Articles containing the tag ‘ruling party
    By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, May 10th, 2014

    Election Results and Live Ammunition

    The official announcement of election results was made by the chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission on Saturday at the Commission’s headquarters. The results reflect an emphatic victory for ... Read more »
    By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, May 10th, 2014

    Elections 2014: ANC Wins With a Weaker Majority

    On Friday afternoon, in the aftermath of the election and with almost all the votes having been counted, there have emerged many views about the tentative results. The African Union observer mission to the elec... Read more »
    By Oliver Ngwenya On Friday, May 9th, 2014

    Preliminary Election Results: ANC Leading The Way

    The day finally arrived and the voters voted in a poll widely regarded as free and fair and without violence in most areas. The day after election, most people were focussing on the results and indications are ... Read more »
    By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, May 4th, 2014

    Final Rallies – Anti-climax to the Election Campaign

    As parties finalized their election campaigns with their last rallies on the weekend before the May 7 elections, it is all systems go for the body running the election, the Independent Electoral Commission. The... Read more »
    By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, March 29th, 2014

    ANC NEC Meeting Places Nkandla Report on the Agenda

    In a media briefing on Saturday, the spokesperson of the ANC, Jackson Mthembu, confirmed that the the top decision-making body of the ANC, the National Executive Committee, would discuss the Public Protector... Read more »
    By Mvusi Ngubane On Wednesday, January 8th, 2014

    No Change in the ANC Manifesto, Election Support Uncertain

    According to a statement made by the African National Congress’s (ANC) secretary-general Gwede Mantashe earlier this week, South Africans should expect very little to change regarding the party’s ob... Read more »
    By PAW On Monday, October 7th, 2013

    DA Billboards Inspire Twitter Hashtag Trend

    “This message is 100 per cent accurate. E-tolls were conceived under the watch of an ANC minister, supported by an ANC executive in Gauteng, passed into law by an ANC majority parliament, and signed, sealed a... Read more »
    By Ntokozo Sindane On Tuesday, July 16th, 2013

    King Dalindyebo Becomes a Card-carrying Member of the DA

    King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo will not be voting for the African National Congress in the next elections. The outspoken AbaThembu king has officially renounced the ruling party and believes that the grass is gree... Read more »
    By Mvusi Ngubane On Saturday, May 18th, 2013

    SA Government to Blame for Platinum Crisis

    The South African government’s lack of leadership skills, accompanied by its failure to understand the social and political activities currently underway in the mining sector are to blame for the brewin... Read more »
    By Mvusi Ngubane On Monday, May 6th, 2013

    ANC Loses Members to Opposition – claims DA

    The African National Congress’s Western Cape member count has dwindled over the past weekend. This, according to the DA’s Western Cape leader, Ivan Meyer, is a result of 250 ANC members being upset ... Read more »