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Western Cape Politics

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Article
/ 4 February 2011

Cape ANC contest takes shape

Candidates supporting Mcebisi Skwatsha have taken the top positions in both the Boland and Southern Cape regional executives.

By Glynnis Underhill
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Article
/ 3 September 2010

Diplomatic posts aim to end Cape division

Two new ambassadors-designate from the Western Cape have been added to the diplomatic corps in order to purge the province of its warring factions.

By Mandy Rossouw
Political stereotyping plays fast and loose with the truth
Article
/ 3 September 2010

Political stereotyping plays fast and loose with the truth

We believe in the “do some things yourself” approach. No country has ever significantly reduced poverty without it, argues DA leader Helen Zille.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 30 July 2010

Zille’s plans to slice away red tape

Zille has sent President Jacob Zuma 70 pages of recommendations for amendments to the "brick wall of bureaucracy, law and regulation".

By Lynley Donnelly
Past could cost Rasool US posting
Article
/ 2 July 2010

Past could cost Rasool US posting

Allegations of brown envelopes to journalists may cost ambassador-designate job.

By Mandy Rossouw
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Article
/ 26 February 2010

ANC makes up to bridge divides in Western Cape

The Western Cape ANC has dropped charges against its former provincial chief whip Max Ozinsky and ANC MP Ebrahim Rasool.

By Glynnis Underhill
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Article
/ 19 February 2010

ANC faces an uphill battle in the Western Cape

It often does not seem that the ANC fully appreciates the working-class and poor profile of the coloured population in the Western Cape .

By Ebrahim Harvey
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Article
/ 29 May 2009

Fingers pointed at Mantashe

ANC Western Cape leaders say the secretary general is partly to blame for their problems. Mandy Rossouw and Pearlie Joubert report

By Mandy Rossouw and Pearli Joubert
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Article
/ 25 May 2009

Axe hovers over W Cape ANC

An ANC report says infighting and internal racial divisions drove away the coloured vote, reports Pearlie Joubert.

By Pearlie Joubert Author
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Analysis
/ 19 May 2009

A step backwards

Ferial Haffajee on Zille: while the ANC Youth League’s statements against her were pathetically patriarchal, so are her action and her words.

By Ferial Haffajee Author
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Article
/ 19 May 2009

Nothing wrong with this picture

Helen Zille: the DA will increasingly focus on this hidden realm, which men claim women may not speak about.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 17 May 2009

Zille’s ‘sex pest’ safety minister

All four women who laid charges against Max — two of them senior police officers — worked with him.

By Pearlie Joubert Author
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Article
/ 8 May 2009

Return of the white men

Helen Zille, who took her oath of office amid loud cheers, came into the legislature with 15 white men, four coloureds and two Africans.

By Pearlie Joubert Author
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Article
/ 18 April 2009

Skwatsha vindicated

Almost a year after Skwatsha was stabbed in the neck during an ANC meeting in Worcester, ANCYL member Ndikho Tyawana appeared in court this week.

By Pearlie Joubert Author
No more two-thirds
Article
/ 20 March 2009

No more two-thirds

An internal ANC survey predicts the ruling party can kiss the Western Cape goodbye.

By Matuma Letsoala, Mandy Rossouw and Mmanaledi Mataboge
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Analysis
/ 16 March 2009

A mother of a race

Political scientists suggest voters in the Western Cape are more likely to consider alternatives in this election.

By Nic Dawes Author
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Article
/ 3 February 2009

Cape’s premier clean machine

After six months in the Western Cape premier’s office, Lynne Brown has still not made herself too comfortable behind the big desk.

By Pearlie Joubert Author
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Article
/ 5 September 2008

Erasmus: Zille slams Vodacom

Cape Town mayor Helen Zille has accused cellphone giant Vodacom of helping the ANC-controlled Western Cape government to illegally spy on her.

By Staff Reporter and Nic Dawes Author
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Article
/ 2 August 2008

New Western Cape cabinet announced

Newly appointed Western Cape Premier Lynne Brown announced her new cabinet this week.

By Staff Reporter and Pearlie Joubert Author
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Article
/ 25 July 2008

No easy task for new W Cape premier

Lynne Brown is inaugurated on Friday as the Western Cape’s first female premier. She told Pearlie Joubert about her journey to her new corner office.

By Staff Reporter and Pearlie Joubert Author

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