President Jacob Zuma’s rural hometown is shaping up to be a prime election battleground, with the DA also throwing its hat into the ring.
There is a growing mood around the world of rejecting conventional authority – Occupy Wall Street, Arab Spring, hashtag protests like #FeesMustFall.
Mthuthuzeli has long pushed for change in his area of the Eastern Cape, but it hasn’t happened, so ‘the comforter’ is going a different route.
Sisonke Jaca is passionate about three things, especially the third: football, dancing and politics. He wants to make a difference to people’s lives.
If what the people in the street are saying is anything to go by, the ANC is in trouble in the country’s largest municipality.
The country seems to be slipping back into patriarchy and election manifestos barely refer to women, yet they’re the largest voting group.
We don’t have all the answers, unlike other parties, but we do promise to keep the status quo — of bewilderment, bafflement and bemusement.
Being barred from contesting the poll may see the breakaway party’s support filter back to its source.
Threats between the sorely disappointed NFP, who can’t partake in the elections, and the IFP are increasing dangerously.
"I hear people complaining when we say the ANC will rule fully until Jesus comes back but we have been blessed. Pastors have prayed for us."
Civil disobedience incidents could reach a record of 210 by the end of 2016, writes Mashupye Herbert Maserumule.
The Constitutional Court judgment has revealed a keen appreciation of the limits of state institutions.
The party is hoping its strong mayoral candidate will help it win power in Zuma’s rural base.
After the elections any party unhappy with the outcome need only quote the Constitutional Court to suggest that there had been some funny business.
There were allegations that the IEC were biased towards the ANC; truth is that the dereliction is an even-handed disservice to all.
The Democratic Alliance’s candidate lists in KZN are contested as leaders are accused of nepotism, racism and not following party guidelines.
People seem only interested in politics because it looks like the only way to advance oneself nowadays.
‘The Razzmatazz’ is certain the electorate at large doesn’t mind the president’s antics and that only a ‘small section of society’ is upset about it.
Few people have heard of the Building a Cohesive Society in South Africa party but some fed-up voters are prepared to give it a try.
The battles between the regular parties will be fierce, but unaffiliated candidates will have a key role to play.
The Democratic Alliance wants the ruling party to answer for the irregular, unauthorised and wasteful expenditure in its metros.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe says the ruling party’s current main focus is to conclude the process of vetting its proposed ward councillors.
The ANC should lead the way by creating an environment in which members compete fairly and peacefully for candidate positions.
A large section of the electorate feels handouts are tantamount to vote buying – except for the perception that the practice is not that effective.
This series of articles looks at the dedicated volunteers who take the message of their political parties to the people. This week: the EFF.
In their competition for local votes the ANC, DA and EFF have interesting ideas of what ‘the people’ want.
The ANC’s idea of letting the people help choose ward candidates could devolve into a circus.
Times are a-changing in Spain as the new office bearers embrace the secular state and do away with cars.
President Jacob Zuma started off the ANC’s election victory celebrations by thanking supporters "for a job well done" — and having a dig at critics.
While DA leader Helen Zille courted voters in Port Elizabeth, President Zuma was telling Jo’burgers that the DA’s hopes for Gauteng were "daydreams".
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/ 1 December 2009
Malawi has again postponed local elections that are constitutionally required to be held by May 2010, the local government minister said on Tuesday.
Roelf Meyer was first appointed Minister of Constitutional Development and Provincial Affairs by President Nelson Mandela.