The ANC must have had a headache when they saw the bill in the morning. The near unanimous passing of the Protection of Information Bill by South Africa’s ANC was always going to cost them, but local protests over the censorship plans has been bolstered by worldwide denunciation of what media and commentators are calling [...]
It’s very unusual, unless a virtual state of war exists, for a senior member of one country’s ruling party to say openly that he will work with the opposition parties of a neighbouring country to bring down its elected government. That’s precisely what Julius Malema, head of the ANC Youth League, did at the end of [...]
The country’s latest local elections ‘went well’, according to Pansy Tlakula, the Chief Electoral Officer of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). She spoke with pride at seeing a higher turnout than in previous years during what was a remarkably smooth process that has left most party leaders satisfied. The campaign itself was a lively one, [...]
Most South Africans know that the 18th May municipal elections are coming up, and will hopefully show up to vote. However they are probably quite content to wait until the day to make their mark on the governance of their localities. Not so the political parties involved. News media are being filled with opinion pieces [...]
President Jacob Zuma may be a charmer, but he says some strange things. Most recently he said to a crowd in Mthatha that if they voted for the ANC they would go to heaven, but that a vote for the other parties was akin to voting for cannibals. Even though the comments have been claimed [...]
Christopher Taute, the Mayor of the municipality of Hassequa in the south of the country admitted on Tuesday 1st February of using his title of Mayor in order to raise funds for the ANC party, to which he belongs. The mayor also utilized state property for party political purposes by using the Council’s letterheads for [...]
