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/ 24 September 2008
Elections should be held immediately, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Wednesday.
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/ 23 September 2008
He is nicknamed "Brains" and is loved by the Labour faithful, but David Miliband insists he does not want a coup against Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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/ 19 September 2008
Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa has reacted sharply to Judge Chris Nicholson’s judgement in the Jacob Zuma case.
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/ 19 September 2008
The ANC’s plan to remove President Thabo Mbeki from office is carefully crafted to ensure that his departure will not lead to an early election.
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/ 16 September 2008
AfriForum Youth on Tuesday handed a copy of the book Politics for Dummies to the ANC Youth League at its Luthuli House offices in Johannesburg.
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/ 13 September 2008
A senior member of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s ruling Labour Party said on Saturday he should face a leadership challenge.
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/ 12 September 2008
The lobbying in favour of the ”political deal” is intense; it is happening on all fronts.
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/ 9 September 2008
Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, was sworn in as president on Tuesday.
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/ 8 September 2008
With his popularity sagging in the face of an economic slowdown, Prime Minister Gordon Brown took his Cabinet into the British heartland on Monday.
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/ 8 September 2008
Numsa chief accuses the federation of playing politics when it should remain above the fray, reports Rapule Tabane.
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/ 2 September 2008
Japan’s beleaguered Prime Minister, Yasuo Fukuda, resigned on Monday in a move that threatens to plunge the country into political turmoil.
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/ 1 September 2008
SABC reporters are not assigned to stories on the basis of their political allegiance, the national broadcaster said on Monday.
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/ 1 September 2008
Somalia’s Prime Minister, Nur Hassan Hussein, survived a no-confidence vote on Monday after he received a majority backing from lawmakers.
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) believes it is being attacked in the media by ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe.
The DA’s Helen Zille has called on South Africa to resist ”political blackmail” by organisations that support Jacob Zuma’s advance to the presidency.
Outgoing Northern Cape ANC chairperson John Block has apologised for the behaviour of some party members in the run-up to a provincial conference.
Hillary Clinton will grab the spotlight at the Democratic convention on Tuesday in a speech designed to mend a lingering party rift.
United States Democrats on Monday worked to unite the party for its convention to nominate presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif pulled his party out of the ruling coalition on Monday, deepening a political crisis.
The election fodder was wheeled out for a photo-opportunity at the Inkatha Freedom Party’s offices in downtown Durban this week.
Pakistan will hold presidential elections on September 6 to pick a successor to Pervez Musharraf, who resigned this week to avoid impeachment charges.
Barack Obama prolonged the suspense on his vice-presidential pick on Friday, saying he has chosen someone — but not revealing the name.
Musharraf’s position has been in doubt since elections in February. The resignation means that the West has lost its most important ally.
Former Western Cape premier Ebrahim Rasool has been appointed one of two special advisers to Minister in the Presidency Kgalema Motlanthe.
The same logic that saw Thabo Mbeki replaced as party president should apply to those who seem to think they represent their own jackets.
So many South Africans who have proven their bona fides in bucketloads are now being called enemies of the revolution.
While Blade Nzimande attacks the media and judiciary, South Africans must heed the words of the Constitution’s caretakers.
Former DA leader Tony Leon says the crisis in the judiciary has been more than a decade in the making.
South Africa’s opposition parties are failing to cash in on the infighting in the ANC, a recent survey indicates.
ANC leaders in the Northern Cape were on Wednesday accused of pushing factionalism and increasing tensions ahead of the provincial congress.
Let’s face it, since 1994 many leading black figures in the middle, professional and upper classes have played the ”race card”.
Ehud Olmert’s announcement that he will step down from his party’s leadership may be hardly surprising given his corruption and poll ratings problems.