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South Africa: ANC prefers a national unity government

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South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has said it prefers to form a national unity government which could make room for other political parties. Its leaders say they are talking to five parties towards realising this dream of a unity government. The ANC secured 159 seats out of 400 in the new National Assembly, while the DA had 87. The… Read More
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South Africa: ANC faces tough decision to pick coalition partners

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South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party has started internal discussions as it makes what could be considered a tough decision in forming a coalition government. The party won 40% of the votes in last month’s general election and that means it cannot rule on its own unless it forms a coalition. The ANC says it was open to talk to… Read More
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South Africa Election: ANC’s 30 years dominance ends

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For the first time in three decades, South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has lost its dominance. It managed to secure only 40 percent of votes cast in last month’s general election, meaning it can only form a government by forming a coalition with other opposition parties. Vote tallying from Wednesday’s poll has now entered its final stages with… Read More
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South Africans vote in crucial general election

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South Africans have been voting on Wednesday in a general election that has been considered very crucial in the country’s history. Voting has been progressing smoothly across the country on Wednesday with special voting already held on Monday for selected voters. Wednesday’s voting is coming thirty years after the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule. Voting is… Read More
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South Africa: Ramaphosa wins re-election as ANC leader

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected leader of the governing African National Congress (ANC) at a party leadership contest. Mr Ramaphosa was battling allegations of money laundering but defeated his rival Zweli Mkhize by 2,476 votes to 1,897. Mr Mkhize was the health minister in Mr Ramaphosa’s government, until he was forced to resigned last year over allegations… Read More
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Ex-South African minister arrested, charged with corruption

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A former security minister of South Africa and close ally of former president Jacob Zuma, has been arrested and charged with corruption. Bongani Bongo who is also a lawmaker becomes the first high-profile person to be arrested and charged over graft in recent years. Bongo is accused of offering a bribe to a lawyer who was building the state’s case… Read More
Nelson Mandela Ex-Presidents 

Mandela and Fidel: What is not being said

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THE death of Nelson Mandela has precipitated a torrent of interpretations on his life and work, all of which present him as a disciple of pacifism and a kind of Mother Teresa of South Africa. This is an essentially incorrect, and premeditated, image, promoted to obscure the fact that after the Sharpeville massacre in 1960, the African National Congress (ANC)... Read More
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My Friend – The Immortal Steve Biko

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AMBASSADOR WELILE NHLAPO Through our life journey, we meet different types of people. Some will touch our lives but later continue on their course and we forget about them. But others won’t just make a mark in our lives but they’ll leave their footprints in our minds and hearts. Steve was that kind of a human being. Even though there’s… Read More

South African opposition vow to impeach President Zuma

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South Africa's opposition have criticised President Zuma's "good news" state of the nation address this week with some using the ongoing debate to call for his impeachment.   Zuma delivered the eagerly awaited address last week and opposition parties have been given the opportunity to raise issues that they feel were lacking from the speech. with the election looming, some... Read More

Numsa cuts political ties with ANC

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(Photo: file, Sapa) Johannesburg – Numsa, South Africa’s biggest union, will not support the ruling ANC in elections next year, its general secretary, Irvin Jim said on Friday, in a blow to President Jacob Zuma, whose political support with the working class is fast eroding. The salvo from the 330 000-member National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) is also another sign… Read More