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Fin24
March 31, 2018
WITH only a month away from labour's great May Day celebrations, it seems that South Africa's trade union movement is heading towards what could possibly be major turmoil. This all hinges on a general strike call by the country's newest labour federation, the South African Federation of Trade UnionsÃâà...
CNET
March 30, 2018
In these cases, fake news campaigns focused on an election or referendum. South Africa's fake news campaign was similarly political -- it sought to protect President Zuma, but its real mission was broader in scope: improve the reputation of the Guptas, whose alignment to Zuma was strong enough thatÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 29, 2018
According to ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu, the longer constituency period will "allow Members of Parliament more time to serve and directly engage with the people who elected them into public office". "The ANC welcomes this decision, as it is a step towards the attainment of a 50/50 balance betweenÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
March 29, 2018
President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa addresses MPs after being elected president in parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, February 15, 2018. ... Moody's Investors Service kept South Africa's credit rating at investor grade, though it is still only one notch above junk, and changed its outlook for theÃâà...
News24
March 28, 2018
One of the ways to counter this faction and their strategies is for Ramaphosa to secure an overwhelming majority for the ANC at the next general election. A 65%+ victory would counter the small election margin that he received at Nasrec. With such a strong mandate from the electorate it would be moreÃâà...
HuffPost South Africa
March 28, 2018
Although its international stature has declined, South Africa has not disappeared from the global stage. A favourable international public opinion was scored in the wake of the recent election of Cyril Ramaphosa. Earlier in January, South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago was elected asÃâà...
Fin24
March 28, 2018
I have to admit right here that it's a practice that doesn't sit well with someone who hasn't quite overcome the 'South African exceptionalism' syndrome. This is the syndrome that consists of thinking, among other things, that South Africa is different and better; unlike many countries in Africa, it is destined forÃâà...
Daily Maverick
March 28, 2018
There is an undeniable lure of early elections among South Africa's main political parties – both for the ANC and the main opposition parties. ... South African voters are in a new space of electoral decision-making, where the balance between identity-linked party identification and voting on the basis ofÃâà...
Mail & Guardian
March 27, 2018
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) says a “technology renewal” is underway at the commission and is at the heart of its preparations for what will be the most “robust” elections it has prepared for. Chairperson Glen Mashinini and chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo on Tuesday updated MPs onÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
March 27, 2018
The South African Schools Act (SASA), 1996 (Act 84 of 1996) gives governing bodies considerable powers to govern schools as part of the key structures of our democracy. Governing bodies represent all sectors of the school community, including parents, teachers, non-teaching staff - and learners inÃâà...
MarketWatch
March 27, 2018
Zuma's successor, recently elected President Cyril Ramaphosa, is advancing business and social reform. ... As Moody's explained: “The confirmation of South Africa's rating represents Moody's view that the previous weakening of South African institutions will gradually reverse under a more transparent andÃâà...
Daily Maverick
March 5, 2018
South Africa has been left off the list of five countries US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit on his first official trip to the continent this week. By PETER ... “We're looking hopefully at South Africa with the election of Ramaphosa from Zuma and seeing how that's going to transition.” Other countries inÃâà...
The Punch
March 5, 2018
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 15, 2018 shows South African opposition party Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema (2R) talks to the press after staging a walk out during the election by the Members of Parliament of the new South African President in Cape Town. RadicalÃâà...
Nasdaq
March 5, 2018
South African markets weakened on Friday as investors dropped riskier assets for safer investments on the back of the threat of a global trade war sparked ... while the euro was unsteady in currency markets due to worries that an anti-establishment coalition government could emerge from elections in Italy.
The South African
March 5, 2018
Italian Election: Far-right voting surge leaves country, EU in limbo Giancarlo Giorgetti (R), member of the Lega Nord far right party reacts after the first results of Italy's general elections, early on March 5, 2018 in Milan. An exit poll by private channel La7 put Lega Nord's coalition at between 32 and 37.6Ãâà...
Citizen
March 5, 2018
File Picture: Residents of the Platfontein community of the !Xhu and Khwe stand in long queues at a voting station in Kimberley, South Africa, on 18 May 2011 to cast their votes in the municipal elections. IEC official had to assist as communication proved to be a problem. (Photo by GalloÃâà...
Greenville Daily Reflector
March 5, 2018
KwaZulu-Natal was one of the hotly contested regions in the race to elect a successor to Jacob Zuma as leader of the ANC in December. Cyril Ramaphosa defeated Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Zuma's former wife and ex-chairwoman of the African Union Commission, and was elected South Africa'sÃâà...
HuffPost South Africa
March 5, 2018
The world is watching South Africa again. That's what went through my mind a few days ago, when I sat in the visitors' gallery of the National Assembly. All around me, parliamentarians and visitors were singing and cheering as President Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as South Africa's new president. It wasÃâà...
eNCA
March 4, 2018
JOHANNESBURG - Former president Thabo Mbeki has refuted a statement by ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe, that "former presidents will start attending party events leading up to the 2019 elections." Mabe made the comments during the ANC Election Workshop held at the weekend, which was attendedÃâà...
CNBC
February 15, 2018
Former South African President Nelson Mandela with (from left) Carl Niehaus, Steve Tshwete, Jacob Zuma, Cyril Ramaphosa, Andries Beyers and ... He must also unite the ANC ahead of elections in 2019, and help address the drought which is crippling Cape Town, one of South Africa's largest cities.
Voice of America
December 31, 1999
Now, new reports say Cambridge Analytica played a role in African elections. In some countries, it may have exploited existing conflict. South African election violence. The company first became involved in Africa during the general election in South Africa in 1994. That year, the apartheid governmentÃâà...
