Final push: The Democratic Alliance, ANC and the Economic Freedom Fighters held their last rallies this weekend
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EFF leader Julius Malema speaks about the time the ANC promised Matlhomola Moshoeu’s mother a house.
Malema said South Africans were “compromised by t-shirts” making them forget their struggles and parties’ broken promises
The Economic Freedom Fighters hold a final election rally ahead of May 8th polls at the Orlando Stadium in Soweto
The DA is working hard at wooing the province’s voters, but its electorate would rather abstain than not vote for the ANC
Opposition parties are eager to pick on this blot on the ruling party’s copy book
‘This is the most important election since 1994. Yet, strangely, it has been the most boring’
Dali Mpofu shows that he can get down and dirty
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema called out President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet while addressing Alexandra’s community.
The poll comes amid a News24 report that the DA’s research showed a decline in support for the ANC in Gauteng and a surge in support for the DA
More than half of 18-30 year olds not registered to vote
Zolile Xalisa failed to make it to the list of the top 25 candidates the EFF hopes to send to the National Assembly and has resigned from the party.
‘Whether LGBTIQ people vote for the DA or the Kiss Party or whoever, we need to see LGBTIQ people involved in political spaces’
‘At least Mbeki has returned from seclusion at his think-tank to do some actual work for the ANC at the hustings’
The Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF’s) role as kingmaker is not as clear-cut in the 2019 elections as it was in the 2016 polls
The ANC can’t take hard decisions about the economy and other parties don’t need to because they won’t win
A disgruntled Economic Freedom Fighters MP says its leader has failed to account for millions
There are more women registered to vote than men. In response, political party manifestos have increased their attention to gender issues.
Opposition parties are locked in the past
but don’t learn from it and have failed to develop policies for a current and future new world
Despite being tagged ‘relatively unknown’, the Western Cape politician says his track record speaks for itself
As the DA and ANC bicker over who failed Alex, Malema gets a warning in
The EFF leader says he will sue former party member Thembinkosi Rawula for R1-million for defamatory comments
The former head of the party’s disciplinary commission, accused EFF leaders of financial mismanagement and accepting a donation from VBS Bank
‘Ramaphoria’ is not dead just yet despite a few bumps on the road to the elections
The IEC announced on Tuesday that only one of the 52 objections it received was upheld
Our readers write about the CSIR, the upcoming elections and Ace Magashule
Although corruption was a factor in the party’s decline in support in the 2014 and 2016 elections, poor service delivery was also a key element.
The EFF alleges that the former finance minister has a familial and business relationship with newly appointed Sars commissioner
The party believes Ramaphosa’s possible pick for the position was picked through a corrupt process
Magashule said candidates who had been convicted of an offence for which the penalty was more than 12 months in jail had been removed from the list
The EFF’s recent history is littered with other examples of attacks on journalists