Tensions over Tshwane between ActionSA and the Democratic Alliance are not expected affect the multi-party pact
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		Helen Joseph Hospital and Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital is surviving on water tankers amidst Gauteng water crisis
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		Several of the policy resolutions adopted by the party were reiterations of statements its leader, Herman Mashaba, had previously made
		
	 
	
		
		Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen also called for parties to support its motion to dissolve the Johannesburg council
		
	 
	
		
		The  KwaZulu-Natal chair said provincial leaders’ polling was likely to change in the coming weeks
		
	 
	
		
		Michelle Wasserman said her party was not aiming to take away votes from the DA in next year’s provincial elections, but rather from the ANC
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		The ANC in KZN has declared a week of mourning in tribute to Buthelezi
		
	 
	
		
		Youth brigade says the deal contradicts the IFP’s position on coalitions
		
	 
	
		
		Parties agree on common policy and power-sharing principles ahead of next year’s poll
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		There have been no walkouts or temper tantrums as opposition parties bury the hatchet
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		Parties have also agreed to invite more opposition groups to join the pre-election coalition pact
		
	 
	
		
		The DA leader has said the pact was about dislodging the ruling party and stopping a coalition between the ANC and the Economic Freedom Fighters
		
	 
	
		
		Mntuwoxolo Ngudle also said ANC hard hitters, including former president Jacob Zuma, must be part of its 2024 elections campaign in KZN 
		
	 
	
		
		A meeting of coalition parties this past week put the DA in the hot seat when its coalition partners made heavy demands
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		John Steenhuisen told party leaders that the 2024 elections would be a fight between the DA and EFF 
		
	 
	
		
		The Democratic Alliance’s coalition agreement needs to reach its targeted 51% if it is to have any success in the 2024 elections 
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		Seven opposition parties will agree on the rules of engagement to unseat the ANC
		
	 
	
		
		PA leader Gayton McKenzie said his party won the coveted Ward 7 in Johannesburg because voters “rejected nonsense” from the DA and ActionSA
		
	 
	
		
		Parties believe that they need the broadest possible coalition to unseat the ANC
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		The democratic revolution requires a collective effort that goes beyond the ambitions of individual parties or leaders
		
	 
	
		
		Parties want members to cough for their coming election campaign
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		Funders are concerned about the fragmented opposition but party leaders are adamant that they and not donors are driving the process
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		Herman Mashaba lasted longer in the Jozi mayor’s parlour than his book did on the shelves
		
	 
	
		
		Jonathan Ball Publishers was not aware of a funding agreement between the ActionSA president and the writer of the ‘unauthorised biography’, Prince Mashele
		
	 
	
		
		The ANC, IFP and DA managed to retain their wards
		
	 
	
		
		The Russian leader has more chance of being arrested at home than he does in Mzansi
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		Will the official opposition consider doing business with the ANC after the 2024 elections?
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		The party’s Tshwane metro contingent appears to have been asleep during councillor induction
		
	 
	
		
		The party believes it has been able to ‘self-correct’ after alienating white voters in the previous national and provincial elections
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		Embattled mayor had been under pressure over the city’s adverse audit opinion in 2021-2022
		
	 
	
		
		The former ANC MP and activist had been ill since June
		
	 
	
		
		The mayor wants a forensic report on a R26-billion tender to turn two power stations into gas energy supply networks