 2009

Dandala’s way

Mmanaledi Mataboge spends a day in
the life of Cope leader Mvume Dandala on his recent visit to Limpopo province.

By Mmanaledi Mataboge
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Article
/ 13 March 2009

Ekurhuleni boss throws down the gauntlet

Forty days before the election, Ekurhuleni’s city manager Patrick Flusk has threatened to dissolve the municipality’s council.

By Adriaan Basson and Yolandi Groenewald
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Article
/ 13 March 2009

Provinces vs Luthuli House

ANC headquarters have been accused of fiddling the party’s electoral list for Mpumalanga in order to elbow out party chairperson David DD Mabuza.

By Matuma Letsoalo Author
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Article
/ 13 March 2009

Don’t politicians like cellphones?

Political parties are taking a page out of the Obama campaign playbook. For the first time in South Africa, they’re using technology to woo voters.

By Faranaaz Parker
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Article
/ 13 March 2009

Fight for right to meet and not teach

SADTU in Gauteng Central is defying calls by education minister Naledi Pandor and ANC to refrain from holding political meetings during school hours.

By Thabo Mohlala
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Article
/ 12 March 2009

DA to propose new expat voting law

Having won the greater part of what it went to court for, the DA is now proposing new legislation to clean up the whole business of the expat vote.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 12 March 2009

DA: Vote ruling will change election result

The DA predicted on Thursday that the court ruling allowing expatriates to vote would improve the party’s performance in the April 22 elections.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 12 March 2009

Court grants expat vote

South Africa’s highest court ruled on Thursday that citizens living abroad should be allowed to vote in the country’s general election next month.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 12 March 2009

Zuma: Elections will be peaceful

The April elections will take place as peacefully as previous ones, says African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 11 March 2009

MDP will top SA election ballot paper

The Movement Democratic Party will be placed first on the ballot paper in the upcoming national election, it was decided on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 11 March 2009

Cope denies coalition plans with ANC

The Congress of the People says it is not considering forming a coalition with the African National Congress after the coming elections.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 11 March 2009

Parties commit to electoral code of conduct

Political parties contesting the national elections signed a pledge on Wednesday committing themselves to adhere to the Electoral Code of Conduct.

By Staff Reporter
Throwing his hat in
Article
/ 10 March 2009

Throwing his hat in

Niren Tolsi spoke to IFP president Mangosuthu Buthelezi about how he views his chances in the coming poll.

By Niren Tolsi
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Article
/ 8 March 2009

Zille: Why Zuma and Boesak can’t be trusted

ANC president Jacob Zuma cannot be president of the country because he cannot be trusted, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on
Saturday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 7 March 2009

ANC calls on IEC to nullify election results

The ANC on Friday formally asked the Independent Electoral Commission to nullify the results of the by-election in Imbabazane local municipality.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 6 March 2009

Zille challenges Cope to speak out on coalition

DA leader Helen Zille has challenged Cope to say whether it plans to enter into a coalition with the ANC after the April elections.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 6 March 2009

ANC: Bloem’s move to Cope immoral

The ANC on Friday described its former MP Dennis Bloem’s move to Cope as ”politically immoral”.

By Staff Reporter
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