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South Africa: Ipsos Poll Results a Preview of Election Outcome?
Daily Maverick, 30 April 2019
This is the most likely outcome of the 2019 Election as the election campaign hits its final lap. The Top 5 personalities who will shape the election results are President Cyril… Read more »
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South Africa: Election 2019 - This Time May Be Different
The Journalist, 23 April 2019
The ANC's most significant achievement over the past 25 years has been to prevent a civil war, but with the election around the corner, the idea of an immediate post-election… Read more »
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South Africa: Gauteng - 'Astounding Numbers' From DA Internal Polling Shows the Party Is Closing Gap On the ANC
News24Wire, 30 April 2019
The DA has moved to within six percentage points of the ANC in Gauteng, with the governing party's decline in the country's economic heartland seemingly continuing despite a… Read more »
Will South Africa See a 'Watershed' 2019 Election?
For the first time in the democratic era there are somewhat viable threats to the ruling African National Congress from the left and the right, writes The Journalist's Ismail Lagardien who says next month's national poll may be a watershed. This comes ahead of results from a poll conducted by marketing and research firm Ipsos which revealed a potential distribution of votes for the top five parties at a national level.
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South Africa: Maimane Urges Black Professionals to Trust the DA to Reduce Black Tax
News24Wire, 30 April 2019
DA leader Mmusi Maimane says if black professionals don't put their faith in his party during next week's polls, they risk "exacerbating" the issue of black tax. Read more »
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South Africa: Don't Write Off Mmusi Maimane Just Yet - It Ain't Over Till the Gauteng Lady Sings
Daily Maverick, 30 April 2019
DA leader Mmusi Maimane finds himself in an unenviable position as the elections loom large. If the DA doesn't enlarge its national support next week, he could find himself out of… Read more »
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South Africa: The ANC Wants to Reclaim the Western Cape and No Coalition With EFF
News24Wire, 28 April 2019
The ANC in the Western Cape said it was not vying for a coalition with any party but has instead bolstered its campaign on the ground towards reclaiming the provincial government… Read more »
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South Africa: President Julius Malema?
Daily Maverick, 29 April 2019
In his party's advertisements, Julius Malema postures as president. It's not too far a gamble to suggest that his way of getting there is through the ANC. Read more »
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South Africa: In the End SA Politics Is All About Race - Again
Daily Maverick, 29 April 2019
There are times when it is hard to imagine South Africans rising one morning, say 100 years from now, and not blaming other races for all the problems that beset society. This is… Read more »
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South Africa: Ace Magashule and the Loneliness Inside the ANC's Corner
Daily Maverick, 29 April 2019
While this was the second last weekend before what everyone claims is the most contested elections since 1994, there still appears to be more attention paid to internal ANC… Read more »
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South Africa: ANC Plans 'Superhuman Effort' in Western Cape in Last Days Before Elections
News24Wire, 25 April 2019
With election day looming ever closer, the ANC in the Western Cape plans a "superhuman effort" to convince undecided potential voters to draw their crosses behind the ANC-logo come… Read more »
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South Africa: Why the ANC Is Bent On Conferring Colonial and Apartheid-Era Rights On Rural Chiefs
Daily Maverick, 25 April 2019
Several bills before Parliament will entrench the colonial and apartheid-era powers given to often-illegitimate traditional leaders to exert absolute sway over their 'subjects'.… Read more »
InFocus
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Merafe Hostel residents in Soweto have said that voting will make little to no difference, describing the youth of the area as "damaged goods" who have to resort to sex work and ... Read more »
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Good Party leader Patricia de Lille has approached the Western Cape High Court to force the Democratic Alliance (DA) to apologise for an election campaign message that said de ... Read more »
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"As was widely anticipated, protests have surged - to a new record for the first quarter. It is likely that protesters are making the most of the opportunity to draw politicians' ... Read more »
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48 parties will be represented at this year's national elections, 19 more than those of 2014, the Independent Electoral Commission has said. Read more »
