Eighty-year-old Nothembinkosi Nontsasa cuts a defeated figure, sitting outside her crumbling home in Dlibona village in the small Eastern Cape town of Flagstaff, GroundUp reports. Her adult children can’t get IDs, so the family of six survives off her old age pension. Family and neighbours say the government has failed her, as she lives in..
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Anger at poor public service delivery in SA townships: ‘If this is freedom, then I don’t want it,’ says Eastern Cape granny –But still the majority people are voting for the ANC
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Crime does not discriminate in SA – A traumatic altercation in with armed robbers has left Saftu’s general secretary and his wife in “desperate need of counselling
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A “harrowing” run-in with eight armed robbers has left SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and his wife Noluthando in “desperate need of counselling”. That’s life, unfortunately,” Vavi tweeted on Sunday following the incident on Friday evening in Morningside Manor, Johannesburg. The armed robbers beat up two security guards before entering..
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Anc Shrinks In Parliament – From 249 Seats To 230, losings 19 seats in all – Ramaphosa, must be pleased with his poor performance and weakened representation in the National Assembly?
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In the 2014 general elections, the party won a total of 249 seats, meaning in the 2019 elections, it lost 19 seats. The African National Congress (ANC) has bagged 230 seats in the National Assembly following South Africa’s sixth democratic elections. Speaking in Pretoria on Saturday, the Independent Electoral Commission chair Glen Mashinini announced the..
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Resentment starting to soar as UFS beckoned to remove the statue of Pres. Steyn from its Bloemfontein campus – To remove a heritage resource just to adapt to a specific group’s subjective opinion cannot erase the past
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AfriForum and various other conservation organisations, including the Bloemfontein Cultural Association, the Association for Christian Higher Education in Bloemfontein and the Gereformeerde Geloof Bond (which includes congregations across South Africa and to which 32 congregations are affiliated), on 10 May 2019, objected to the issuing of a permit by the Free State Provincial Heritage Resources..
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Online admission of learners suspended due to the current system that seems to be too complicated for a certain part of the population
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The Department of Education suspended its online registration system for parents until May 20 because the current system is apparently too complicated for some of the population. A simplified system will be made available after May 20, in which a step by step will be guide will be available to lead through application process. The..
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Just in: ANC majorities “wobbling” – support dips below 50% in Gauteng, coalition on the cards
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Well, it has been coming: The ANC flew out of the blocks in Gauteng when early results were counted on Thursday, but their support in the province has slowly etched away as more ballots have been tallied in the past 24 hours. They’ve now fallen below the 50% mark for the first time, indicating that..
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ANC regime losing popularity and is expected to give 5 to 6% support to other parties
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The ANC will still be the country’s ruler for the upcoming 5-year term, but whether they will still hold the post after that is doubtful. Although all the votes have not yet been counted, it becomes clearer that Cyril Ramaphosa’s regime has reached a low in popularity and is expected to give 5 to 6%..
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Traitor de Klerk declares that all isn’t doom and gloom in SA and if ANC wins and Ramaphosa keeps his promises, things will get better
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Former president FW de Klerk believes things are not all doom and gloom in South Africa, and has backed President Cyril Ramaphosa to uplift the nation if the ruling party retains power. De Klerk cast his vote in Sea Point, Cape Town, on a wet and rainy Wednesday morning. In a very brief interview with..
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Russians allegedly plotted to sway elections in SA in favour of the ANC party
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Russian specialists purportedly planned a disinformation campaign to tarnish the images of the DA and EFF in a bid to influence the elections in SA. The Guardian reported on Wednesday that documents – seen by the publication and the Daily Maverick – were prepared by an organisation linked to a St Petersburg businessman with ties..
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Outdated devices used in South African elections for years, are not linked to a central online system -Cope’s Deidre Carter says her ID was scanned at four different voting stations
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On Wednesday 8 May South Africans took to the polls in the 2019 elections. Reports are growing of voters describing how easily the ink was removed from thumbs, and cases of people attempting to vote more than once. Cope’s Deidre Carter talks to CapeTalk’s Lester Kiewit about problems she experienced with both ink and the..
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WATCH | Voting Fraud – Several people has come forth admitting that they casted their vote more than once
Elections cannot be declared free and fair – Another scandal of abandoned and burned ballot boxes is facing the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in the North West
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Another scandal of abandoned ballot boxes is facing the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in the North West. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says it found two ballot boxes abandoned in the Lekwa Taemane Local Municipality, that includes Bloemhof. The party says these boxes were found in Ward 4 near Bloemhof Primary School, earmarked as a..
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Election ink kicks up a stink – Not the best Election Day at the office for the IEC: Flaws in voter security exposed on Election Day as both ID scanners and ink-marked method not working effectively
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There’s egg on the faces of a few IEC officials this Election Day, as both the ink-mark method and ID scanners were revealed to have serious security flaws. Congratulations to everyone who managed to brave the rain and the cold to cast their vote on Wednesday. However, some chancers might have been able to get..
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ANC-regime invests R14 billion in war-torn Sudan, this step is considered extremely risky due to Jeff Radebe’s engagement with the signing of the agreement
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While no one is willing to get involved in exploiting oil in war-torn Sudan, South Africa has decided to invest R14bn in the industry. The investment, which is widely regarded as extremely risky, can apparently be valuable while sanctions can cause oil and oil exports by Venezuela and Iran to be temporary. The South African..
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While Eskom is struggling to acquire funds by making even more debt with loans to keep power grid stable, thousands of households are using solar power as an alternative to electricity in Northern-Cape
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Northern Cape residents were given great relief, which would keep loadshedding at bay. While Eskom is struggling to make even more debt with loans so that it can remain standing, the residents have erected a solar farm near Kathu in the Northern Cape that can deliver an average electric power of 100 MW, which will..
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