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South African Politics

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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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/ 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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/ 14 November 2008

ANC ‘not threatened’ by Cope

The ANC is not threatened by the new political party formed by dissidents, its policy committee chairperson, Jeff Radebe, said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 14 November 2008

ANC supporters disrupt Cope meeting

A meeting that was scheduled to be addressed by Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota was disrupted by hundreds of ANC supporters, news reports said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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Analysis
/ 14 November 2008

Finding our mojo?

There are cheering signs of a resurgent interest and excitement among ordinary people, and next year could see the most absorbing elections since ’94.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 14 November 2008

‘Pitchforked into a crisis …’

Retired Constitutional Court Judge Johann Kriegler gives his view on Judge Chris Nicholson’s ruling on the corruption charges against Jacob Zuma.

By Sello S Alcock
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/ 13 November 2008

Voters need more than merely noise

There are now more than 21,6-million South Africans on the Independent Electoral Commission’s voters’ roll.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 13 November 2008

Smuts Ngonyama cuts ties with ANC

Former African National Congress (ANC) communications chief Smuts Ngonyama will resign from the ruling party on Thursday, he said.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 12 November 2008

More than 21-million registered to vote in 2009

More than 21,6-million South Africans have registered to vote in the 2009 election, the IEC said on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 11 November 2008

ANC takes issue with COP over name

The ANC will oppose the name of a breakaway party, the Congress of the People (COP), led by Mosiuoa Lekota, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter
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Analysis
/ 11 November 2008

Names are just so problematic

Personality politics is so painful to watch when politicians assume their personalities are anything other than unbearable.

By Lev David
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/ 10 November 2008

Lost traditions and values

The entire post-1994 ANC leadership is to blame for the state of affairs.

By Niren Tolsi
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Analysis
/ 10 November 2008

A tale of two rallies

The M&G quizzed the troops of both the ANC and Shikota on why they had chosen their respective political directions.

By Mandy Rossouw and Thembelihle Tshabalala
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Analysis
/ 10 November 2008

How to transform the judiciary

What are the ”progressive values of our Constitution”? Human dignity, equality and freedom. This is not what politicians say with changing agendas.

By Vuyani Ngalwana
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/ 9 November 2008

Shakers in Shikota

Everybody knows about Mosiuoa Lekota, Mbhazima Shilowa and Mluleki George. But who are the other leading lights in the Shikota movement?

By Mandy Rossouw and Mmanaledi Mataboge
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/ 7 November 2008

IEC website ‘clogged’ by 180 000 visits

The website of the IEC was ”clogged” by more than 180 000 visits to the site before noon on Friday, the commission said.

By Staff Reporter
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