The Elections Thread - 7 May 2014

Which party you will vote for in the 2014 election?

  • ANC

    Votes: 13 2.8%

  • DA

    Votes: 379 81.9%

  • COPE

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • EFF

    Votes: 14 3.0%

  • FF+

    Votes: 13 2.8%

  • IFP

    Votes: 2 0.4%

  • NFP

    Votes: 2 0.4%

  • ACDP

    Votes: 5 1.1%

  • AGANG

    Votes: 8 1.7%

  • Other

    Votes: 27 5.8%
  • Total voters
    463
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Ph34r me, britches!

There were quite a few South Africans at the Copenhagen embassy today and lots of friendly smiles. *sniffle* Makes a guy miss home :cry:
 
PARTIES CAMPAIGN ON WORKERS DAY

The May 7 general elections looms less than a week a way on Thursday, with political parties seeking to maximise the remaining time they have left to leave a lasting impression with voters.

The African National Congress will be holding a number of Workers Day rallies across the country on Thursday, with President Jacob Zuma expected to address a rally in Polokwane.

Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu will address a rally in Dundee, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe will be in Ulundi, while deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa will be found addressing a rally in Pampierstad.

Parties hoping to make inroads into the ANC's support base next week will also be campaigning on May 1, with Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema expected to speak at a National Council of Trade Unions rally in Emalahleni.

Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille will be speaking at a rally in Kimberley, while NFP leader Zanele KaMagwaza Msibi will be speaking at a prayer service for peaceful elections in Durban.


Source : Sapa /aw/ks
Date : 01 May 2014 02:01
 
Received this early this a.m.
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Die DA keer sy rug op die Afrikaner met steun aan heropening van grondeise en regstel-aksies. Keer jou rug op die DA: STEM VF+. Eerste keuse op JOU STEMBRIEF!
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7 only knows who is selling them our numbers
 
Posted by Kupido Baron, the Media Management Officer at the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality. While his comments appear to deride the poster, he goes on to say the opposite!! How do they get away with rubbish like this?

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http://mg.co.za/article/2014-04-30-activist-goes-to-court-to-postpone-elections-and-suspend-iec

South Africa’s fifth national election on May 7 could be postponed and all commissioners of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) suspended if André Lötter has his way.

The former ward councillor won the first order of a postponement of an election in democratic South Africa in April 2013. He managed to get by-elections postponed in ward 22 in Abaqulusi, northern KwaZulu-Natal, where he ran as an independent councillor after quitting the ANC, which precipitated the by-election. Now he’s hoping he’ll have that same success on a much larger scale.

The politician, who has since joined Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi’s National Freedom Party, has taken up the same issue with the national elections that he successfully challenged at the ward level: the manipulation of results by political parties by techniques such as busing in supporters from other areas.

Lötter claims in his urgent court application, which was filed on Wednesday at the Electoral Court, that the IEC commissioners have consistently failed to deal with the issue, calling into question their ability to run free and fair elections for the country.

“Over the past 12 months, the electoral commission has on about 17 occasions, shown itself incompetent to organise free, fair and regular elections on the municipal level owing to its inability to prevent and repress large-scale unlawful voter registration,” he said in his affidavit accompanying his application.

Lötter, who describes himself as a “pro-democracy activist” claimed to be bringing the application “in the public interest on behalf of all South Africans”.

Swamped the poll
Lötter made headlines last year when he successfully interdicted by-elections in his ward at the Electoral Court and Constitutional Court. The IEC had to remove 1 500 names from a voters roll in the ward that swelled to 6 100 from 3 700 in the 2011 municipal elections. Given that average voter turnout in KwaZulu-Natal wards was 2 317 in that election, 1 500 outsiders bused into a ward they were not entitled to vote in would have swamped the poll, Daily News noted at the time.

“Busing voters to load elections is an egregious violation of our democracy. It is theft, arguably treasonous, with frightening consequences for South Africa’s democracy,” the paper wrote in an editorial. “If it is not forcefully halted, it will start fraying an electoral process that has to now won global admiration.”

Opposition politicians have previously complained about the issue to the Mail & Guardian, saying it distorted voting results and robbed them of wins in certain areas.

Lötter has taken particular issue with the fact that the IEC has not taken steps to prevent fraudulent voters being added to the voting roll in the first place. “What is needed is not to remove fraudulent registrants afterwards, but before they are admitted to the roll,” he noted in his application, while referencing one particular case.

He believes the commission should verify the addresses of voters on the voter roll, which would mitigate against swaying a result by busing in supporters not from a particular area.

“The commission denies responsibility for the veracity of the national common voters’ roll,” said Lötter in his application. He pointed out that the IEC’s chief electoral officers had stated in another court matter that “there is no provision that requires the electoral commission to verify voters’ addresses”.

For Lötter the argument was problematic, as the IEC should not “hide behind any inefficiencies in national legislation in its duty to ensure free and fair elections”.
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Read more: http://mg.co.za/article/2014-04-30-activist-goes-to-court-to-postpone-elections-and-suspend-iec
 
VOTING WILL BE SAFE: POLICE

All security measures are in place for South Africa's upcoming general elections, police said on Thursday.

"We are confident that our communities can go out in numbers to cast their votes and that they can do so in a safe and peaceful environment," said Lt-Gen Solomon Makgale.

"A stern warning is issued to those who have intentions of attempting to destabilise the election process in any way... they will most certainly face arrest and prosecution."

Over 50 people have already been arrested for election-related offences.

Makgale said police would be deployed to every voting station in the country.

"It must be stressed that normal day-to-day policing and crime prevention duties will continue. Where necessary, reservists will be called up."

On Wednesday, President Jacob Zuma's office announced that he had authorised the deployment of some 2000 troops to assist the police during the elections and the presidential inauguration.

South Africans overseas finished voting on Thursday. About 27,000 expats had registered to vote.

The next round of special votes will take place on Monday and Tuesday when IEC officials visit 295,731 voters in their homes, retirement centres, hospitals, and health care facilities.

The rest of South Africa will head to the polls on Wednesday, May 7.


Source : Sapa /ml/aw
Date : 01 May 2014 18:04
 
VOTING ABROAD CLOSES

Voting by South Africans overseas ended on Thursday, the IEC said.

The last voting station in Los Angeles, United States closed at 6am South African time, Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) spokeswoman Kate Bapela said.

"Votes cast at 116 South African missions are now being couriered in secure bags back to Election House in Centurion, where they will be reconciled against the list of voters who successfully notified the Chief Electoral Officer of their intention to vote outside the Republic."

The counting of votes would start at 9pm on May 7.

Votes from international voting stations would be combined into a single international voting district.

Bapela said about 27,000 voters successfully applied to vote overseas.

"Initial reports from the combined electoral commission and department of international relations and co-operation operations centre were that voting had proceeded smoothly at all missions with no major problems encountered."

Bapela said the turnout was reportedly high in London, where 9863 voters had been expected, and in Dubai, with 1539 registered voters.

The next round of special votes would take place on Monday and Tuesday when IEC officials would visit 295,731 voters in their homes, retirement centres, hospitals, and health care facilities.


Source : Sapa /ge/th
Date : 01 May 2014 16:17
 
Ramaphosa: When Zuma talks, there’s a ‘real man talking’

The ANC is there to serve, party deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has said at a Northern Cape election rally in Barkly West.

“Trust the ANC, they will serve you,” Ramaphosa told a gathering of African National Congress supporters who filled a huge tent next to Kuruman Road near Mataleng yesterday.

“We are your servants, we listen to you,” he told those gathered at the dusty spot on the side of the road in a corner between two townships.

Ramaphosa said the ANC realised there was a problem in the area whereby poor parents had been asked to pay for their children’s education.
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So real men are accused of womanising, rape and corruption? No thanks. This is not a man, this is a moron who can't keep his d*ck in his pants and his fingers out of the public purse.
 
ANC bigwigs too scared to challenge Zuma, says Malema

EFF leader Julius Malema has led a stinging attack on several ANC bigwigs for being too scared of President Jacob Zuma to challenge him for his wrongdoing.

He said former human settlements minister Tokyo Sexwale, former minister in the presidency Trevor Manuel and Home Affairs Minister Naledi Pandor bowed to Zuma because they were afraid of him.

Malema said at first he thought they would take a stand against Zuma.

“Tokyo Sexwale, I think he has disappeared,” Malema said during an interview on Talk Radio 702 this morning.

“We relied on people like Tokyo … he disappointed me … but they are so scared of one individual. He was silenced. We hope he will have courage and come out.”

He said Pandor used to be brave.

“Naledi Pandor, she was bold, then all of a sudden she was bowing.”

He said she initially challenged Zuma on his comments that the African National Congress would rule until Jesus returned.

“She took him up on that matter. Everybody was scared, like: ‘What is she saying?’” he said.

“Anyone who stands up and speaks out against President Zuma, be sure there will be a long queue of people telling you how wrong you are.”

He said Manuel was only there to praise Zuma on his speeches.

“Trevor Manuel used to stand up and say [to Zuma] ‘today you gave great inputs, [the] best of best speech’.

“People like Trevor are overrated. He is useless.”

Malema said the controversy surrounding the upgrades to Zuma’s Nkandla residence showed that everyone was too scared to say anything.

“Somebody messed up somewhere [on Nkandla] … the ministers are protecting him.”

He said there were a few people in the ANC who continued to challenge Zuma, including Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile.

“Paul, he is very brave. He took them [Zuma and the ministers] on about Nkandla.”

Malema commended former intelligence minister Ronnie Kasrils who recently started a campaign for South Africans to spoil their vote or to vote for an opposition party.

Kasrils said the ANC under Zuma had become a movement where the police were out of control and were killing people.

Malema said when he was ANC Youth League president, he was not afraid to challenge Zuma.

“I told Zuma that all his speeches are the same and he always concludes with gossip,” he recalled.

“We challenged President Zuma from within … but Zuma’s intention was to see me selling loose cigarettes in Zone One, Seshego.”

Malema further claimed that the Gupta family was involved in the appointment of people at the SABC, including its CEOs.

“It’s unprofessional … and the Guptas are involved in the nominations. They impose it on [the ANC].”

He claimed that current SABC acting CEO Hlaudi Motsoeneng got the job because he was a friend of Zuma’s.

“It is not correct to employ someone who knows the president,” he said.

In February, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela released a report which found Motsoeneng’s appointment irregular. Motsoeneng’s salary had increased from R1.5 million to R2.4m in one year. She found he fraudulently misrepresented his qualifications – that he passed matric – to the SABC.

Malema said when he was still ANC Youth League president he had a talk with Motsoeneng about Zuma.

“I had a talk with Hlaudi who told me he is loyal to President Zuma. I asked: ’But why are you loyal to Zuma and not the ANC’?

“I never supported Hlaudi but I know how we used to change news bulletins at the SABC.”
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Ramaphosa said...the ANC..."poor"...
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They've now been harping on about the !@#$ing poor for twenty years.

I've now been unemployed for nearly 18 months now, so I know all about tightening one's belt and living prudently. Am I "poor"? My bank balance says so.

I believe it's high time that the ANC explicitly define the word "poor".

Whilst I would love to find work, I'm also very happy that I haven't been contributing in any meaningful way to the absolute and abhorrent waste of money that is an ANC-led government, or anything.
 
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