Democratic Alliance federal leader’s possible comeback as Joburg mayor also rattles rivals
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It is the first time that the DA has publicly warned the ANC that it may reconsider its place in the ruling coalition
Deputy President Paul Mashatile said the president would soon reveal the fate of the contentious law after months of deliberations and consultations
The president’s lawyers counter that the Economic Freedom Fighter’s Phala Phala case is rooted in politics, not law
SACP secretary general Solly Mapaila said the party would not leave the alliance although it was unhappy with elements of it
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Nepotism, graft, shifting ideologies: Southern Africa’s liberation parties have experienced historic setbacks in 2024
The former public protector has been appointed the Mpumalanga convenor, and the former KwaZulu-Natal premier is heading the party in that province
ActionSA has promised positions to the ANC and EFF but the former ruling party is cautious of the city’s poor finances and service delivery failures
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A few weeks ago, President Cyril Ramaphosa passed into law the public procurement bill, ushering in a new era for South Africa’s procurement landscape.
The party has claimed that the president crossed the line into campaigning and broke the law when he addressed the nation three days before the May elections
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The address should have set out how things would be done differently and better under the new government, instead of being a wish list
The Democratic Alliance objected but the ANC accepted his nomination on the basis that no law or rule of parliament barred him from serving on the JSC
Other parties flagged irregularities but want to distance themselves from MK and Jacob Zuma’s efforts to discredit the elections
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The clock started ticking once the electoral commission declared the final result of the vote on Sunday night
But political parties and independents are collectively challenging the result in the province where the ANC is down nine percentage points from 2019
As Jacob Zuma’s new party gains momentum, it could damage the ANC’s results in the elections and even destroy Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency
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The president is attempting to shift the election campaign focus away from the government’s failures towards a promise to deliver more, although its track record suggests it cannot
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The ANC has been under pressure to up its game in the province since Jacob Zuma announced last year that he would endorse the MK party
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
The debate on the State of the Nation address, predictably, became a campaign stump for all parties
Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation speech will count in the long term, if he survives the elections, but it is too late to buy him voters, experts say
A majority judgment held that the stipulation was unconstitutional and reduced it to a 10th of the number stipulated by the new electoral act
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Senior leaders in KwaZulu-Natal say scandal findings are too big to shake off
Naledi Pandor appeared to put that at risk, but neutrality is neither a just demand nor a way to bring Israel to the negotiating table
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The vote was expectedly fractious, with the official opposition walking out of the National Assembly
But party members say they have had enough of being sidelined for high-profile newcomers who haven’t put in the hours
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Sixty percent of votes in the National Assembly is needed to approve the appointment of Kholeka Gcaleka.
Inkatha Freedom Party founder Mangosuthu Buthelezi will remain the face of the party’s election campaign
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The party needs to settle its internal battles if it hopes to contest the elections
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The SACP says the finance minister’s proposed spending cuts are an inappropriate response the country’s economic problems
The two parties hope to unseat the ANC next year through their pre-election cooperation agreement
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The uMngeni mayor says he is up to the ‘mathematically difficult’ challenge
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