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Electoral commission releases timetable for poll
The 2024 voters roll has closed and the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has published its timetable of deadlines for candidates and voters after President Cyril Ramaphosas recent announcement that elections will take place on 29 May. <
Its okay for our people to buy beer with R350 grant, says Ramaphosa
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa quipped at the weekend that there was nothing wrong with beneficiaries of the R350 social relief of distress grant who decide to use their grants to buy beer because they are our people. Ramaphosa made the c
2.5 million job opportunities in next five years, says Ramaphosa at ANC manifesto launch
The ANC has made job creation the focal point of its 2024 election manifesto, setting out six key priorities that it hopes will woo voters come the May 29 general election. In the manifesto launched on Saturday, the governing party promi
Gwede Mantashe defends corruption accused Zandile Gumedes ANC campaigning
The ANC is giving a get out of jail free card to its members implicated in graft ahead of this years elections, provided that they aid the party during its campaign. In an interview with the Mail Guardian in Durban, ANC KwaZulu-Natal pro
DA demands full ANC deployment record, threatens Mbalula with contempt charge
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has given ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula two days to provide it with the full, unredacted minutes of its national deployment committee or face contempt of court charges. The party says Mbalula unlawfull
Zondo urged to clarify call to spare Mbenenge suspension
Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has been asked to clarify the decision by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) not to recommend the suspension of the Eastern Cape judge president over sexual harassment charges and to consider its implications.
ANC is cruising to victory, Ramaphosa tells volunteers
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday kicked off the ANCs manifesto launch activities by addressing throngs of the partys volunteers in Inanda, north of Durban. Ramaphosa, who laid a wreath at the grave of ANC founding president John Langa
ANC meets deadline to produce cadre deployment records
The ANC has met the constitutional court deadline of 5pm Monday to hand over its cadre deployment records to the Democratic Alliance . In a statement, DA MP Leon Schreiber said his party was studying the documents. After a three
ANC internal polls show CR still more popular than party
Much like it did in the 2019 general election s, the ANC will hedge its bets on President Cyril Ramaphosa s popularity to deliver a victory in this years watershed national elections. The ANCs head of elections, Mdumiseni Ntuli , said as