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South Africa: Unions Warn Ruling Party of Split

Posted: 06/02/2010
THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) warned yesterday that if the African National Congress (ANC) proceeded with disciplinary action against Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi the move could trigger the end of the tripartite alliance.

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South Africa: Opposition Leader's Exit Could Trigger New Race for Power

Posted: 06/02/2010
THE imminent departure of Congress of the People (COPE) parliamentary leader Rev Mvume Dandala could trigger more havoc within the party as warring factions clash over his replacement.

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South Africa: Opposition Party Infighting Heads for Courts

Posted: 06/01/2010
MOSIUOA Lekota and Mbhazima Shilowa are heading to the courts in the fight for control of the Congress of the People (COPE), of which they both claim to be legitimate leaders.

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South Africa: New Opposition Party Faces Leadership Crisis

Posted: 04/29/2010
The fight for the leadership of the Congress of the People (COPE) turned ugly last night when embattled leader Mosiuoa Lekota criticised deputy Mbhazima Shilowa for allegedly mismanaging constituency support funds.

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South Africa- Zuma Nominates New Chief Justice

Posted: 08/06/2009
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has moved to end a political battle which has threatened to damage the country's judiciary and its independence by making an early announcement of the nomination of a relatively uncontroversial candidate to be the next chief justice.

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Africa: All Systems Go for Election of PAP President

Posted: 05/26/2009
It's all systems go for the election on Thursday of the new office bearers of the Pan African Parliament (PAP).

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South Africa: Future of Provinces One of 'Big Decisions' for Zuma

Posted: 05/18/2009
DEMOCRACY and governance experts are divided on whether the government should reduce, abolish or retain the nine provinces and legislatures.

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South Africa: Zille on Race, the Election, and the ANC

Posted: 05/18/2009
The African National Congress comfortably won almost two-thirds of the total vote in South Africa's recent elections, to retain power at the national level and in eight of the country's nine provinces.

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South Africa: Credit Rating Agencies See Zuma as 'Pragmatic'

Posted: 05/12/2009
INTERNATIONAL rating agencies say it is too early to gauge whether SA's new Cabinet will usher in significant shifts in economic policy, but for now they assume the new leaders will remain "pragmatic".

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South African lawmakers elects Jacob Zuma

Posted: 05/06/2009
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- South Africa's parliament elected Jacob Zuma as president Wednesday, celebrating the astonishing rise of a self-educated teenage goatherd who transformed himself into the charismatic leader of Africa's economic powerhouse....

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South Africa: Zuma in Talks With Party on New Cabinet

Posted: 04/30/2009
President-elect Jacob Zuma has been locked in talks prior to deciding who will head crucial ministries and fill key government posts in his new administration.

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South Africa: Zuma's Madagascan Hot Potato

Posted: 04/30/2009
The first diplomatic challenge facing incoming president Jacob Zuma is whether to host ousted Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana, who has formally asked SA for presidential privileges and security.

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Final Results Show Resounding Victory for A.N.C. in South Africa

Posted: 04/26/2009
The governing party won 66 percent of the vote, ensuring that its candidate, Jacob Zuma, will be the next president.

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South Africa's ruling ANC party looks at huge win

Posted: 04/24/2009
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- South Africa's long-dominant governing party was racing against itself Friday, leaving its opponents far behind and closing in on its goal of doing as well or better than in the last elections....

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ANC Approaches Two-thirds Parliamentary Majority

Posted: 04/24/2009
Despite what observers called its hardest contest yet, the African National Congress was close to retaining its two-thirds parliamentary majority as counting neared an end Friday for the April 22 parliamentary elections. With nearly 67 percent of votes, the ANC is well positioned to elect Jacob ZUMA the next President of South Africa. ZUMA took over leadership of the ANC from President Thabo MBEKI in December 2007, causing Deputy President Kgalema MOTLANTHE to become chief executive until Wednesday's election. The opposition Democratic Alliance, which includes many non-black South Africans, is poised to wrest control of the Western Cape provincial legislature. The DA is likely runner up in national parliamentary elections with about 16 percent of votes.

Source: ElectionGuide

South Africa's ballot and the role of the top-ranked candidate

Posted: 04/23/2009
It is a classic closed-list ballot.

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ANC leads in South African poll

Posted: 04/23/2009
Early poll results give South Africa's ANC a big lead, paving the way for controversial leader Jacob Zuma to become president.

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South Africa: ANC Set to Win All Provinces Except Western Cape

Posted: 04/23/2009
Election results streaming in at the Independent Electoral Commission's (IEC) results centre indicate that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) is winning the race in all provinces, except in the Western Cape.

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South Africa: ANC Announces Victory Rally

Posted: 04/23/2009
1.50pm: Fresh figures from the Independent Electoral Commission's result centre continues to see the ruling ANC leading the pack with 3,721,550 votes, while the DA has 1,054,819 and COPE is lagging behind with 462,196, reports politicsweb.

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South Africa: The All-Night Election

Posted: 04/23/2009
SOUTH Africans determined to cast their votes were still standing in queues into the early hours of this morning, some of them voting by candlelight throughout the night.

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South Africa: Winnie Mandela Vows to 'Work Tirelessly'

Posted: 04/23/2009
ASPIRANT African National Congress (ANC) MP and struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said yesterday she would work tirelessly to serve the interests of the people.

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South Africa: ANC Heads for Comfortable Victory as Votes Counted

Posted: 04/23/2009
Energized by a split in the liberation movement which led South Africa to freedom, voters turned out in huge numbers for the country's fourth democratic elections on Wednesday, forcing electoral officials to keep polling stations open until late in the night in some places.

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Nation's future

Posted: 04/23/2009
What kind of S Africa will emerge under Jacob Zuma?

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South Africa: Poll Triumph as Voters Usher in New Political Era

Posted: 04/23/2009
A RECORD number of South Africans went to the polls yesterday in an election that showcased SA's democracy and went off smoothly in spite of a few logistical glitches and poor weather in some areas.

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Long queues as South Africa votes

Posted: 04/22/2009
South Africans are voting in a poll seen as the most important test of the ANC's hold on power since the end of apartheid.

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ANC expects big win in South African elections

Posted: 04/22/2009
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- South Africans lined up before sunrise Wednesday to vote in an election energized by the hugely popular Jacob Zuma, who has overcome scandals and helped generate an excitement not seen since the country's first multiracial vote in 1994....

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Voting begins in South African elections

Posted: 04/22/2009
South Africans headed to the polls Wednesday, in elections that the ruling African National Congress is expected to win in a landslide.

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Old faithful stay true in ANC heartland

Posted: 04/22/2009
A stone's throw from Nelson Mandela's old house in Soweto south of Johannesburg, the ANC's old faithful turn out to vote.

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South Africa: ANC's Zuma Confident of 'Decisive Mandate'

Posted: 04/22/2009
South Africa's ruling party boss Jacob Zuma said Tuesday he was confident that a large turnout would deliver his African National Congress a "decisive mandate," one day ahead of general elections.

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South Africans Vote, Expecting Few Big Changes

Posted: 04/22/2009
As voters went to the polls, the dominance of the African National Congress has prompted concerns about the nation's political future.

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Election day drama as it happened

Posted: 04/21/2009
Comprehensive coverage of South Africa's most competitive election since the end of apartheid in 1994.

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South Africa: Zuma Inches Close to Power as Nation Votes

Posted: 04/21/2009
South African authorities are predicting a record turnout for today's general election, widely seen as going to sway to the side of the African National Congress (ANC) and usher in the party's leader Jacob Zuma as president of the country.

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Zuma calls for 'massive' turnout

Posted: 04/21/2009
ANC leader Jacob Zuma appeals for a "massive" turnout in South African elections on Wednesday.

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Votes for houses

Posted: 04/21/2009
Has the ANC done enough for South Africa's townships?

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S. African vote tests ANC's grip on power

Posted: 04/21/2009
The ruling African National Congress is expected to win Wednesday's elections in South Africa by a landslide, but polls predict it might lose its two-thirds parliamentary majority.

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South Africa's extraordinary, ordinary elections

Posted: 04/21/2009
Campaign is full of bitter rhetoric, but appears fair and without violence.

Source: ElectionGuide

Certain victory

Posted: 04/20/2009
But is the ANC's dominance of South Africa under threat?

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Zuma rival would renew arms probe

Posted: 04/20/2009
South African opposition candidate Bishop Dandala says he would reopen a graft case against his ANC rival Jacob Zuma.

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South Africa: Ruling ANC Will Respect Judiciary, Says Zuma

Posted: 04/20/2009
South Africa's president-in-waiting, Jacob Zuma, has given voters an election pledge that his administration will respect the independence of the judiciary and the separation of powers entrenched in the country's Constitution.

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What will the South Africa vote change?

Posted: 04/20/2009
Will domestic challenges hamper South Africa's ability to lead change across the continent?

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South Africa: COPE Leaders Take Swings at ANC Over Policies at Final Rally

Posted: 04/20/2009
THE Congress of the People's (COPE's) last national election rally in Polokwane yesterday turned into an anti-African National Congress (ANC) event as leader after leader took a swipe at the ruling party.

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South Africa: Ruling ANC Wraps Up Election Campaign

Posted: 04/20/2009
Fifteen years ago eighty-year-old Luthando Dyaban's family did not benefit from an extensive social grant system and did not own their own home.

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Party's Rally Gets Boost by Mandela Before Vote

Posted: 04/20/2009
With elections three days away, Nelson Mandela again lent his support to the African National Congress.

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Mandela appears at ANC rally before SAfrica vote

Posted: 04/19/2009
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- A frail, 90-year-old Nelson Mandela struggled to the stage Sunday at the ANC's last rally before South Africa's election, receiving cheers that rivaled the tumultuous greetings given to Jacob Zuma - the party's popular presidential candidate whose face was emblazoned on Mandela's T-shirt....

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South Africa's elections

Posted: 04/19/2009
The main question of interest is how well the Congress of the People (COPE), which split from the currently hegemonic African National Congress (ANC) will do.

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Election highlights S. Africa's thriving democracy

Posted: 04/18/2009
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- During the apartheid era, the whites who governed South Africa used to justify their grip on power by claiming black majority rule would plunge the country into chaos and tribal bloodshed and open the door to communism....

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Opposition attacks ANC in last rallies before vote

Posted: 04/18/2009
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African opposition parties accused the ruling ANC of creating a culture of cronyism and corruption at closing rallies on Saturday before a parliamentary election this week.

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S Africa 'doomed under Zuma'

Posted: 04/18/2009
Opposition leader Helen Zille urges voters to prevent South Africa from becoming a 'failed state' under the ANC.

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Young democracy

Posted: 04/18/2009
Upside-down world of South Africa, by veteran presenter

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South Africa: ANC Election Bus 'Unlicensed'

Posted: 04/18/2009
An election bus ferrying ANC supporters around the city is unlicensed, traffic authorities confirmed.

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South Africa: The Election - A Tainted Victory

Posted: 04/17/2009
With South Africa's election fast approaching, Roger Southall predicts a triumphant yet problematic victory for Jacob Zuma's African National Congress (ANC). Southall examines the shifting electoral terrain within South Africa, indicating that younger voters are changing the political demographic.

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South Africa: State Aims to Rule Local Govt

Posted: 04/17/2009
A controversial constitutional amendment to empower the central government to intervene in the affairs of local government without having to change the law each time was approved by the Cabinet on Wednesday at its last meeting before the general election.

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South Africa: De Klerk Warns ANC Policies Threaten Rule of Law

Posted: 04/17/2009
African National Congress (ANC) policies threatened SA's constitution and the ruling party should not be given a two-thirds majority in next week's election, former president F W de Klerk said yesterday.

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South Africa: Opposition Parties to Challenge Zuma Decision

Posted: 04/16/2009
In an unprecedented show of unity, opposition parties are to establish a public trust fund in a bid to legally overturn the decision by National Prosecuting Authority head Mokotedi Mpshe to withdraw corruption charges against ANC president Jacob Zuma.

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South Africa: New ANC Attack on Mbeki

Posted: 04/14/2009
AFRICAN National Congress (ANC) national executive committee member Fikile Mbalula has attacked former president Thabo Mbeki, saying he doubted the conspiracy against ANC president Jacob Zuma would have been exposed if Mbeki was still in office.

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South Africa: Zuma Questions Constitution

Posted: 04/09/2009
Two weeks before national elections in which the ruling African National Congress is being challenged for the first time by an opposition party formed from within its ranks, the party's leader, Jacob Zuma, has questioned the basis of South Africa's constitutional order.

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SAfrica ANC leader Zuma maintains innocence

Posted: 04/07/2009
DURBAN, South Africa (AP) -- The man expected to become South Africa's next president said Tuesday he had committed no crime, a day after officials said they were dropping a corruption case against him - but only because of prosecutorial misconduct....

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South Africa: ANC Calls for Inquiry Into Abuse of State Institutions

Posted: 04/07/2009
IN WELCOMING the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA's) decision to drop corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, the African National Congress (ANC) has called for a judicial commission of inquiry into how state institutions were abused to further its president's prosecution.

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South Africa: Opposition Challenges Dropping of Zuma Charges

Posted: 04/07/2009
OPPOSITION parties were livid yesterday about the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA's) decision to drop charges against African National Congress (ANC) leader Jacob Zuma, and accused the authority of bowing to political pressure.

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South Africa: Opposition Wants Zuma Prosecuted

Posted: 03/19/2009
WHILE the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) remain tight-lipped about whether it would drop charges against African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma, opposition parties yesterday argued that any attempt to drop the case would suggest political interference.

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South Africa: Ruling ANC Leads Polls But Support Drops

Posted: 03/18/2009
ALTHOUGH the African National Congress (ANC) continues to garner the most support for the upcoming elections, a survey by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) puts the ruling party's support at 47%.

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South Africa: Opposition Questions Election Date

Posted: 02/13/2009
PRESIDENT Kgalema Motlanthe has gone ahead and promulgated the election date - April 22 - even though the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) will ask the Constitutional Court to give South Africans working abroad the right to vote.

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South African Parliamentary Poll Set for April 22

Posted: 02/10/2009
South African president Kgalema MOTLANTHE announced this year's anticipated parliamentary elections will be held on April 22. The ruling African National Congress (ANC), which has held political power in the country since the end of Apartheid government in 1994 is expected to win the vote. South African presidents are elected by parliament; therefore, if the ANC wins a majority of seats in April, it will elect its leader Jacob ZUMA president. But for the ANC, which won almost 70 percent of the vote in the last elections, an easy victory may not be so likely. Though he denies any wrongdoing, ZUMA has been indicted for fraud, corruption, racketeering, money laundering, and tax evasion, for which he will stand trial in August. Additionally, the ANC is deeply divided internally between factions loyal to ZUMA and others loyal to his rival, former President Thabo MBEKI, who ZUMA forced to resign last year after assuming leadership of the party. Following MBEKI's forced resignation last year, several pro-MBEKI dissidents abandoned the ANC to form a new political party, the Congress of the People (COPE), which analysts predict will be the first opposition party to present a credible threat to the ANC's 14-year political hegemony.

Source: ElectionGuide

South Africa: High Hopes for a Peaceful Poll This Year

Posted: 02/06/2009
THE South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) has played down the chances of high-intensity election violence during this year's polls, saying tolerance had improved since 1994.

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South Africa: Will Violence Plague Elections Again?

Posted: 02/05/2009
The army is to be deployed in hot spots across South Africa to prevent an outbreak of political violence ahead of this year's elections, says Minister of Defence Charles Nqqakula. This in the wake of a spate of attacks in Kwazulu-Natal (KZN) that has seen tensions between Mangosuthu Buthelezi�s Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) resurface.

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South Africa: President to Announce Election Date During SONA

Posted: 02/04/2009
President Kgalema Motlanthe is expected to announce the date of the elections during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament on Friday.

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South Africa: Fears of Pre-Poll Violence Resurface

Posted: 02/03/2009
As campaigning for South Africa's general elections starts in earnest, fears of violence have resurfaced in the east-coast province of KwaZulu-Natal.

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Zuma's e-mail rejected by court

Posted: 02/03/2009
South Africa's ruling party leader Jacob Zuma misses a deadline to challenge graft charges as he applied by e-mail.

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South Africa: Opposition Parties Challenge Overseas Voting Law

Posted: 01/27/2009
Two opposition parties are separately challenging the constitutionality of a section of the Electoral Act which renders thousands of South Africans living abroad unable to vote in the general elections.

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South Africa: Ruling ANC's Poll List Shuffle Keeps the Peace

Posted: 01/26/2009
LUTHULI House yesterday seemed to have averted any bloodshed at the African National Congress' (ANC's) national list conference this weekend by manoeuvring successfully to unite divergent interests in the party.

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South Africa: Bid to Boost Parliament's Power

Posted: 01/14/2009
A top-level panel of experts is calling for changes to electoral laws and a shake-up for MPs in a bid to reinvigorate SA's democracy and salvage Parliament's image after a series of embarrassing ethics scandals in recent years.

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South Africa: ANC Embraces Mbeki Supporters

Posted: 01/14/2009
IN AN attempt to appease African National Congress (ANC) dissidents and retain experience, early indications are that former president Thabo Mbeki's allies are being included in the party's list of preferred candidates to hold office after this year's general election.

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Court allows Zuma trial to resume

Posted: 01/12/2009
A South African appeals court rules that the corruption case against ANC leader Jacob Zuma can continue.

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South Africa: Top Court Sparks Upset Over Zuma, Mbeki

Posted: 01/12/2009
South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal has opened the way for prosecutors to reinstitute corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, the man selected by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) as the next president of the country.

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South Africa: Ruling ANC Delays Naming Polls Candidates

Posted: 01/12/2009
THE African National Congress (ANC) has postponed its national lists conference, which was scheduled for this weekend, as provincial processes are yet to be completed.

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New Political Party in South Africa to Challenge ANC in 2009 Elections

Posted: 12/17/2008
Mosiuoa LEKOTA, a former defense minister and close ally of recently ousted South African president Thabo MBEKI, was named as president of the newly established Congress of the People (COPE) on Tuesday. Dissidents from South Africa's African National Congress (ANC), which has ruled the country since the end of the racist apartheid government 14 years ago, broke away from the ANC earlier this year after a rival faction took control of the party and forced the country's president Thabo MBEKI to resign. MBEKI's forced resignation and the new party's formation reflected deep divisions within the ANC, which has enjoyed a near monopoly on power since apartheid's end in 1994 by winning healthy majorities in every election since the transition. COPE will likely become the first party to present a credible threat to the ANC's 14-year hegemony. The party previously scored well in recent municipal by-elections and, last Friday, defeated the ANC's legal challenge to keep it from using the word "Congress" in its name. COPE and the ANC will face off against one another in general elections scheduled for March of 2009.

Source: ElectionGuide

South Africa: New Party Announces Leader

Posted: 12/16/2008
The Congress of the People (Cope) today "selected" Mosiuoa Lekota as president, with Mbhazima Shilowa as deputy president while a woman "from the minority group" was considered for second deputy president.

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South Africa: ANC Dissidents Set to Launch New Party

Posted: 12/15/2008
Battle lines have been drawn ahead of next year's general election, with the Congress of the People (COPE) formally launching its challenge to the ruling African National Congress (ANC) at a rousing inaugural conference yesterday.

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South Africa: New Party Inflicts Defeat on Ruling ANC

Posted: 12/12/2008
The ruling African National Congress (ANC) has suffered a defeat in the courts in its bid to prevent a breakaway party from appropriating the statement of principles which inspired its struggle against apartheid for 40 years.

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South Africa: Ruling ANC Challenges Electoral Body

Posted: 12/05/2008
The ANC's court attempt to compel the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to accept nomination forms for its candidates in the local government by-elections, is expected to be heard in the Electoral Court in Durban this Saturday.

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South Africa: Ruling ANC Hammers Out Election Strategy

Posted: 11/25/2008
THE African National Congress (ANC) hammered out its election strategy yesterday, ahead of its election manifesto conference to be held this weekend.

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South Africa: New Party Ready to Form Coalitions Against ANC

Posted: 11/24/2008
The Congress of the People (COPE) was prepared to form coalitions to oust the African National Congress (ANC) from the government and prevent it from "destroying" the country after next year's election, the treasurer of the new party, Mluleki George, said at the weekend.

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South Africa: New Opposition Inspires Business Leaders, Academics

Posted: 11/19/2008
Inspired, enlightened and hopeful was how some Stellenbosch business leaders described their mood after a meeting with Congress of the People (COPE) chairman Mosiuoa Lekota.

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South Africa: ANC 'Plan for Early Poll' May Backfire

Posted: 11/19/2008
AN APPARENT attempt by the African National Congress (ANC) to call an early election to catch its opponents unprepared seems to have backfired.

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South Africa: Broadcaster Pledges Impartial Election Coverage

Posted: 11/17/2008
The SABC will meet major political parties in Cape Town next week to explain how it will ensure its coverage of the 2009 Election will be fair and impartial.

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S Africa's ANC loses top official

Posted: 11/13/2008
A former ANC spokesman resigns to join a breakaway party in South Africa.

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South Africa: Breakaway Offers Scope for Opposition Coalitions

Posted: 11/03/2008
THE African National Congress (ANC) has enjoyed the gift of weak opposition for nearly two decades, but the formation of a breakaway party to be launched on December 16 could give the ruling party a real run for its money, come next year's general election, and could change the nature of opposition politics in a fundamental way.

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South Africa: ANC Breakaway Group is Named

Posted: 11/03/2008
THE breakaway group from the African National Congress (ANC) has decided to call itself the South African Democratic Congress.

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South Africa: Parliament Elects Motlanthe As President

Posted: 09/25/2008
The Minister in the Presidency and Deputy President of the African National Congress (ANC), Kgalema Motlanthe, has been elected President of South Africa.

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Resignations rock SA government

Posted: 09/23/2008
Eleven South African cabinet members resign, following President Thabo Mbeki, in a blow to ANC party unity.

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Safe hands

Posted: 09/23/2008
A profile of the man set to be South Africa's next leader

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South Africa President Resigns, Caretaker President Named

Posted: 09/23/2008
Embattled South African President Thabo MBEKI announced his resignation on Sunday, clearing the way for the country's Parliament to choose a caretaker president to serve out the remaining seven months of MBEKI's term. MBEKI's party, the African National Congress (ANC), whose members hold more than two thirds of the seats in Parliament, announced the following day that it would nominate its deputy president, Kgalema MOTLANTHE, for the post. MBEKI's downfall began last year when the ANC elected his rival, the controversial but charismatic Jacob ZUMA, as party president. In the following months ZUMA's supporters replaced party officials loyal to MBEKI, leaving the president isolated in his own party. Eleven of MBEKI's cabinet ministers have announced their resignations following MBEKI's announcement. MOTLANTHE only recently won his seat in Parliament this May, though he has a long history as a trade unionist and ANC official, during which he has maintained a low profile. Analysts opine that MOTLANTHE was selected because, while widely respected inside the party, his low profile and lack of a public support base means that he would be unable to challenge ZUMA for the party's nomination for next year's presidential election.

Source: ElectionGuide

South Africa: Motlanthe to Replace Mbeki

Posted: 09/22/2008
AFRICAN National Congress (ANC) deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe will replace President Thabo Mbeki, who announced his resignation last night. Business Day has confirmed from two sources today that Motlanthe will take over.

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South Africa: Ruling Party Wants Cabinet Post for Party Deputy

Posted: 01/18/2008
THE African National Congress (ANC) is poised to deploy its newly elected deputy president, Kgalema Motlanthe, into a senior cabinet post well ahead of the handover of power in 2009, when President Thabo Mbeki is due to step down.

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SAfrica's ANC Votes for Party Leader

Posted: 12/18/2007
POLOKWANE, South Africa (AP) -- Delegates of the governing African National Congress cast their votes for party leader Tuesday, and Jacob Zuma was expected to win and move into position to become South Africa's president in 2009....

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South Africa: Mugabe Re-Election Ploy Angers Ruling Party

Posted: 10/17/2007
A NEW wave of political instability is rippling through the fragmented ruling Zanu (PF) party after President Robert Mugabe enlisted a notorious war veteran to whip up support ahead of the party's critical extraordinary congress in December.

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South Africa: Parties Pull Out All the Stops Ahead of Voting

Posted: 03/01/2006
POLITICAL parties wrapped up their campaigns yesterday as a ban on electioneering comes into force today, and tension continued to rise in several flashpoints ahead of tomorrow's polls.

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South Africa's Incumbent President Secures a Second Term

Posted: 04/27/2004
Incumbent President Thabo MBEKI of the African National Congress (ANC) secured a second term on April 24 when the National Assembly re-elected him to office. Under its constitution, South Africa’s 400-seat National Assembly is required to elect a new president in its first session following elections. President MBEKI’s ANC party swept the April 14 elections with just under 70% of the vote. He will be inaugurated on April 27, which will mark the 10th anniversary of the end of apartheid in South Africa.  Major issues President MBEKI and the newly elected assembly will face in their new terms include the problems of poverty, unemployment, crime and the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Source: ElectionGuide

South Africa Announces Results for Parliamentary Elections

Posted: 04/19/2004
Parliamentary elections were held on April 14-15 to elect 400 new members to the National Assembly. Concerns about voter apathy and low participation turned out to be unfounded as approximately 76.73% of the country’s 20.7 million voters cast their ballots. Based on the results released by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), the ruling African National Congress (ANC) won the majority with 279 seatst. With the ANC securing a majority,  President Thabo MBEKI should secure a second term in office on April 27, when the newly convened parliament will select a new president.

Source: ElectionGuide

South Africa Announces Parliamentary Election Date of April 14

Posted: 02/09/2004
On February 9, President Thabo MBEKI announced that South Africa will hold parliamentary elections on April 14.  Voter registration for the election will finish at midnight on February 11.

Source: ElectionGuide

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