The president told supporters in Kwa-Zulu Natal that Jacob Zuma’s MK party posed no threat to the ANC in next month’s elections
Only ActionSA, Rise Mzansi and the Inkatha Freedom Party have shared their thoughts on the holy herb with voters
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The Economic Freedom Fighters leader also said his deputy, Floyd Shivambu, should be made minister of finance because he has not stolen anything
Multi party coalition member are split on how they will handle a failure to get more than 50% of the vote
The ActionSA Eastern Cape chairperson said coalitions had become transactional deals to satisfy politics of the stomach
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The electoral body says it is up to the political parties, independent candidates, affected individuals and parliament to deal with any fraud
Inkatha Freedom Party leader Velenkosi Hlabisa said his party would address the growing disparity between the rich and poor in the province
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Respondents were asked to pick the top five issues they believe the incoming government should focus on after the 29 May elections
Newly elected mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza says there is ‘pressure’ for the ANC to fail the metro ‘as the EFF and DA had done’
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The municipality in North West has been riven by ANC infighting and nepotism for years, as residents live in sewage and have no water or other basic services
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The Mail & Guardian in partnership with the University of Fort Hare will host a National Election Town Hall on the 17th April 2024.
The former president has told his supporters that the electoral commission has nothing to do with who becomes the president of the country, their job is to ensure that people vote
Parties want the Democratic Alliance and the Inkatha Freedom Party to account for ‘confusing’ message to voters
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Numbers rather than national unity will dictate how parties coalesce after 29 May
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91-year-old Valentin Volker served as a National Party MP and in the KZN Legislature
DA leader, John Steenhusinen, sat down with the Mail & Guardian’s Lizeka Tandwa, for a one-on-one interview.
This will be seen as another blow to the ANC’s prospects of regaining its majority
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Zuma says he can again be president because he did not serve two full terms
Focus policing on drug cartels and not the users, say newcomers to the political space, identifying the need for rehabilitation programmes
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Analysts explain the changes to the voting system and peer into their crystal balls to predict possible outcomes
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Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape account for most of the voters in the country
The ANC’s top brass is deploying its deputy president to clean up provincial chair Sboniso Duma’s mess
Opposition parties are aiming to use the ANC’s water infrastructure failures to garner votes
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The councillor has been accused of giving away provincial land for a taxi rank development without following legislation
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The now former National Assembly speaker said her resignation was not an admission of guilt regarding the corruption charges she faces
The party is found to be in contempt of court for having failed to hand over all the documents relating to Ramaphosa’s time as deployment head
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Party says the former president was never charged, convicted or sentenced for a criminal offence
The deputy secretary general of the ANC warned that not voting would be a setback to resolving issues such as electricity, housing and water
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We sent questions to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi
The former president and his personnel are unscathed after an accident on Thursday
The speaker’s attempts to stall her arrest resulted in the state revealing the damning charges she faces
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