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EFF demands answers after 1000 Limpopo members join ANC: Former EFF provincial leader Jossey Buthane said the top brass were trying to lead via ‘emails and ...
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EFF demands answers after 1000 Limpopo members join ANC
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ANC assured of a clear majority, Ramaphosa says: The president told supporters in Kwa-Zulu Natal that Jacob Zuma’s MK party posed no threat to the ANC in next ...
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ANC assured of a clear majority, Ramaphosa says
Quick Glance: Ramaphosa Urges ANC to Secure 14 Million Votes for Clear Victory
  • The ANC has mobilized all its ministers to 'aggressively communicate its success stories' in the critical campaigning weeks ahead of the May 29th national elections.

  • President Cyril Ramaphosa stated in a leaked recording of the national executive committee meeting last week that the party would need 14 million votes for a clear victory, compared to the previous 10 million.

  • ANC head of elections Mdumiseni Ntuli delivered a report on the party's campaign battle plan to remain in government, emphasizing the need to strengthen the base and win back disgruntled voters.

  • Ramaphosa expressed concern during the meeting that some NEC members had not met their commitments towards campaigning for an outright majority and emphasized consequences for those who fail to meet campaign work targets.
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ActionSA’s Trollip says EFF wants Shivambu as finance minister so they can ‘steal’
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ActionSA’s Trollip says EFF wants Shivambu as finance minister so they can ...
Quick Glance: EFF Allegedly Eyeing Shivambu for Ministerial Theft
  • Trollip accuses EFF of aiming to steal by pushing for finance minister appointment.

  • Questioning EFF's intentions behind wanting control of the finance ministry.

  • Criticism towards parties fostering chaos and corruption for personal gain.

  • Discussion on coalitions, governance stability, and political maturity.
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Malema: South Africa will go on stage six load-shedding after elections: The Economic Freedom Fighters leader also said his deputy, Floyd Shivambu ...
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Malema: South Africa will go on stage six load-shedding after elections
Quick Glance: Malema Warns of Escalating Power Outages and Praises Finance Minister Candidacy
  • EFF leader Julius Malema defended his statement that the party would consider entering a coalition with the ANC if EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu was appointed as finance minister.

  • Malema warned that Eskom will move to stage six load-shedding after the elections and strongly criticized the current officials in charge.

  • He emphasized that Shivambu is an expert on the country's economy, the continent, and the world at large, and has not stolen any money.

  • Malema stated that the escalation of power outages after the elections is due to the incompetence of officials, not sabotage.
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Shack-dwellers’ movement Abahlali BaseMjondolo backs EFF for 2024 elections: Abahlali has previously backed the Democratic Alliance and the Socialist ...
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Shack-dwellers’ movement Abahlali BaseMjondolo backs EFF for 2024 ...
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LISTEN | Malema changes tune on vote rigging as elections loom: EFF leader Julius Malema claims load-shedding will be implemented when vote counting starts and ...
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LISTEN | Malema changes tune on vote rigging as elections loom
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ANC support slips, new MK Party makes inroads, EFF backing slumps – Ipsos poll: Voter support for South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has slipped ...
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ANC support slips, new MK Party makes inroads, EFF backing slumps – Ipsos ...
Quick Glance: Support for South Africa's ANC around 40% before elections
  • An Ipsos poll revealed that support for South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has dropped to just over 40%, weeks before an election that could bring about significant political change.

  • While the ANC is still expected to secure the most votes on May 29, falling below 50% would require seeking coalition partners to govern, marking the first such alliance since Nelson Mandela led the party to power 30 years ago.

  • The survey was based on face-to-face interviews with 2,545 registered voters across all nine provinces in March and April, boasting a margin of error of 1.9% at a 95% confidence level.

  • The poll also highlighted rising voter discontent due to issues like unemployment, corruption, crime, and poor services, with the ANC considering potential coalition partners such as the economically liberal DA and the far-left Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).
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EFF member says he will apologise to Indian community after hate speech ruling: But Khehla Mngwengwe argued that the term ‘coolie’ was not a hateful term
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EFF member says he will apologise to Indian community after hate speech ...
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If voters compel us to work with the EFF we will, says IFP president: Velenkosini Hlabisa also defended the Ingonyama Trust Act, which he said had been ...
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If voters compel us to work with the EFF we will, says IFP president
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Mabasa’s strike against Usuthu sees Bucs in 2nd spot: There was no revenge for AmaZulu, and instead the Durban club would have had further grumbles with match ...
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Mabasa’s strike against Usuthu sees Bucs in 2nd spot
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Malema now more power-hungry than populist: Malema has toned down his populist bluster on the campaign trail, because he has the spoils of high office in his ...
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Malema now more power-hungry than populist
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The EFF’s Floyd Shivambu as finance minister would ‘really spook the markets’: Although it seems highly unlikely EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu will become ...
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The EFF’s Floyd Shivambu as finance minister would ‘really spook the ...
Quick Glance: EFF's Shivambu as Finance Minister Would Truly Spook the Markets
  • In typical EFF fashion, politician Julius Malema recently made the controversial statement that the EFF would only consider a coalition with the ANC after the elections if EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu is appointed finance minister.

  • DA leader John Steenhuisen did not mince his words at the recent launch of his party’s Western Cape manifesto in Paarl, in the Drakenstein Municipality.

  • Steenhuisen warned that under a coalition with Shivambu as finance minister, the EFF would unleash its destructive economic policies to turn South Africa into the next Venezuela or Zimbabwe.

  • Investment strategist Izak Odendaal from Old Mutual Wealth says it is unlikely that Shivambu would take on what is arguably the most important Cabinet position, even in the event of an ANC-EFF coalition.
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Abahlali baseMjondolo has made a terrible tactical error by backing the EFF: The large socialist shack dwellers' movement, in its bid to oust the ANC ...
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Abahlali baseMjondolo has made a terrible tactical error by backing the ...
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LISTEN | 'Fight fire with fire': Malema says criminals must live in fear: EFF leader Julius Malema says the language criminals understand is violence and ...
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LISTEN | 'Fight fire with fire': Malema says criminals must live ...
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After the Bell: Why Julius Malema is the mirror image of Donald Trump: Malema’s ignorance shows us he doesn’t think in concrete terms; he thinks in notions ...
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After the Bell: Why Julius Malema is the mirror image of Donald Trump
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Julius Malema says EFF open to coalition government, including with DA: The leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Julius Malema, said his party is open ...
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Julius Malema says EFF open to coalition government, including with DA
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Axed soldier’s 15-year fight for compensation: The pregnant SANDF paramedic lost her baby and was left paralysed while travelling with fellow members from ...
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Axed soldier’s 15-year fight for compensation
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Ramaphosa intervenes in unemployed teacher's predicament: 'I want this matter resolved,' said Ramaphoda.
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Ramaphosa intervenes in unemployed teacher's predicament
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Flood warning: Heavy rains forecast for Durban and South Coast: Three people were washed away in a vehicle and died in the Margate floods overnight
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Flood warning: Heavy rains forecast for Durban and South Coast
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Home Affairs opens office in Durban shopping mall: The latest branches to open include The Pavilion Shopping Centre in KwaZulu-Natal, Tyger Valley centre in the ...
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Home Affairs opens office in Durban shopping mall
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If we end up with an ANC-EFF coalition, blame it on the DA: For coalitions to succeed it is important that parties come to the table with a sense of humbleness ...
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If we end up with an ANC-EFF coalition, blame it on the DA
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Trial date set for men accused of robbing and killing MUT lecturer Shan Dwarika: A trial date has been set for four men charged with murdering and robbing senior ...
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Trial date set for men accused of robbing and killing MUT lecturer Shan ...
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Pirates join Downs, Stellies in Nedbank Cup semifinals: Makhehlene Makhaula came back to haunt his former club AmaZulu FC as he, Patrick Maswangany and Kabelo ...
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Pirates join Downs, Stellies in Nedbank Cup semifinals
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Ramaphosa is using taxpayers’ resources to benefit ANC, says Steenhuisen: Voters will be sold out to EFF ‘in a coalition that will plunge SA into chaos’
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Ramaphosa is using taxpayers’ resources to benefit ANC, says Steenhuisen
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After the Bell — does South Africa need another two banks?: I can’t get over the sense that South Africa is overbanked. Here is why little red lights are ...
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After the Bell — does South Africa need another two banks?
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Paul Mashatile convinced ANC will win outright: Deputy president says governing party has not considered resuming coalition talks, as it is aiming for more than ...
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Paul Mashatile convinced ANC will win outright
Quick Glance: Paul Mashatile Confident ANC Will Secure Decisive Victory
  • Deputy President Paul Mashatile is convinced that the ANC will receive more than 50% of the votes on May 29, despite ongoing speculation about informal talks with opposition parties.

  • The ruling party has not yet considered resuming coalition talks, aiming to secure more than 50% of the votes.

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Ramaphosa puts on his boxing gloves: Rumours of the ANC’s demise — like those about it’s leader — might be greatly exaggerated
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Ramaphosa puts on his boxing gloves
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EFF SG Marshall Dlamini found guilty of assault GBH: EFF secretary-general Marshall Dlamini has been found guilty of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily ...
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EFF SG Marshall Dlamini found guilty of assault GBH
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KZN’s R15 million drug bust: Cops seize cocaine aboard ship from Columbia to SA: Crime-fighting units in KwaZulu-Natal seized bags of cocaine from aboard a ship ...
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KZN’s R15 million drug bust: Cops seize cocaine aboard ship from Columbia ...
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Popular actor arrested for child porn in ongoing SAPS and US crackdown: A well-known Durban actor is the latest to be arrested in a crackdown on online sexual ...
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Popular actor arrested for child porn in ongoing SAPS and US crackdown
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Zambia seeks power imports for key mining sector: Zambia's state-owned electricity utility Zesco said on Monday it is seeking to import power to avert an energy ...
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Zambia seeks power imports for key mining sector
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Mashaba challenges ANC, DA, EFF and IFP leaders to public lifestyle audits: ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has challenged President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ...
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Mashaba challenges ANC, DA, EFF and IFP leaders to public lifestyle audits
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BREAKING NEWS: ANC loses court bid against MK Party over use of name and logo: In a landmark ruling, the High Court in Durban has sided with the umKhonto weSizwe ...
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BREAKING NEWS: ANC loses court bid against MK Party over use of name and ...
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Wounded Kaizer Chiefs look to stop the rot against Richards Bay: With the wounds of their embarrassing DStv Premiership defeats to Chippa United and Stellenbosch ...
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Wounded Kaizer Chiefs look to stop the rot against Richards Bay
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AQuellé Tour in Durban this Sunday: These roads will be affected: At least 3,000 participants are expected in this year's race. Race director, Alec Lenferna ...
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AQuellé Tour in Durban this Sunday: These roads will be affected
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Wife and her brother found guilty of murder of Transnet engineer: The family of slain Transnet electrical engineer Nkosi Langa, who was kidnapped from his ...
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Wife and her brother found guilty of murder of Transnet engineer
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Drugs valued at R1.5bn seized in KZN in six months: About R1.5bn worth of drugs has been seized in KwaZulu-Natal since October 2023, according to police ...
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Drugs valued at R1.5bn seized in KZN in six months
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CareerBox takes BPO to the next level: Everyday the reception area at CareerBox in Umhlanga, Durban, is abuzz with hundreds of young unemployed people ...
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CareerBox takes BPO to the next level
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It’s time for fresh thinking on governance options, like a non-coalition cooperation agreement
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It’s time for fresh thinking on governance options, like a non-coalition ...
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Four men killed in horror KwaZulu-Natal crash: Four people travelling in a bakkie lost their lives in a horror crash on the N2 near Port Shepstone.
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Four men killed in horror KwaZulu-Natal crash
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'You choose: ANC, EFF and MK, or multi-party charter': Steenhuisen: DA leader John Steenhuisen warned of a “doomsday coalition” of the ANC ...
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'You choose: ANC, EFF and MK, or multi-party charter': Steenhuisen
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Dunga among five EFF members reappointed in new Ekurhuleni mayoral committee: The newly elected Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosidiphile Xhakaza, who is an ANC member ...
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Dunga among five EFF members reappointed in new Ekurhuleni mayoral ...
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Three years since Anele Tembe’s death, her family still yearns for the truth: Several months have passed since the announcement of the inquest into Anele Tembe’s ...
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Three years since Anele Tembe’s death, her family still yearns for the ...
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POLL | Should the IEC procure generators for all voting stations?: Are you concerned load-shedding might stand in the way of free and fair elections?
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POLL | Should the IEC procure generators for all voting stations?
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Social movement Abahlali baseMjondolo backs EFF in ‘tactical vote’: On Sunday, Abahlali baseMjondolo held a ‘30 Years of UnFreedom’ event to reflect on the 30 ...
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Social movement Abahlali baseMjondolo backs EFF in ‘tactical vote’
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To politicians and voters: With freedom comes the responsibility of freedom: Few recall the Bill of Responsibilities that accompanies the Bill of Rights ...
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To politicians and voters: With freedom comes the responsibility of ...
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Saving Florida Road after rapper AKA’s murder: Florida Road in Durban was famed for its buzzing nightlife but that was until the shooting of rapper AKA happened ...
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Saving Florida Road after rapper AKA’s murder
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A tale of life in squalor during a 16-year wait for Durban RDP houses: Residents have lived in a transit camp that was supposed to be a temporary settlement ...
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A tale of life in squalor during a 16-year wait for Durban RDP houses
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WATCH: Zimdollar vs Mthandeni in mic snatching saga at Maskandi event in Durban: In yet another microphone snatching saga, Maskandi artist Mthandeni Manqele ...
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WATCH: Zimdollar vs Mthandeni in mic snatching saga at Maskandi event in ...
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The holy grail of a fine restaurant — and it’s in Durban: The LivingRoom at Summerhill has everything. It’s beautiful. It’s gracious. Its cuisine is original ...
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The holy grail of a fine restaurant — and it’s in Durban
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Tensions high in murder trial of Durban soldier who allegedly shot wife: Tempers ran high at the Pinetown magistrate's court on Tuesday as families of murder ...
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Tensions high in murder trial of Durban soldier who allegedly shot wife
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Two dead after truck and car collide in Durban CBD: Two people were killed and one critically injured in a "horrific" accident involving a truck and a ...
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Two dead after truck and car collide in Durban CBD
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SDCEA shuts down Durban roads in protest of Eskom tariff increases: “Many of Durban’s citizen’s have on year’s on end experienced no access to the proposed ...
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SDCEA shuts down Durban roads in protest of Eskom tariff increases