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The Elections Thread - 7 May 2014
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:wtf:Shocked!!!
R13...
Honorary Master
Was there ever any doubt?
OrbitalDawn
Ulysses Everett McGill
So they want you to vote at your registered station, but if you find yourself out of reach you can vote anywhere for national, anywhere in your registered province provincially. But if you're out of the province you registered in you can only vote nationally.
OrbitalDawn
Ulysses Everett McGill
Hamish McPanji
Honorary Master
Agreed. A cynic after my own heart. Every country needs a diverse opposition and the politicians fear of losing power is likely to benefit all of us
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
NKANDLA GETS MOST COVERAGE: SURVEY
President Jacob Zuma's private Nkandla homestead in KwaZulu-Natal received the most media coverage by political parties in the lead up to the general elections, media survey group DDI said on Tuesday.
In the past 24 hours, the African National Congress's coverage of Nkandla in the local media amounted to 24.4 percent, while the Economic Freedom Fighters' focus on the homestead amounted to 22 percent.
The Democratic Alliance focused more on job creation (20.91percent), but the party's stance on Nkandla still received 20.6 percent of its focus.
"It is the first time since we have started monitoring the elections that the major political parties' focus areas have passed that of Nkandla," DDI said referring to the statistic on the DA.
According to the survey, job creation, education, and service delivery were some of the secondary issues the three parties focused on in media coverage.
The data was compiled from social media platforms, which included blogs, forums, social networks, and commentary.
It also included data from global online newspapers, South African print publications, and radio and television stations.
Source : Sapa /kd/jk/jje
Date : 06 May 2014 08:52
President Jacob Zuma's private Nkandla homestead in KwaZulu-Natal received the most media coverage by political parties in the lead up to the general elections, media survey group DDI said on Tuesday.
In the past 24 hours, the African National Congress's coverage of Nkandla in the local media amounted to 24.4 percent, while the Economic Freedom Fighters' focus on the homestead amounted to 22 percent.
The Democratic Alliance focused more on job creation (20.91percent), but the party's stance on Nkandla still received 20.6 percent of its focus.
"It is the first time since we have started monitoring the elections that the major political parties' focus areas have passed that of Nkandla," DDI said referring to the statistic on the DA.
According to the survey, job creation, education, and service delivery were some of the secondary issues the three parties focused on in media coverage.
The data was compiled from social media platforms, which included blogs, forums, social networks, and commentary.
It also included data from global online newspapers, South African print publications, and radio and television stations.
Source : Sapa /kd/jk/jje
Date : 06 May 2014 08:52
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
ZILLE ON CAMPAIGN RAIL
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille arrived at Park Station in Johannesburg on a train from Soweto on Tuesday morning.
A group of supporters welcomed her with praise songs and ululation as she emerged from the station.
Most supporters wore DA T-shirts and sang in the busy streets near the station. Some carried DA posters bearing Zille's face or a "Vote for Jobs" slogan.
Hawkers had to move their stands to make way for the crowd. Zille spoke to a woman selling vegetables, greeting her by the hand, and gave her a pamphlet.
"I like your blue tent", she said pointing to the woman's gazebo.
Some commuters followed the crowd and took photographs. The group moved towards busy Noord Street singing in Sesotho that they would change President Jacob Zuma's government.
Source : Sapa /lk/jk/jje/th
Date : 06 May 2014 10:02
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille arrived at Park Station in Johannesburg on a train from Soweto on Tuesday morning.
A group of supporters welcomed her with praise songs and ululation as she emerged from the station.
Most supporters wore DA T-shirts and sang in the busy streets near the station. Some carried DA posters bearing Zille's face or a "Vote for Jobs" slogan.
Hawkers had to move their stands to make way for the crowd. Zille spoke to a woman selling vegetables, greeting her by the hand, and gave her a pamphlet.
"I like your blue tent", she said pointing to the woman's gazebo.
Some commuters followed the crowd and took photographs. The group moved towards busy Noord Street singing in Sesotho that they would change President Jacob Zuma's government.
Source : Sapa /lk/jk/jje/th
Date : 06 May 2014 10:02
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
DON'T SPOIL VOTE: CAPE NEWSPAPERS
The Cape Times and Cape Argus in Cape Town published an almost identical editorial on Tuesday imploring their readers not to spoil their vote.
Commenting a day before the national elections, the newspapers mentioned the recent campaign by former intelligence minister Ronnie Kasrils and former deputy health minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge to get South Africans to spoil their votes or to vote for smaller political parties.
They were not referred to by name but as "ANC (African National Congress) dissenters" in the Cape Times and "ANC malcontents" in the Cape Argus.
"Spoiling your vote, and thus squandering your birthright, is not a demonstration of voter power but a deliberate act of powerlessness," the editorials said.
"It is the surest way to give yourself no say in how -- or by whom -- you are governed. By all means let your choice be guided by your unhappiness (or contentment), but do make a choice."
The papers stated that spoiling a ballot or refusing to vote amounted to silence.
"In politics more than anywhere else, silence is interpreted as consent."
The editorials stated that because readers were "mature, independent" adults, it would be presumptuous to tell them how to exercise their democratic right.
It was impossible to propose a "one size fits all" solution as to which political party should be supported in a society as diverse and divided as South Africa.
"But what we will implore you to do is vote. Participate. Make a stand. Speak and be heard. It matters more than you know."
The Daily Voice, also a regional newspaper, did not publish an elections-related editorial and instead dedicated a double page to the choice of political parties and their promises.
Source : Sapa /je/jk/jje
Date : 06 May 2014 10:38
The Cape Times and Cape Argus in Cape Town published an almost identical editorial on Tuesday imploring their readers not to spoil their vote.
Commenting a day before the national elections, the newspapers mentioned the recent campaign by former intelligence minister Ronnie Kasrils and former deputy health minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge to get South Africans to spoil their votes or to vote for smaller political parties.
They were not referred to by name but as "ANC (African National Congress) dissenters" in the Cape Times and "ANC malcontents" in the Cape Argus.
"Spoiling your vote, and thus squandering your birthright, is not a demonstration of voter power but a deliberate act of powerlessness," the editorials said.
"It is the surest way to give yourself no say in how -- or by whom -- you are governed. By all means let your choice be guided by your unhappiness (or contentment), but do make a choice."
The papers stated that spoiling a ballot or refusing to vote amounted to silence.
"In politics more than anywhere else, silence is interpreted as consent."
The editorials stated that because readers were "mature, independent" adults, it would be presumptuous to tell them how to exercise their democratic right.
It was impossible to propose a "one size fits all" solution as to which political party should be supported in a society as diverse and divided as South Africa.
"But what we will implore you to do is vote. Participate. Make a stand. Speak and be heard. It matters more than you know."
The Daily Voice, also a regional newspaper, did not publish an elections-related editorial and instead dedicated a double page to the choice of political parties and their promises.
Source : Sapa /je/jk/jje
Date : 06 May 2014 10:38
58 million ballots for 25 million voters, does that sound extremely dangerous to anyone else?
EDIT: Hopefully this is explained by municipal and national elections.
EDIT2: Less than 1 police officer per voting station? Erm?!?
EDIT: Hopefully this is explained by municipal and national elections.
EDIT2: Less than 1 police officer per voting station? Erm?!?
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Vox Populi Vox Dei
High Tory
The DA's assault on the ANC's ring of privilege
Well done to the DA...if polls are correct, the majority of the DA's support base will be non-white and no longer will the ANC be able to charge (with any degree of honesty) that the DA is a "white party".
Continue reading: http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politi...b/en/page71619?oid=610428&sn=Detail&pid=71616
Well done to the DA...if polls are correct, the majority of the DA's support base will be non-white and no longer will the ANC be able to charge (with any degree of honesty) that the DA is a "white party".
Continue reading: http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politi...b/en/page71619?oid=610428&sn=Detail&pid=71616
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LazyLion
King of de Jungle
SPECIAL VOTING REOPENED IN LORRAINE
Special voting recommenced in Lorraine, near Trichardtsdal, on Tuesday, after protests in the area, Limpopo police said.
"This followed a meeting with various stakeholders, including community members, police officials, provincial government, and the local municipality to discuss the grievances and to find a possible solution," Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said.
Protesters blocked the roads in the area and stopped Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) officials from conducting special votes on Monday. The roads had been reopened.
The special votes included home visits to people unable to get to voting stations. Mulaudzi said police would escort IEC officials around the area as a precaution.
"More police officials have also been deployed in the area to ensure that voting goes smoothly," he said.
The protesters were apparently unhappy about a new shopping mall being built in the area and the condition of roads. Residents had threatened not to vote in Wednesday's election.
Mulaudzi said a meeting would be held on Tuesday.
"We have convinced the community that we will deal with their grievances in today's meeting and we will provide more information to them."
Mulaudzi said no further problems were expected on Wednesday as police would be in the area. No arrests had been made and nobody had been injured.
Source : Sapa /kd/th/jk
Date : 06 May 2014 11:44
Special voting recommenced in Lorraine, near Trichardtsdal, on Tuesday, after protests in the area, Limpopo police said.
"This followed a meeting with various stakeholders, including community members, police officials, provincial government, and the local municipality to discuss the grievances and to find a possible solution," Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said.
Protesters blocked the roads in the area and stopped Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) officials from conducting special votes on Monday. The roads had been reopened.
The special votes included home visits to people unable to get to voting stations. Mulaudzi said police would escort IEC officials around the area as a precaution.
"More police officials have also been deployed in the area to ensure that voting goes smoothly," he said.
The protesters were apparently unhappy about a new shopping mall being built in the area and the condition of roads. Residents had threatened not to vote in Wednesday's election.
Mulaudzi said a meeting would be held on Tuesday.
"We have convinced the community that we will deal with their grievances in today's meeting and we will provide more information to them."
Mulaudzi said no further problems were expected on Wednesday as police would be in the area. No arrests had been made and nobody had been injured.
Source : Sapa /kd/th/jk
Date : 06 May 2014 11:44
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
MBEKI MAKES HIS MARK
Former president Thabo Mbeki cast his vote in South Africa's fifth post-apartheid elections at his home in Killarney, Johannesburg, on Tuesday.
He thanked the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) for allowing South Africans who are unable to vote at their voting station on election day, to cast a special vote in the national and provincial elections.
"I am going to Nigeria this afternoon for the World Economic Forum meeting, and I am glad that the IEC allowed us to vote in the elections," Mbeki said.
He said the election featured political parties unknown to him.
"There is a very long list of parties in this year's election, some of the parties I have never heard of," Mbeki said.
IEC officials explained the voting procedure to Mbeki before handing him the stamped ballot paper and an envelope.
He took the stamped ballot paper and went inside the house to make his mark.
Source : Sapa /ge/hdw/lp/jje
Date : 06 May 2014 11:44
Former president Thabo Mbeki cast his vote in South Africa's fifth post-apartheid elections at his home in Killarney, Johannesburg, on Tuesday.
He thanked the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) for allowing South Africans who are unable to vote at their voting station on election day, to cast a special vote in the national and provincial elections.
"I am going to Nigeria this afternoon for the World Economic Forum meeting, and I am glad that the IEC allowed us to vote in the elections," Mbeki said.
He said the election featured political parties unknown to him.
"There is a very long list of parties in this year's election, some of the parties I have never heard of," Mbeki said.
IEC officials explained the voting procedure to Mbeki before handing him the stamped ballot paper and an envelope.
He took the stamped ballot paper and went inside the house to make his mark.
Source : Sapa /ge/hdw/lp/jje
Date : 06 May 2014 11:44
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
CROWD GATHERS FOR MALEMA
About 1000 EFF supporters gathered in Freedom Park near Rustenburg ahead of the arrival of party leader Julius Malema on Tuesday.
The group, dressed in red berets and red T-shirts, danced in front of an Economic Freedom Fighters' branded truck, ready for Malema's last push to garner votes for his party.
"Re ka selese maburu a re tseela lefatshe re leteng, joina Malema" (We cannot allow the boers to take our land, join Malema), they sang.
Malema was expected to make door-to-door visits before addressing supporters at a sports ground, which is 400m from a community hall that was torched on April 27.
An election rally to be addressed by Sport Minister Fikile Mbalula was planned at the hall before violence forced its cancellation. Two houses belonging to councillors were set alight and shops looted.
Malema would also campaign in Marikana, where 44 people were killed during a violent strike in the area in 2012. Thirty-four people were killed when police fired on them on August 16 that year. Ten people, including two police officers and two security guards, died in the preceding week.
Freedom Park is near Impala Platinum's (Implats) mining operations and Marikana is close to Lonmin's mines.
Members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) at Implats, Lonmin, and Anglo American Platinum have been on strike since January 23 demanding a R12,500 basic salary per month.
A singing group of Amcu members arrived at the meeting venue waving sticks and umbrellas.
Source : Sapa /mm/jje/jk/th
Date : 06 May 2014 11:44
About 1000 EFF supporters gathered in Freedom Park near Rustenburg ahead of the arrival of party leader Julius Malema on Tuesday.
The group, dressed in red berets and red T-shirts, danced in front of an Economic Freedom Fighters' branded truck, ready for Malema's last push to garner votes for his party.
"Re ka selese maburu a re tseela lefatshe re leteng, joina Malema" (We cannot allow the boers to take our land, join Malema), they sang.
Malema was expected to make door-to-door visits before addressing supporters at a sports ground, which is 400m from a community hall that was torched on April 27.
An election rally to be addressed by Sport Minister Fikile Mbalula was planned at the hall before violence forced its cancellation. Two houses belonging to councillors were set alight and shops looted.
Malema would also campaign in Marikana, where 44 people were killed during a violent strike in the area in 2012. Thirty-four people were killed when police fired on them on August 16 that year. Ten people, including two police officers and two security guards, died in the preceding week.
Freedom Park is near Impala Platinum's (Implats) mining operations and Marikana is close to Lonmin's mines.
Members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) at Implats, Lonmin, and Anglo American Platinum have been on strike since January 23 demanding a R12,500 basic salary per month.
A singing group of Amcu members arrived at the meeting venue waving sticks and umbrellas.
Source : Sapa /mm/jje/jk/th
Date : 06 May 2014 11:44
XennoX
Expert Member
Doesn't matter what the opinion polls say. There are alarming irregularities before the election day already. Tomorrow is going to be a very interesting day and I think the opposition parties are going to query the results.
Fulcrum29
Honorary Master
Here they go again, Malema really is contradicting his party vision with every crowd he attends to, this may be the people singing, but it is their cause the EFF is expected to live up to.
I thought all electoral campaigning had to come to an end yesterday?
I thought all electoral campaigning had to come to an end yesterday?
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
JHB WOMEN TRY TO INTERRUPT DA GATHERING
A group of women tried to interrupt a Democratic Alliance gathering near Noord Street in the Johannesburg CBD on Tuesday.
"We don't want you here Zille. Go away. Viva ANC, viva!" they shouted at the tops of their voices from the balcony of a flat near Noord Street.
They did so as DA Gauteng premier candidate Mmusi Maimane was preparing to address a group of supporters from Park Station who had been singing and chanting with party leader Helen Zille.
The women were ignored and eventually stopped hurling insults and opted to watch while Maimane and Zille addressed their supporters.
Maimane urged the supporters to fire the corrupt government and elect a clean one.
"Tomorrow we are firing them. We are going to hire a government that works, especially in Johannesburg."
Zille said this year's election would be the most important since the first democratic election in 1994.
She said more black people were beginning to "love" her party.
"Previously when we campaigned in the black communities they used to tell us go away, but now things have changed. Everywhere we go people love the DA."
She said her supporters should use Wednesday's voting opportunity to elect a government that would bring change.
"Corrupt government makes poor people poorer."
Earlier, Zille and Maimane travelled in a train from Naledi, Soweto, to Park Station where they distributed DA pamphlets and stickers.
A group of supporters welcomed them with praise songs and ululation as they emerged from the station.
Most supporters wore DA T-shirts and sang in the busy streets near the station. Some carried DA posters bearing Zille's face or a "Vote for Jobs" slogan.
Hawkers moved their stands to make way for the crowd moving towards Noord Street.
Source : Sapa /lk/hdw/lp/jk
Date : 06 May 2014 12:28
A group of women tried to interrupt a Democratic Alliance gathering near Noord Street in the Johannesburg CBD on Tuesday.
"We don't want you here Zille. Go away. Viva ANC, viva!" they shouted at the tops of their voices from the balcony of a flat near Noord Street.
They did so as DA Gauteng premier candidate Mmusi Maimane was preparing to address a group of supporters from Park Station who had been singing and chanting with party leader Helen Zille.
The women were ignored and eventually stopped hurling insults and opted to watch while Maimane and Zille addressed their supporters.
Maimane urged the supporters to fire the corrupt government and elect a clean one.
"Tomorrow we are firing them. We are going to hire a government that works, especially in Johannesburg."
Zille said this year's election would be the most important since the first democratic election in 1994.
She said more black people were beginning to "love" her party.
"Previously when we campaigned in the black communities they used to tell us go away, but now things have changed. Everywhere we go people love the DA."
She said her supporters should use Wednesday's voting opportunity to elect a government that would bring change.
"Corrupt government makes poor people poorer."
Earlier, Zille and Maimane travelled in a train from Naledi, Soweto, to Park Station where they distributed DA pamphlets and stickers.
A group of supporters welcomed them with praise songs and ululation as they emerged from the station.
Most supporters wore DA T-shirts and sang in the busy streets near the station. Some carried DA posters bearing Zille's face or a "Vote for Jobs" slogan.
Hawkers moved their stands to make way for the crowd moving towards Noord Street.
Source : Sapa /lk/hdw/lp/jk
Date : 06 May 2014 12:28
Vox Populi Vox Dei
High Tory
Nah, midnight today.
