Having a home is not a prerequisite to vote in South Africa as it is a constitutional right. However, with days to the local government elections many homeless people say they won’t cast their vote because it will mean they are accepting the appalling conditions in which they live. Shockingly,[…]
OPINION by Molifi Tshabalala By now, less than a week before the 2016 local government elections and more than two months since The Conversation had published Co-Pierre Georg’s article, Why Julius Malema’s EFF Doesn’t Offer South Africans a Way Out of Poverty, I had hoped that someone, especially from the[…]
Political parties have until midnight tonight (Tuesday) to woo voters to make up their minds where to put their cross in tomorrow’s elections, with the first day of special voting having gone smoothly yesterday, barring a few hiccups. If the record 719 000-plus applications for special votes are anything to[…]
Today is the last day for political parties and independent candidates to submit their candidate nominations for the 2016 local government elections. The submissions close at 17:00 on Thursday. And so far, over 30 000 candidates had been nominated. Electoral Commission (IEC) spokesperson Kate Bapela said nominations may be submitted[…]
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