If the ANC takes a hammering in the elections, we face the dangerous prospect of being led by authoritarian and corrupt leaders like Jacob Zuma and Julius Malema
Judge Nkosinathi Chili said Zuma would not be prejudiced if the matter is removed from the roll pending his bid to appeal the invalidation of the private prosecution
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Inkatha Freedom Party leader Velenkosi Hlabisa said his party would address the growing disparity between the rich and poor in the province
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The political project around Jacob Zuma is violent, predatory and socially toxic, but it does speak to real lines of exclusion that liberalism cannot address
The electoral commission said its application for leave to appeal was urgent because the outcome would affect the choice millions of voters make in May
Jacob Zuma will be the first presidential candidate to be on the ballot paper and a charge sheet simultaneously
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The former president has told his supporters that the electoral commission has nothing to do with who becomes the president of the country, their job is to ensure that people vote
91-year-old Valentin Volker served as a National Party MP and in the KZN Legislature
A judge who was part of the decision to allow the former president to stand as a parliamentary candidate in the elections said the reasons were not quite ready
This will be seen as another blow to the ANC’s prospects of regaining its majority
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Zuma says he can again be president because he did not serve two full terms
John Steenhuisen and Velenkosini Hlabisa cast a line in the water to exploit the ANC’s weaknesses
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This limited series newsletter offers deep dives and timely updates from the Mail & Guardian’s esteemed politics and elections team. Your essential guide through South Africa’s pivotal elections, enriched by our historic journey from apartheid to democracy. Allow us to connect the past, present, and future of our nation’s democratic evolution.
Party says the former president was never charged, convicted or sentenced for a criminal offence
If we make God in our image, let it not be the genocidal maniac worthy only of contempt but rather a God of kindness, worthy of our worship
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The former president and his personnel are unscathed after an accident on Thursday
The governing party has lost its battle over uMkhonto weSizwe party’s registration
The Democratic Alliance leader says a coalition with the governing party might be the ‘least worst option to prevent the radicals from taking over’
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ANC ‘only has itself to blame’ for missing deadlines to oppose the registration of MK
Many if not most South Africans welcome the decline of electoral support for the ANC. But the alarming reality is that the alternatives could be far worse
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader said the party’s secretary general, Marshall Dlamini, would replace Shivambu as its national deployee in the province
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Unlike ANC governments, we must practise consistent, inclusive solidarity and internationalism
The state’s bid to have a trial date set was stymied by Zuma’s counsel signalling that he was seeking leave to appeal
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Acting for the MK party, Dali Mpofu said the ANC was only challenging the registration of the party because Jacob Zuma was campaigning for it
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The deputy minister said he would not discuss the list or internal debates
South Africa’s political narrative is mired in a swamp of inadequacy and hypocrisy
The Jacob Zuma-backed party will be facing off in the electoral court on Tuesday against the ANC, which is trying to have it deregistered
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Change starts … just now, as Roger Jardine’s funders pull the plug
Party has fielded a mix of political newcomers and long-time Zuma associates
But spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela said the party will only elect its officials after the 29 May national and provincial elections
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Vehicles were stoned on Umgeni Road on Monday morning, while reports of workers sabotaging water pipelines were also received