elections

Malema stokes passions ahead of vote

Like any crowd-puller, EFF leader Julius Malema knows how to build excitement: keep audiences waiting, then tell them what they want to hear. For two long hours, his supporters had been whipped into a fervour with revolutionary slogans, thumping music, and warm-up speeches at a packed stadium in Alexandra in[…]

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SADC Observation Mission to meet with Police Minister

The SADC Election Observation Mission to South Africa will on Tuesday meet with the Minister of Police to gain clarity on the issue of security for the upcoming elections. The mission has raised concerns about the recent reports on xenophobic attacks in some parts of the country. Expected to be[…]

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Indonesia goes to the polls

Indonesians voted on Wednesday to pick a new president and parliament after a six-month campaign in the sprawling equatorial archipelago dominated by economic issues but also marked by the growing influence of conservative Islam. The eight-hour vote across a country that stretches more than 5,000 km (3,000 miles) from its[…]

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