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Elections 2014

ACDP’s 10 tough questions: Love your gay children
Article
/ 27 March 2014

ACDP’s 10 tough questions: Love your gay children

In the second instalment of our 10 tough questions to party leaders ahead of the election, the ACDP’s Kenneth Meshoe talks about rape, HIV and portn.

By Verashni Pillay
Expatriates vote for half an MP
Article
/ 27 March 2014

Expatriates vote for half an MP

Political parties are fighting for scraps when it comes to the votes of those living abroad.

By Verashni Pillay and Mmanaledi Mataboge
Sorry you missed Jacksonville, ANC
Article
/ 27 March 2014

Sorry you missed Jacksonville, ANC

The party is finding that the Eastern Cape does not intend to let bygones be bygones.

By Kwanele Sosibo
Does the DA really deliver?
Article
/ 26 March 2014

Does the DA really deliver?

Non-partisan website Africa Check has assessed the Democratic Alliance’s various Twitter claims for factual accuracy ahead of the general election.

By Staff Reporter
The truth about Nkandla is out, so what now?
Article
/ 23 March 2014

The truth about Nkandla is out, so what now?

Despite the Nkandla splurge, President Jacob Zuma and the ANC are unlikely to face severe sanctions come May 7, say analysts.

By Lynley Donnelly
Election promises dominate Zuma’s Human Rights Day speech
Article
/ 21 March 2014

Election promises dominate Zuma’s Human Rights Day speech

President Jacob Zuma promised more services, schooling, jobs and healthcare in a polls-focused speech, as the DA and EFF descended on Sharpeville.

By Staff Reporter
Elections list: DA MPs join FF Plus
Article
/ 20 March 2014

Elections list: DA MPs join FF Plus

The Freedom Front Plus has confirmed that three Democratic Alliance MPs are among the top 25 names on its national elections candidates list.

By Sapa
Soapbox: Why whites must vote for the EFF
Analysis
/ 20 March 2014

Soapbox: Why whites must vote for the EFF

The Economic Freedom Fighters are the only party truly set on redressing apartheid inequalities, and through that whites can finally find salvation.

By Comment Author
Elections 2014: Gauteng, know your province
Article
/ 19 March 2014

Elections 2014: Gauteng, know your province

It’s the country’s economic hub and home to about a quarter of its voters. The M&G looks at who the people in the powerhouse province vote for.

By Laura Grant
Agang SA releases elections candidate list
Article
/ 19 March 2014

Agang SA releases elections candidate list

Agang SA has made public its list of party candidates for upcoming polls, with leader Mamphele Ramphele listed as the party’s presidential candidate.

By Sapa
EFF accuses SABC of banning coverage before election
Article
/ 19 March 2014

EFF accuses SABC of banning coverage before election

The EFF has criticised the national broadcaster ahead of elections, saying it’s "being manipulated by puppets". But the SABC has dismissed the claims.

By Sapa
Democracy fund will foster political donation transparency
Analysis
/ 19 March 2014

Democracy fund will foster political donation transparency

The laissez-faire status quo on secret donations allows businesses to buy influence from political parties, writes Judith February.

By Judith February
Gauteng voters key to poll victory
Article
/ 19 March 2014

Gauteng voters key to poll victory

Economic power and social discontent are setting the stage for the mother of all electoral battles.

By Staff Reporter
Parties vet candidates to avoid embarrassment
Article
/ 13 March 2014

Parties vet candidates to avoid embarrassment

Political parties say that their priority in putting forth their candidate lists this year has been to submit credible people with no bad records.

By Andisiwe Makinana
Soapbox: How Malema became Mao’lema
Analysis
/ 13 March 2014

Soapbox: How Malema became Mao’lema

A magical moment took place recently. A symbolic reconstitution of 60 000 into a single force in the form of Malema as Mao, writes Andile Mngxitama.

By Comment Author
The A – Zuma of South Africa’s 2014 elections
Analysis
/ 13 March 2014

The A – Zuma of South Africa’s 2014 elections

What does the electoral commission have in common with Hugh Grant and the transvestite? That and more in our guide by Verashni Pillay.

By Verashni Pillay
ANC fights to regain lost ground
Article
/ 13 March 2014

ANC fights to regain lost ground

Cyril Ramaphosa is in the front line of the party’s bid to wrestle the Western Cape from the DA.

By Glynnis Underhill and Lynley Donnelly
Pule? Yengeni? ANC elders may grill Zuma
Article
/ 13 March 2014

Pule? Yengeni? ANC elders may grill Zuma

The party’s integrity committee is taking a tough stance on unsuitable candidates in its election lists.

By Matuma Letsoala and Mmanaledi Mataboge
Ronnie Kasrils: I can’t say ‘vote ANC’ anymore
Article
/ 13 March 2014

Ronnie Kasrils: I can’t say ‘vote ANC’ anymore

The ex-MK leader is not endorsing any party this election – just follow your heart and head, he says.

By Verashni Pillay
Editorial: Candidates must be 100% clean
Article
/ 13 March 2014

Editorial: Candidates must be 100% clean

The party lists for office bearers and MPs will be scrutinised by members between now and the national election in early May.

By Editorial
Satanic panic: God votes ANC – the rest can go to hell
Article
/ 13 March 2014

Satanic panic: God votes ANC – the rest can go to hell

President Jacob Zuma has gone biblical in his forecasts of power for the ANC, in a semantic shift in the way the party speaks of itself and opposers.

By Sipho Kings
New parties muscle in
Article
/ 13 March 2014

New parties muscle in

EFF convener for the Western Cape Nazier Paulsen says it’s his party up against the DA in the province, with the ANC on the sidelines.

By Glynnis Underhill
Why former Cope MP Kilian leapt to the ANC
Article
/ 12 March 2014

Why former Cope MP Kilian leapt to the ANC

Former Cope MP Juli Kilian has decided to leave the party and jumped to number 126 on the ANC’s National Assembly election list.

By Glynnis Underhill and Andisiwe Makinana
Elections 2014: Deadline closes for party list submissions
Article
/ 12 March 2014

Elections 2014: Deadline closes for party list submissions

The IEC says at least 48 political parties have paid their deposits and submitted parliamentary candidate lists ahead of the deadline.

By Sarah Evans
EFF pays deposit to contest elections
Article
/ 12 March 2014

EFF pays deposit to contest elections

The EFF has used money made from selling berets, T-shirts, posters, and member donations to pay the deposit fee to contest the general elections.

By Sapa
DA offers R5 000 for info on poster vandalism
Article
/ 12 March 2014

DA offers R5 000 for info on poster vandalism

The DA says its posters in the Western Cape are being vandalised, and has offered a reward for photo or video evidence of the acts.

By Glynnis Underhill
Zuma loyalists top ANC elections list
Article
/ 11 March 2014

Zuma loyalists top ANC elections list

The ANC has released its widely anticipated lists of who it will send to Parliament and provincial legislatures after the 2014 elections.

By Verashni Pillay
Elections 2014: What voters have been promised
Article
/ 11 March 2014

Elections 2014: What voters have been promised

With less than two months to go until the 2014 elections, we take a look at some key points of the campaign trail so far.

By Sarah Evans
Parliament to bid farewell to Motlanthe, Manuel
Article
/ 10 March 2014

Parliament to bid farewell to Motlanthe, Manuel

A programme has given the clearest indication that Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe and Planning Minister Trevor Manuel won’t return to Parliament.

By Andisiwe Makinana
FF Plus: Co-operation needed to stop ANC
Article
/ 8 March 2014

FF Plus: Co-operation needed to stop ANC

Co-operation between different groups is needed to stop the ANC, said Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder at his party election manifesto launch.

By Sapa
DA will bust corruption, says Zille
Article
/ 8 March 2014

DA will bust corruption, says Zille

Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille singled out a corruption-free government as essential to business investment and job creation at a CT rally.

By Sapa
Tembisa: Mirror of a nation’s bias
Article
/ 6 March 2014

Tembisa: Mirror of a nation’s bias

Youth in Tembisa are politically active, but may not turn out to vote – not from apathy, but in protest.

By Kwanele Sosibo
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