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South African Politics

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/ 26 November 2008

DA: For an open society

A few political parties contesting next year’s election outline their manifestos. The Democratic Alliance’s Helen Zille has her turn.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 25 November 2008

ANCYL: ‘We’ll never incite violence’

ANCYL boss Julius Malema has apologised for creating the impression he was inciting violence with his ”kill for Zuma” statements, a spokesperson says.

By Fienie Grobler
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/ 25 November 2008

IFP: From the ground

A few political parties contesting next year’s election outline their manifestos. Mangosuthu Buthelezi, the president of the IFP, outlines the IFP’s.

By Mangouthu Buthelezi
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/ 25 November 2008

Davis likens ANC to Nats

The political climate, with members of the ruling party labelling senior judges ”counter-revolutionary” resembles that of the nationalist government.

By Sello S Alcock
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/ 25 November 2008

Evita: Beware of the bite

A few political parties contesting next year’s election outline their manifestos. Evita Bezuidenhout has her say.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 24 November 2008

ANC to launch election manifesto in January

The African National Congress will launch its election manifesto in January in the Amathole region of the Eastern Cape.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 24 November 2008

ANC looks toward 2009 elections

The ANC is trying to find a suitable date for next year’s elections that falls outside the busy Easter holiday period, it said on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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Analysis
/ 24 November 2008

ACDP: From a christian point of view

A few political parties contesting next year’s election outline their manifestos. The ACDP will tackle five main challenges.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 23 November 2008

No seats reserved, says ANC

An ANC draft-list guideline document, obtained by the Mail & Guardian makes it clear that seats will not be reserved for its alliance partners.

By Matuma Letsoalo Author
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/ 23 November 2008

ID: To bridge the divide

A few political parties contesting next year’s election outline their manifestos. Lance Greyling of the Independent Democrats has his turn.

By Staff Reporter
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Analysis
/ 22 November 2008

ANC: Focus on development

A few political parties contesting next year’s election outline their manifestos. This is the African National Congress’s.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 22 November 2008

ANC enforces loyalty pledge

The Eastern Cape ANC has clamped down on possible defections to the Congress of the People by asking scores of branch leaders to pledge loyalty.

By Rapule Tabane
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Article
/ 21 November 2008

Zille lays into Zuma over vehicle convoy

DA leader Helen Zille on Friday criticised ANC president Jacob Zuma for travelling in a convoy of 33 vehicles while campaigning in Limpopo.

By Michael Hamlyn
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/ 20 November 2008

Cope refuses ANC’s demand for name change

The Congress of the People (Cope) has refused an ANC demand to stop using its new name, the ANC’s attorney said on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 November 2008

Zuma not part of bid to change court date, says lawyer

Jacob Zuma has nothing to do with an application to change the date of the appeal against the dismissal of his corruption charges, his lawyer says.

By Jenni Ogrady
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/ 20 November 2008

All eyes on Cope name contest

The deadline for breakaway party Cope to respond to a demand from the ANC that it stops using the name Congress of the People expires on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 November 2008

Zille: In for the long haul

People often tell DA leader Helen Zille that she is in the ”wrong party”. ”It’s madness,” she says. ”Of course I’m not ­- there’s no alternative.”

By Marianne Thamm
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/ 20 November 2008

Time for a two-horse race?

Bantu Holomisa elicited frenzied cheering at Cope’s recent national convention, underscoring his continued popularity with disaffected black voters.

By Marianne Thamm
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/ 19 November 2008

Tail must not wag the dog

ANC’s vision of a developmental state is detrimental to the poor, the unemployed and the politically unconnected.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 19 November 2008

ID: Bridging traditional gaps

Many charge that the ID is more of a one-person lobby group than an opposition party, but De Lille counters that it has grown both in membership terms

By Marianne Thamm
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/ 18 November 2008

ANC serves papers on Cope

The ANC has served legal papers on Mosuioa Lekota’s breakaway party for using the name Congress of the People (Cope), officials said on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 November 2008

Cope denies rumours of KZN ANC minister’s resignation

Rumours that a KZN minister is expected to resign from the ANC on Tuesday and join Cope is ”a blatant lie”, a Cope provincial coordinator says.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 November 2008

The ‘silent revolution’ among South African voters

Marianne Thamm, Open Society Research Fellow for 2008, reports on new electoral volatility that poses a threat to the ANC’s overwhelming majority.

By Marianne Thamm
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/ 18 November 2008

Race less of an issue

South Africans are not overwhelmingly preoccupied with affirming their racial identities in their voting behaviour, a study has found.

By Marianner Thamm
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Article
/ 18 November 2008

The IFP’s modern face

"What mobilised people for Zuma was the way he was fired as deputy president. People think it was done because he’s a Zulu".

By Marianne Thamm
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/ 18 November 2008

Cause struggle now a wealth struggle

It is a mystery why we spend billions financing 20 universities if we have to rely on Harvard professors to advise on macroeconomic strategy.

By Themba Mdlalose
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/ 17 November 2008

ANC approaches IEC over Cope name

The ANC is in the process of raising concerns with the IEC over Cope’s name, ANC spokesperson Carl Niehaus said on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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Analysis
/ 17 November 2008

Still waiting for true liberation

The Congress of the People aims to be a progressive party of the left.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 November 2008

Will Snuki be snuffed?

The ANC is scrambling to replace SABC board members with an interim board that will be more sympathetic to the party in the run-up to the election.

By Mmanaledi Mataboge
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/ 15 November 2008

ANC in full throttle

While Mosiuoa Lekota’s Cope movement has yet to launch and the DA is relaunching this weekend, Zuma has hit the ground running.

By Rapule Tabane
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/ 14 November 2008

Lekota must stop urinating on ANC, says KZN boss

Mosiuoa Lekota should focus on policies and stop aggravating ordinary party members by ”urinating” on the ANC, the party’s KZN secretary general says.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 14 November 2008

Cope submits application to IEC

The Congress of the People (Cope) submitted an application to be registered as a political party on Friday, its spokesperson said.

By Staff Reporter
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