The national Education Department on Saturday warned political parties against campaigning in schools.
It seems there is merit in the Congress of the People’s mumbling on affirmative action.
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/ 3 February 2009
In the past politicians would go after voters with rah-rah rallies and door-to-door campaigns, but not anymore…
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/ 30 January 2009
Citizens of the country should be able to elect their president directly, the Congress of the People said on Thursday.
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/ 23 January 2009
The election manifesto launch this weekend of the Congress of the People will not be televised live by the SABC, the public broadcaster has told Cope.
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/ 20 January 2009
It will be JZ versus HZ in the coming elections, if DA leader Helen Zille has her way.
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/ 27 November 2008
If the SABC can rise to the challenge of covering the election to public acclaim, that would help consolidate its autonomy in general
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/ 21 October 2008
Wednesday October 8 was probably the worst day the United Democratic Movement could have chosen to launch its campaign.
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/ 29 September 2008
The financial crisis ended the Palin circus but the Democratic presidential candidate must buck up
his ideas to exploit McCain’s weak point.
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/ 22 September 2008
Historically, there’s been a last-minute swing away from black candidates by white voters. Will Barack change things?
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/ 21 September 2008
Despite being a pro-choice, liberal atheist, I gave money in honour of the US vice-residential candidate Sarah Palin today.
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/ 13 September 2008
An America that disdains Obama for his global support risks turning current anti-Bush feeling into something far worse.
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/ 6 September 2008
Furore surrounding John McCain’s running mate is a return to the old American politics of red state versus
blue state, writes Jonathan Freedland.
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/ 5 September 2008
Angolans go to the polls this month for
the first time in 16 years. John Grobler reports from Luanda.
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/ 1 September 2008
The most significant results of next week’s Angolan elections could be at the bottom of the table.
With startling chutzpah, Republicans are again casting the opponent as out of touch. Democrats shouldn’t play the game.
The party’s 2009 election strategy begins in earnest this weekend and it will need to surmount numerous internal battles.
The election fodder was wheeled out for a photo-opportunity at the Inkatha Freedom Party’s offices in downtown Durban this week.
Clinton did not sign on to a tough campaign, or to a more negative strategy against Obama, until late February.
The Democratic candidate said he would dip into the US’s strategic oil reserves to try to drive down prices, a policy he had previously opposed.
African civil society must make a clear stand on Zimbabwe. The crisis is not only affecting the people of Zimbabwe, but is a great concern for all.
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/ 5 September 2003
The Mail and Guardian this week takes the extraordinary step of figuratively nailing its colours to the mast.