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Mbeki on ANC campaign trail for first time since Zuma became party president: The former president said people would be seeing a lot of him from now on ...
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Mbeki on ANC campaign trail for first time since Zuma became party ...
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Ramaphosa tells ANC it needs 14 million votes to win elections outright, as party marshalls ministers to tout successes
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Ramaphosa tells ANC it needs 14 million votes to win elections outright ...
Quick Glance: Ramaphosa Urges ANC to Secure 14 Million Votes for Clear Victory
  • The ANC has mobilized all its ministers to 'aggressively communicate its success stories' in the critical campaigning weeks ahead of the May 29th national elections.

  • President Cyril Ramaphosa stated in a leaked recording of the national executive committee meeting last week that the party would need 14 million votes for a clear victory, compared to the previous 10 million.

  • ANC head of elections Mdumiseni Ntuli delivered a report on the party's campaign battle plan to remain in government, emphasizing the need to strengthen the base and win back disgruntled voters.

  • Ramaphosa expressed concern during the meeting that some NEC members had not met their commitments towards campaigning for an outright majority and emphasized consequences for those who fail to meet campaign work targets.
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ANC assured of a clear majority, Ramaphosa says: The president told supporters in Kwa-Zulu Natal that Jacob Zuma’s MK party posed no threat to the ANC in next ...
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ANC assured of a clear majority, Ramaphosa says
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Wenzeni uZuma? He stole and rendered country useless, says Bheki Mtolo: KwaZulu-Natal ANC secretary Bheki Mtolo is in the spotlight this week after describing ...
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Wenzeni uZuma? He stole and rendered country useless, says Bheki Mtolo
Quick Glance: Wenzeni uZuma? Bheki Mtolo criticizes corruption
  • ANC KwaZulu-Natal secretary Bheki Mtolo criticizes Jacob Zuma's tenure as destructive through corruption with the Gupta brothers.

  • Mtolo emphasized the difference between Zuma's actions and previous presidents who did not associate with theft when dealing with the Guptas.

  • Mtolo noted the decline in ANC votes since Zuma's presidency and blamed him for the loss of support.

  • Criticism of Zuma led to unrest among MK Party supporters questioning what Zuma had done wrong, while Mtolo continued speaking undeterred.
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EFF demands answers after 1000 Limpopo members join ANC: Former EFF provincial leader Jossey Buthane said the top brass were trying to lead via ‘emails and ...
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EFF demands answers after 1000 Limpopo members join ANC
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ActionSA’s Trollip says EFF wants Shivambu as finance minister so they can ‘steal’
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ActionSA’s Trollip says EFF wants Shivambu as finance minister so they can ...
Quick Glance: EFF Allegedly Eyeing Shivambu for Ministerial Theft
  • Trollip accuses EFF of aiming to steal by pushing for finance minister appointment.

  • Questioning EFF's intentions behind wanting control of the finance ministry.

  • Criticism towards parties fostering chaos and corruption for personal gain.

  • Discussion on coalitions, governance stability, and political maturity.
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Ramaphosa hits out at South Africa’s banks, calls for reform: President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged for decisive economic reforms to address the monopolistic ...
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Ramaphosa hits out at South Africa’s banks, calls for reform
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This is South Africa’s most important election since apartheid: Whatever the short-term consequences of the ANC losing its monopoly on power – and, economically ...
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This is South Africa’s most important election since apartheid
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ANC’s message to medical aid users: Stop ‘resistance’ to R200bn NHI plan: Deputy Minister Parks Tau reiterated the government’s stance that medical aid tax ...
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ANC’s message to medical aid users: Stop ‘resistance’ to R200bn NHI plan
Quick Glance: ANC Urges Medical Aid Users to Halt Resistance to R200bn NHI Plan
  • Parks Tau dismissed criticism of the proposed R200 billion National Health Insurance (NHI) as 'resistance' by private healthcare users, who he said were effectively subsidized by the state.

  • He reiterated the ANC's stance that a single-fund system will follow if President Cyril Ramaphosa signs the NHI Bill, passed by parliament in December.

  • Clause 49 of the bill envisions 'tax amendments' to be gazetted by the finance minister to finance the insurance scheme's single fund, which the treasury says will need about R200 billion to run.

  • Debate during the National Election Debate highlighted the challenges of the country's two-tier healthcare system and the need to ensure quality healthcare for all.
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Ramaphosa intervenes in unemployed teacher's predicament: 'I want this matter resolved,' said Ramaphoda.
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Ramaphosa intervenes in unemployed teacher's predicament
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Abahlali baseMjondolo has made a terrible tactical error by backing the EFF: The large socialist shack dwellers' movement, in its bid to oust the ANC ...
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Abahlali baseMjondolo has made a terrible tactical error by backing the ...
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Protestant church does not award offices to AfD members: Declaring war on right-wing extremism: The Protestant Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian-Upper ...
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Protestant church does not award offices to AfD members
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Clinton says Trump’s threats ‘should scare every American’: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Americans regardless of their politics should fear the ...
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Clinton says Trump’s threats ‘should scare every American’
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Why rebuke Naledi Pandor for safeguarding South Africa’s sovereignty?: South Africa has a right to pursue its national interests anywhere in the world and not to ...
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Why rebuke Naledi Pandor for safeguarding South Africa’s sovereignty?
Quick Glance: Critique of Naledi Pandor's Defense of South Africa's Sovereignty
  • South Africa's geopolitical attributes and strategic position interest investors.

  • The Anti-Apartheid Movement in the USA led to the passing of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act 1986.

  • ANC history shows international support from countries like the Soviet Union and China.

  • Critics question Pandor's efforts for a US partnership and South Africa's role in international conflicts.
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Ramaphosa puts on his boxing gloves: Rumours of the ANC’s demise — like those about it’s leader — might be greatly exaggerated
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Ramaphosa puts on his boxing gloves
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‘My suspension is not justified,’ MEC Mandla Msibi tells Mpumalanga premier: The ANC suspended Msibi, the party’s provincial treasurer, two weeks before the ...
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‘My suspension is not justified,’ MEC Mandla Msibi tells Mpumalanga ...
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ANC’s message to medical aid users: Stop ‘resistance’ to R200bn NHI plan: Deputy Minister Parks Tau reiterated the government’s stance that medical aid tax ...
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ANC’s message to medical aid users: Stop ‘resistance’ to R200bn NHI plan
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LUCKY MATHEBULA | What should we make of the uMkhonto we Sizwe trademark battle?: The MK Party victory, from whatever angle you choose to relate with it ...
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LUCKY MATHEBULA | What should we make of the uMkhonto we Sizwe trademark ...
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ANC files notice to challenge contempt of court order on cadre records: The ANC has filed notice for leave to appeal a Johannesburg high court ruling that it is ...
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ANC files notice to challenge contempt of court order on cadre records
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Ramaphosa is using taxpayers’ resources to benefit ANC, says Steenhuisen: Voters will be sold out to EFF ‘in a coalition that will plunge SA into chaos’
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Ramaphosa is using taxpayers’ resources to benefit ANC, says Steenhuisen
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Julia Navalnaya awarded media freedom prize: Alexei Navalny's widow has been awarded the Media Freedom Prize. CDU leader Friedrich Merz praised Navalnaya as a ...
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Julia Navalnaya awarded media freedom prize
Quick Glance: Yulia Navalnaya Receives German Press Award
  • Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny, honored by a German publishing house in Bavaria for promoting media freedom.

  • At the event on Friday, April 19, Navalnaya reaffirmed her unwavering commitment to promoting media freedom and carrying on her late husband's legacy.

  • During her acceptance speech, Navalnaya reiterated her earlier statements alleging Russian President Vladimir Putin's involvement in her husband's death.

  • Yulia Navalnaya, collaborating with publishers to finalize the manuscript, emphasizes that 'Patriot' is a testament to Alexei's life and his commitment to the fight against dictatorship.
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Zuma apologises for MK Party rally flop in Gqeberha: Former president Jacob Zuma's MK Party found it hard to crack one of the ANC's strongholds ...
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Zuma apologises for MK Party rally flop in Gqeberha
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Is Eskom feeling ANC heat to keep the lights on ahead of May polls?: Power utility is allegedly furiously burning diesel to keep load-shedding at bay in an ...
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Is Eskom feeling ANC heat to keep the lights on ahead of May polls?
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Time to vote them out — the relentless cynicism of South Africa’s foreign policy: It is nothing less than risible that the ANC has suddenly become champions of ...
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Time to vote them out — the relentless cynicism of South Africa’s foreign ...
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‘Liberated’ Zuma stokes a tribalist fire that threatens to engulf democratic SA: The ANC and its allies have long promoted nontribalism in a united South Africa ...
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‘Liberated’ Zuma stokes a tribalist fire that threatens to engulf ...
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DA would place Mangaung under administration: Steenhuisen: Support for the party in the Free State is at 25%, the highest yet, says leader
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DA would place Mangaung under administration: Steenhuisen
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AfD in Thuringia: How can the rule of law be protected?: Constitutional lawyers warn that the AfD could soon paralyze the political system in Thuringia - and for ...
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AfD in Thuringia: How can the rule of law be protected?
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Behind the political spin of Zuma’s MK party: The political project around Jacob Zuma is violent, predatory and socially toxic, but it does speak to real lines ...
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Behind the political spin of Zuma’s MK party
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ANC deserves another chance to govern, says Ntuli: South Africans continue to vote for the ANC not because of reading about progress and development in the news ...
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ANC deserves another chance to govern, says Ntuli
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JUSTICE MALALA | Zuma is going to kill the ANC, and the ANC is letting him do it: The ANC has shown its inability over the years to act courageously and ...
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JUSTICE MALALA | Zuma is going to kill the ANC, and the ANC is letting him ...
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If we end up with an ANC-EFF coalition, blame it on the DA: For coalitions to succeed it is important that parties come to the table with a sense of humbleness ...
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If we end up with an ANC-EFF coalition, blame it on the DA
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BREAKING NEWS: ANC loses court bid against MK Party over use of name and logo: In a landmark ruling, the High Court in Durban has sided with the umKhonto weSizwe ...
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BREAKING NEWS: ANC loses court bid against MK Party over use of name and ...
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More right-wing extremist cases reported in schools: The student representatives of the eastern German states complain about increasing right-wing extremism in ...
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More right-wing extremist cases reported in schools
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IFP's Hlabisa: MK Party supported by disgruntled ANC members: The IFP is not concerned about the rise of Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party in KwaZulu Natal ...
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IFP's Hlabisa: MK Party supported by disgruntled ANC members
Quick Glance: IFP President Criticizes DA's Western Cape Policies, Pledges to Prioritize Equality and Development
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The EFF’s Floyd Shivambu as finance minister would ‘really spook the markets’: Although it seems highly unlikely EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu will become ...
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The EFF’s Floyd Shivambu as finance minister would ‘really spook the ...
Quick Glance: EFF's Shivambu as Finance Minister Would Truly Spook the Markets
  • In typical EFF fashion, politician Julius Malema recently made the controversial statement that the EFF would only consider a coalition with the ANC after the elections if EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu is appointed finance minister.

  • DA leader John Steenhuisen did not mince his words at the recent launch of his party’s Western Cape manifesto in Paarl, in the Drakenstein Municipality.

  • Steenhuisen warned that under a coalition with Shivambu as finance minister, the EFF would unleash its destructive economic policies to turn South Africa into the next Venezuela or Zimbabwe.

  • Investment strategist Izak Odendaal from Old Mutual Wealth says it is unlikely that Shivambu would take on what is arguably the most important Cabinet position, even in the event of an ANC-EFF coalition.
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DA outlines economic plan to create 2-million jobs in five years: The DA unveiled its economic policy, the first in 10 years, which it says is the correct ...
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DA outlines economic plan to create 2-million jobs in five years
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Myths to test and lay to rest: Are the pollsters reflecting reality or is it a case of the tail trying to wag the dog?
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Myths to test and lay to rest
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It’s time for fresh thinking on governance options, like a non-coalition cooperation agreement
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It’s time for fresh thinking on governance options, like a non-coalition ...
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ANC gunning for finance MMC portfolio after taking mayorship in Ekurhuleni: Newly elected mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza says there is ‘pressure’ for the ANC to ...
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ANC gunning for finance MMC portfolio after taking mayorship in Ekurhuleni
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Chris Hani hated corruption and so does the ANC: Blade Nzimande: SACP leader would have been proud of ANC's strides in past 30 years, says minister — but ...
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Chris Hani hated corruption and so does the ANC: Blade Nzimande
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Julius Malema says EFF open to coalition government, including with DA: The leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Julius Malema, said his party is open ...
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Julius Malema says EFF open to coalition government, including with DA
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Danger lurks for parties entering into coalition with ANC after elections: The DA or the IFP could be wounded if they go into an alliance with the ANC after the ...
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Danger lurks for parties entering into coalition with ANC after elections
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Promises kept and broken in the African National Congress’ election manifestos: 2019 vs 2024
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How South Africa's former leader Zuma turned on his allies and became a surprise election foe | Africanews
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How South Africa's former leader Zuma turned on his allies and became a ...
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Implats weighs 3,900 job cuts in South Africa as price rout takes toll: Impala Platinum could cut 3,900 jobs as it restructures its South African operations due ...
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Implats weighs 3,900 job cuts in South Africa as price rout takes toll
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Ace Magashule and co-accused’s asbestos trial postponed to June: The Bloemfontein high court postponed the R255m asbestos corruption trial involving former ANC ...
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Ace Magashule and co-accused’s asbestos trial postponed to June
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Social movement Abahlali baseMjondolo backs EFF in ‘tactical vote’: On Sunday, Abahlali baseMjondolo held a ‘30 Years of UnFreedom’ event to reflect on the 30 ...
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Social movement Abahlali baseMjondolo backs EFF in ‘tactical vote’
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South Africa’s brain and xenophobia likely political hot potato: Government officials confess to seeking professionals and skilled people from abroad there being ...
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South Africa’s brain and xenophobia likely political hot potato
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'You choose: ANC, EFF and MK, or multi-party charter': Steenhuisen: DA leader John Steenhuisen warned of a “doomsday coalition” of the ANC ...
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'You choose: ANC, EFF and MK, or multi-party charter': Steenhuisen
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Dunga among five EFF members reappointed in new Ekurhuleni mayoral committee: The newly elected Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosidiphile Xhakaza, who is an ANC member ...
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Dunga among five EFF members reappointed in new Ekurhuleni mayoral ...