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South Africa:
Election Outcome Won't Influence Rating Agencies - Analyst
News24Wire, 2 August 2016
The results of Wednesday's local government elections are unlikely to have a major impact on how rating agencies view South Africa, according to Jugal Mahabir, senior lecturer in… Read more »
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South Africa:
Who We're Voting for
GroundUp, 2 August 2016
We asked people who they are going to vote for tomorrow. Here's what they told us. Read more »
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South Africa:
To Vote or Not to Vote - a Fallist's Dilemma
The Daily Vox, 2 August 2016
While political parties do all they can to entice the youth vote, some young members of decolonial movements at universities (or "fallists" as they've come to be known) told The… Read more »
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South Africa:
'We Don't Need a Councillor, We Have Our Chief'
News24Wire, 1 August 2016
Residents of Vilisi village in the Eastern Cape feel they can only depend on their local chief, and not their councillor to get things done, one of them has told News24. Read more »
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South Africa:
Electoral Tremors Are Shaking Ruling Party. How Will It Respond?
The Conversation Africa, 1 August 2016
South Africa's election 2016 local election signals change. For the first time in the country's democratic era since 1994, in this tenth major electoral event, the governing ANC is… Read more »
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South Africa:
Frustrated Voters Set to Shake Up Politics
DW, 1 August 2016
With local elections taking place accross the country on Wednesday, campaigning has been intense - both on the streets and online. For the ruling African National Congress party… Read more »
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South Africa:
This Is the Problem With South Africa's Politics
The Daily Vox, 1 August 2016
Aubrey Matshiqi is a rockstar columnist, political analyst and researcher. He's written a fantastic paper ahead of this year's elections, on the false dichotomy between rationality… Read more »