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ANC wins elections but loses 2/3 majority
By Miriam Mannak As expected, the African National Congress (ANC) has secured its position as South Africa's ruling party for the next coming five years. However, it has not managed to win an outright 2/3 majority... 
created by Miriam Mannak | 33 wks ago | updated 32 wks ago
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346 views | 34 recommendations | 6 comments
South Africa votes in 2009 presidential elections
By Miriam MannakFive years after the last presidential elections and exactly fifteen years after Apartheid was abolished, South Africans across the country are voting once again.It is busy at the community centre...
created by Miriam Mannak | 34 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago
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2386 views | 80 recommendations | 13 comments
South Africans prepare to go to the polls April 22nd
South Africans are getting ready to vote tomorrow in what it being described as the most 'competitive general election' since apartheid ended in 1994. The polling stations, some 20,000 of them, will open at 5am GMT, and there are over 23 million registered voters expected to... 
Jacob Zuma off the hook as prosecution authority drops charges
By Miriam Mannak The South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has dropped all twelve charges - for corruption, fraud, racketeering and money laundering against Jacob Zuma. The case was built around 783...
created by Miriam Mannak | 36 wks ago | updated 36 wks ago
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342 views | 65 recommendations | 10 comments
South Africa to Hold 4th Post-Apartheid General Election April 22
South Africans will be going to the polls on April 22, 2009 in the fourth general election since the fall of apartheid. The African National Congress will test its political strength during the April 22nd... 
South Africa: ANC leader Jacob Zuma to wed fifth wife
By Miriam Mannak Just a year after tying the knot for the fourth time, Jacob Zuma - the president of South Africa's ruling party, the ANC - is to wed his fifth wive. According to the South African media... 
the Day I Said to Hell With Mugabe & Tsvangirai
I will not patronize your intellect with a note that is peppered with flowery vocabulary and expressions of bravado; I only write to articulate a sentiment, a moment of enlightenment who’s aura has illuminated... 
Jacob Zuma: The exception to the rule
According to ANC-president Jacob Zuma South Africa could beat the HIV/Aids epidemic within the next decade if there was a united effort. He also said the stigma around Aids should be "destroyed". These noble... 117 views | 15 recommendations | 3 comments
Kgalema Motlanthe fills in President Thabo Mbeki
" C Simkins SA South Africa's ruling party has chosen deputy leader Kgalema Motlanthe to serve as the country's president until next year's election. Parliament, dominated by the ruling African...
South African Zuma wins corruption case appeal
Jacob Zuma, former deputy President of South Africa is now free from his troubles. A South African court has ruled that a corruption case against ruling party leader Jacob Zuma cannot go ahead. Zuma was facing charges of corruption, fraud and money laundering...
CoSATU calls Zapiro rape cartoon defamatory and outrageous
South Africa's ruling party leader, Jacob Zuma, is outraged by a political cartoon that ran over the weekend portraying him as a rapist. The cartoon, by well-known South African political cartoonist Jonathan...
Gwen Stefani has a second son: Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale
It's a boy! Rock icon Gwen Stefani and hubby Gavin Rossdale welcomed their second child in to the world, and in typical Hollywood style he has a name only a mother could love. Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale joins...
Gwen Stefani gives birth to second kid
Gwen Stefani and hubby hub hubs Gavin Rossdale just gave birth to their second child. I’d play a guessing game for the name, but I don’t think anybody will win in guessing…so you ready??? Zuma Nesta...
Constitutional Court Battle in South Africa
A senior judge is accused of attempting to influence the outcome of a corruption hearing involving ANC President Jacob Zuma. The constantly-embattled Zuma, leader of South Africa's ruling party, was also at the heart of arms trading and sex scandals. "The Judicial Services...
Freedom Day: A Crossroads after 14 years of South African Democracy
APril 27th commemorates the first democratic election to take place in South Africa: the election that transformed Nelson Mandela from freedom fighter and political prisoner to president of a republic.Fourteen...
created by Jordan Yerman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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843 views | 14 recommendations | 3 comments
