ANC Chairperson Panyaza Lesufi said the party was bringing out its heavyweights to with the province by more than 55%
US President Joe Biden’s handling of Israel’s war on Gaza could lose him the all-important student vote
The ANC veteran has been ordered to attend the hearing at Luthuli House
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The court’s reasoning for overturning the decision that the former president was not eligible to run for parliament rested on a misreading of law and case law, the electoral body argued
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The treasury has not allocated additional resources to the court to deal with the likely increase in workload relating to the 2024 election
The ANC veteran says his previous apology for the Eskom crisis was not appropriate, instead pointing a finger at the Zuma administration and the utility itself
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Amid directionless policy after 30 years of democracy, the country’s prospects continue to be driven by the whims of miners and their financiers
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A new play by a new playwright explores shenanigans in South Africa’s politics
Playwright Richard Calland describes the main character “Uncle” as being a Mac Maharaj-like figure with other ANC-types thrown into the mix
The political drama about corruption and power is clever, gripping and insightful
The party has until Thursday to respond to the IEC’s appeal on Jacob Zuma’s eligibility to stand for parliament
The court agreed that it had no jurisdiction in the matter; it belonged before the electoral court and no other forum
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The president told supporters in Kwa-Zulu Natal that Jacob Zuma’s MK party posed no threat to the ANC in next month’s elections
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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As South Africa approaches the 29 May national and provincial elections, the narrative has shifted from load-shedding to a crisis that hits even closer to home: water.
Plus, Mapisa-Nqakula in the dock.
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