The president said the formation of a Government of National Unity was the beginning of a new era for South Africa
The Inkatha Freedom Party, ANC, Democratic Alliance and National Freedom Party are represented in the provincial cabinet
The president will consult the leaders of other parties before he makes the appointments
Following much pomp and ceremony, Chief Justice Raymond Zondo will administer the Presidential Oath of Office, after which Ramaphosa will give an address
The EFF leader changes his views faster than a Nigerian man running in flip-flops
Parties will back Inkatha Freedom Party provincial chairperson Thami Ntuli for premier
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As the political horse trading begins, the fate of the controversial policy is uncertain
Now that the report cards have been handed out, cynicism and uncertainty rule
The party’s national executive committee will decide who it will partner with – and how – on Thursday
Residents of the six rural towns will vote again on 19 June
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The provincial secretary said the people of the Eastern Cape had rejected Zuma and his new MK party ahead of the elections
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The former ANC president invoked the names of anti-apartheid activists buried in Heroes Acre in Pietermaritzburg while campaigning
The Pietermaritzburg business chamber says the move would destroy the regional economy
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Velenkosini Hlabisa also defended the Ingonyama Trust Act, which he said had been beneficial to black people in KwaZulu-Natal
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The new Zulu prime minister has been giving the ANC chest pains since the king appointed him
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader said the party’s secretary general, Marshall Dlamini, would replace Shivambu as its national deployee in the province
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Political parties are treating the issues as ‘peripheral’ concerns
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The IFP will reserve 80% of all jobs for South Africans and restrict foreign access to the small business sector
The EFF leader has said that the door was still open to collaboration with the DA and MK parties after the elections, but not with Ramaphosa
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The ruling party’s head of elections has said the ANC should be worried that members were moving to the new party while the IFP should also be concerned
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IEC records bumper registration weekend as voter’s roll exceeds 27 million for the first time since 1994
The biggest opposition parties are intent on usurping the ANC’s power by forming alliances with smaller left and right wing parties
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Collen Malatji also said the party had been nursing the former president for too long, given he had caused more damage to the party than any other ANC leader
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The party wants to avoid an internal contest derailing its aim to win back KwaZulu-Natal
The party leader is one of the participants on a five-day German tour to learn how coalitions are managed in that country
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The spectre of the IFP boss has haunted both my personal and professional life for decades
Flags will fly at half mast on government buildings until after the Zulu prime minister is buried
The reasons that such an intelligent, charismatic leader never gained the type of political recognition he craved are rooted in his own core mission in life: to rule a reconstructed Zulu nation