http://www.news24.com/Elections/News/EFF-lays-complaint-against-Zille-Zuma-20140425
LOL, such an obvious election ploy.
LOL, such an obvious election ploy.
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The Elections Thread - 7 May 2014
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LazyLion
King of de Jungle
BUTHELEZI KEEPS PARTY FAITHFUL WAITING.
A few hundred people gathered in Durban's Umlazi area to hear the Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi speak on Monday.
As they waited patiently about 20 youths with sticks, shields and knobkerries sang ran and danced.
Buthelezi had been expected to address the crowd at 12.30pm, but by 15.30pm he had yet to arrive at the sports ground in Umlazi's T section.
People could be seen leaving as the sun started to go down.
"I'm going to wait until he comes," said Simon Khanyile.
"People are waiting a long time and are getting tired," he said, but that he would continue to wait.
Source : Sapa /js/jje
Date : 28 Apr 2014 16:06
A few hundred people gathered in Durban's Umlazi area to hear the Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi speak on Monday.
As they waited patiently about 20 youths with sticks, shields and knobkerries sang ran and danced.
Buthelezi had been expected to address the crowd at 12.30pm, but by 15.30pm he had yet to arrive at the sports ground in Umlazi's T section.
People could be seen leaving as the sun started to go down.
"I'm going to wait until he comes," said Simon Khanyile.
"People are waiting a long time and are getting tired," he said, but that he would continue to wait.
Source : Sapa /js/jje
Date : 28 Apr 2014 16:06
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
DA leader Helen Zille and Gauteng premier candidate Mmusi Maimane launched the party's second "Ayisafani" TV advert in Mamelodi, outside Pretoria on Monday.
"This advert tells the real story of how the DA is growing in South Africa, and why the ANC is so worried about us in this election," Zille said in a speech prepared for delivery.
"Ayisafani 2: The DA is bigger, stronger, and ready to win!" would air on television every day from Tuesday, until Sunday, the Democratic Alliance said.
The 45-second advert, which is on YouTube, starts with Maimane in front of a mirror, getting dressed in a grey suit and white shirt saying: "So, they tried to silence us, but this is actually what they're afraid of", before opening double doors and segueing into the rest of the advert.
It focused on job creation and the growth of the DA.
Maimane told Sapa the party's original advertisement was "censored" by the SA Broadcasting Corporation and the SA Police Service.
He said no other incident proved that their arguments in front of the Independent Communications Authority of SA's (Icasa) complaints and compliance committee were valid.
"The DA do not design adverts to our opponents' criticism, we design adverts to speak to the electorate. We wanted to make an offer to the people. I think we've got a fairly strong advert and a positive offer."
On Monday, SABC spokesman Kaizer Kganyago said in terms of advertising regulations, an advert should be submitted 72 hours before it is expected to air.
He said all adverts should be checked and evaluated before they can be aired.
The DA said it expected it to air on the public broadcaster from Tuesday.
On Friday, a complaint by the SA Police Service regarding the first DA election advert that contains a photo of a police officer shooting rubber bullets was upheld by Icasa.
"The election period tends to bring about a lot of volatility. The police should not be seen as a threat to the community," chairman of Icasa's complaints and compliance committee Wandile Tutani said at the time.
"The offending part of the advert [must] be excised. That is our decision."
The police had submitted that it would incite violence against themselves.
The advert was first pulled by the SABC after it was flighted on April 8 and 9. The public broadcaster said it incited violence.
Zille said in her speech prepared for delivery in Mamelodi the party was stronger than it had ever been and believed it was the only party which could challenge the currently governing ANC at a provincial level.
Source : Sapa /dm/jje
Date : 28 Apr 2014 13:55
[video=youtube;rsirDxI8xqU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsirDxI8xqU[/video]
"This advert tells the real story of how the DA is growing in South Africa, and why the ANC is so worried about us in this election," Zille said in a speech prepared for delivery.
"Ayisafani 2: The DA is bigger, stronger, and ready to win!" would air on television every day from Tuesday, until Sunday, the Democratic Alliance said.
The 45-second advert, which is on YouTube, starts with Maimane in front of a mirror, getting dressed in a grey suit and white shirt saying: "So, they tried to silence us, but this is actually what they're afraid of", before opening double doors and segueing into the rest of the advert.
It focused on job creation and the growth of the DA.
Maimane told Sapa the party's original advertisement was "censored" by the SA Broadcasting Corporation and the SA Police Service.
He said no other incident proved that their arguments in front of the Independent Communications Authority of SA's (Icasa) complaints and compliance committee were valid.
"The DA do not design adverts to our opponents' criticism, we design adverts to speak to the electorate. We wanted to make an offer to the people. I think we've got a fairly strong advert and a positive offer."
On Monday, SABC spokesman Kaizer Kganyago said in terms of advertising regulations, an advert should be submitted 72 hours before it is expected to air.
He said all adverts should be checked and evaluated before they can be aired.
The DA said it expected it to air on the public broadcaster from Tuesday.
On Friday, a complaint by the SA Police Service regarding the first DA election advert that contains a photo of a police officer shooting rubber bullets was upheld by Icasa.
"The election period tends to bring about a lot of volatility. The police should not be seen as a threat to the community," chairman of Icasa's complaints and compliance committee Wandile Tutani said at the time.
"The offending part of the advert [must] be excised. That is our decision."
The police had submitted that it would incite violence against themselves.
The advert was first pulled by the SABC after it was flighted on April 8 and 9. The public broadcaster said it incited violence.
Zille said in her speech prepared for delivery in Mamelodi the party was stronger than it had ever been and believed it was the only party which could challenge the currently governing ANC at a provincial level.
Source : Sapa /dm/jje
Date : 28 Apr 2014 13:55
[video=youtube;rsirDxI8xqU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsirDxI8xqU[/video]
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
WCAPE NEEDS TO 'LIBERATE' THEMSELVES: ZUMA
The people of the Western Cape need to "liberate" themselves, President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.
The Western Cape was an "unfortunate" province, he said at the end of what was billed as a mass prayer meeting in the Good Hope Centre in Cape Town.
Speaking mainly in Xhosa, Zuma said this was because one continuously heard a voice saying everything was fine in the Western Cape.
However, when one went to the predominantly black areas, one could see the problems.
Therefore, the people of the Western Cape had to "liberate" themselves, because there did not seem to be a programme to cater for the black population, he said.
Zuma was responding to prayers offered by various clergy for, among others, himself, South Africa, stability during the election period, and challenges facing democracy in the country.
Zuma and the clergymen and women were cheered and applauded by the large crowd, mostly clad in African National Congress T-shirts or colours.
At one stage part of the crowd at the back of the hall began streaming hurriedly outside for no apparent reason, threatening to disrupt proceedings.
This was apparently caused by a false rumour that free T-shirts were being handed out outside the hall.
Source : Sapa /jk/ks
Date : 28 Apr 2014 16:17
The people of the Western Cape need to "liberate" themselves, President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.
The Western Cape was an "unfortunate" province, he said at the end of what was billed as a mass prayer meeting in the Good Hope Centre in Cape Town.
Speaking mainly in Xhosa, Zuma said this was because one continuously heard a voice saying everything was fine in the Western Cape.
However, when one went to the predominantly black areas, one could see the problems.
Therefore, the people of the Western Cape had to "liberate" themselves, because there did not seem to be a programme to cater for the black population, he said.
Zuma was responding to prayers offered by various clergy for, among others, himself, South Africa, stability during the election period, and challenges facing democracy in the country.
Zuma and the clergymen and women were cheered and applauded by the large crowd, mostly clad in African National Congress T-shirts or colours.
At one stage part of the crowd at the back of the hall began streaming hurriedly outside for no apparent reason, threatening to disrupt proceedings.
This was apparently caused by a false rumour that free T-shirts were being handed out outside the hall.
Source : Sapa /jk/ks
Date : 28 Apr 2014 16:17
Fulcrum29
Honorary Master
Zuma must really name these predominantly black areas and then relate to the problem areas and why it is problematic to address them over the short term, also the increase in the already over populated areas.
How else would Zuma get people to attend his circus.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
SA RACIALLY DIVIDED: RAMAPHOSA
South Africa is still a gender and racially divided country, ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday.
"The African National Congress is committed to building a nation that is socially cohesive and close the racial gap that exists in this country," he told editors in Parktown, Johannesburg.
He said the party would use various programmes and projects to ensure South Africa developed into a socially cohesive nation.
"We address social cohesion because we believe it is not just an event but an important process.
"We also use sport as an instrument to build the nation as it usually unites the nation."
He said the country showed cohesion in 2010 during the soccer World Cup, when visitors were welcomed. Human settlement would also be used to enhance social cohesion.
"We build communities and societies that are not divided in any form."
Ramaphosa was accompanied by the ANC's national social cohesion committee.
Source : Sapa /lk/jk/th/jje
Date : 29 Apr 2014 10:29
South Africa is still a gender and racially divided country, ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday.
"The African National Congress is committed to building a nation that is socially cohesive and close the racial gap that exists in this country," he told editors in Parktown, Johannesburg.
He said the party would use various programmes and projects to ensure South Africa developed into a socially cohesive nation.
"We address social cohesion because we believe it is not just an event but an important process.
"We also use sport as an instrument to build the nation as it usually unites the nation."
He said the country showed cohesion in 2010 during the soccer World Cup, when visitors were welcomed. Human settlement would also be used to enhance social cohesion.
"We build communities and societies that are not divided in any form."
Ramaphosa was accompanied by the ANC's national social cohesion committee.
Source : Sapa /lk/jk/th/jje
Date : 29 Apr 2014 10:29
OrbitalDawn
Ulysses Everett McGill
Whatever Cyril, you douche.
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
CROWD GATHERS FOR ZUMA
ANC supporters gathered in Brits, North West, on Tuesday morning ahead of the arrival of party president Jacob Zuma.
Zuma was scheduled to campaign for the African National Congress in Madibeng.
Three minibus taxis branded in ANC colours were parked outside the municipal building. A Volkswagen Beetle in ANC colours was parked at the corner of Van Velden and Murray streets. A police helicopter hovered above.
"The ANC has delivered a lot in 20 years. Our people have houses and infrastructure is better than before," said supporter Paul Shilenge.
Clad in a white ANC T-shirt bearing Zuma's face, Shilenge said Zuma was there to "check" if the ANC still commanded support in Madibeng.
"The people are waiting for him in Letlhabile and Sonop."
He said the ANC-led government had provided houses and other basic need for the people.
"The ANC is the party to go for," he said.
Source : Sapa /mm/jk/th/jje
Date : 29 Apr 2014 10:56
ANC supporters gathered in Brits, North West, on Tuesday morning ahead of the arrival of party president Jacob Zuma.
Zuma was scheduled to campaign for the African National Congress in Madibeng.
Three minibus taxis branded in ANC colours were parked outside the municipal building. A Volkswagen Beetle in ANC colours was parked at the corner of Van Velden and Murray streets. A police helicopter hovered above.
"The ANC has delivered a lot in 20 years. Our people have houses and infrastructure is better than before," said supporter Paul Shilenge.
Clad in a white ANC T-shirt bearing Zuma's face, Shilenge said Zuma was there to "check" if the ANC still commanded support in Madibeng.
"The people are waiting for him in Letlhabile and Sonop."
He said the ANC-led government had provided houses and other basic need for the people.
"The ANC is the party to go for," he said.
Source : Sapa /mm/jk/th/jje
Date : 29 Apr 2014 10:56
He is correct, it is still racially divided thanks to the ANC's policies and paperwork which classifies on race. Every speech that Zuma gives it's whites this and black that. We aren't South Africans, we are whites and blacks.
OGroteKoning
Honorary Master
Yup. The only way the cANCer can maintain power is by maintaining the racial divide. Take that away and they have nothing to offer
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
LOW TURNOUT AT POLITICAL TOLERANCE MEETING
A meeting in Durban's volatile KwaMashu hostels in a bid to cool political tensions ahead of the elections drew a handful of people on Tuesday.
The meeting, called by KwaZulu-Natal community safety MEC Willies Mchunu, together with the Independent Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) and provincial leaders of 18 political parties contesting the May 7 elections, saw the venue filled mainly with party leaders, media, and police officers.
It had been billed as an event where political leaders, including Mchunu, and the IEC would meet local residents in a bid to promote political tolerance.
The KwaMashu hostels, located in A-section of KwaMashu, has seen a string of politically related killings in the past three years. Located in Ward 39, members of the African National Congress, Inkatha Freedom Party, and the National Freedom Party have lost their lives in a bitter struggle for control of the ward.
Numerous people have been injured and a journalist's car torched despite an almost continual police presence in the ward. A number of police raids have seen numerous arms caches being seized during the past three years.
The ward is the only one the IFP controls in the eThekwini metro municipality.
Mchunu was expected to address the meeting shortly.
Source : Sapa /js/jk/lp/th
Date : 29 Apr 2014 11:59
A meeting in Durban's volatile KwaMashu hostels in a bid to cool political tensions ahead of the elections drew a handful of people on Tuesday.
The meeting, called by KwaZulu-Natal community safety MEC Willies Mchunu, together with the Independent Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) and provincial leaders of 18 political parties contesting the May 7 elections, saw the venue filled mainly with party leaders, media, and police officers.
It had been billed as an event where political leaders, including Mchunu, and the IEC would meet local residents in a bid to promote political tolerance.
The KwaMashu hostels, located in A-section of KwaMashu, has seen a string of politically related killings in the past three years. Located in Ward 39, members of the African National Congress, Inkatha Freedom Party, and the National Freedom Party have lost their lives in a bitter struggle for control of the ward.
Numerous people have been injured and a journalist's car torched despite an almost continual police presence in the ward. A number of police raids have seen numerous arms caches being seized during the past three years.
The ward is the only one the IFP controls in the eThekwini metro municipality.
Mchunu was expected to address the meeting shortly.
Source : Sapa /js/jk/lp/th
Date : 29 Apr 2014 11:59
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
ZUMA SNUBS WONDERKOP
ANC president Jacob Zuma will not visit Wonderkop near Marikana in North West as planned on Tuesday, the party said.
"Due to the violence in that area, the provincial executive committee took a deliberate decision that the president will instead speak to people in Sonop," said North West provincial chairman Supra Mahumapelo.
"We do not want to draw unnecessary attention... We do not want to give anarchists a platform to advance their agenda."
He said Zuma would speak to traditional and religious leaders as well as some 25 people who were displaced in the Marikana area near Rustenburg.
Local African National Congress leaders had been doing political work in Marikana and would continue.
"It is not for the first time that we have been doing political work. We have done it for over 20 years."
On Sunday, a rally Sport Minister Fikile Mbalula was due to address was cancelled in Freedom Park after violence erupted.
Stones were thrown at cars and two councillors' houses and a municipal building were set alight.
Freedom Park and Wonderkop are strongholds of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), a rival to the ANC-linked National Union of Mineworkers.
Amcu members have been on strike since January 23 in the platinum mining belt demanding a R12,500 basic salary per month.
Zuma was in Brits to canvass votes for the ANC.
ANC supporters ululated and whistled as his motorcade arrived.
Source : Sapa /mm/jk/jje/lp
Date : 29 Apr 2014 12:05
ANC president Jacob Zuma will not visit Wonderkop near Marikana in North West as planned on Tuesday, the party said.
"Due to the violence in that area, the provincial executive committee took a deliberate decision that the president will instead speak to people in Sonop," said North West provincial chairman Supra Mahumapelo.
"We do not want to draw unnecessary attention... We do not want to give anarchists a platform to advance their agenda."
He said Zuma would speak to traditional and religious leaders as well as some 25 people who were displaced in the Marikana area near Rustenburg.
Local African National Congress leaders had been doing political work in Marikana and would continue.
"It is not for the first time that we have been doing political work. We have done it for over 20 years."
On Sunday, a rally Sport Minister Fikile Mbalula was due to address was cancelled in Freedom Park after violence erupted.
Stones were thrown at cars and two councillors' houses and a municipal building were set alight.
Freedom Park and Wonderkop are strongholds of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), a rival to the ANC-linked National Union of Mineworkers.
Amcu members have been on strike since January 23 in the platinum mining belt demanding a R12,500 basic salary per month.
Zuma was in Brits to canvass votes for the ANC.
ANC supporters ululated and whistled as his motorcade arrived.
Source : Sapa /mm/jk/jje/lp
Date : 29 Apr 2014 12:05
Lycanthrope
Honorary Master
So... I got a phone call from the DA this morning.
Didn't expect that. You know, what with me having an international number that's impossible for them to have obtained. Only place in ZA that should have it is the IEC, when I registered to vote abroad for tomorrow.
Does the DA have access to those contact details? :wtf:
Didn't expect that. You know, what with me having an international number that's impossible for them to have obtained. Only place in ZA that should have it is the IEC, when I registered to vote abroad for tomorrow.
Does the DA have access to those contact details? :wtf:
Family member gave it to them perhaps?
Lycanthrope
Honorary Master
Without a doubt, no.
OrbitalDawn
Ulysses Everett McGill
Lycanthrope
Honorary Master
They woke me up. Ye olde mental faculties weren't crawling yet, let alone racing.
It didn't last long and barely remember it. Just yadda yadda from the DA asking if I was going to vote.
OrbitalDawn
Ulysses Everett McGill
ToxicBunny
Oi! Leave me out of this...
Serves you right for living in a foreign land...
Live in our timezone, or suffer for it
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
ANC TO DISCUSS 'SUPPORT' WITH COSATU
The African National Congress will meet Cosatu throughout the country to discuss support, ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday.
"We will be meeting with them all over the country to talk about one message, which is support," he told editors in Parktown, Johannesburg.
He said the case of the Congress of SA Trade Unions was not unique because all organisations in the world went through ups and downs.
"The ANC would like all components of the [tripartite] alliance to be strong, functional and effective, although there are challenges."
Asked about Parliament's Nkandla ad hoc committee, Ramaphosa said the party was satisfied the matter would be handled as it moved on.
The committee was set to consider President Jacob Zuma's submissions on the Public Protector's report on Nkandla, but was effectively dissolved on Monday.
The matter was put to a vote after the ANC proposed it stand over for the next Parliament to consider after the May 7 elections.
Ramaposa said the committee was postponed for practical reasons.
He was accompanied by the ANC's national social cohesion committee, including committee chairwoman Lindiwe Sisulu.
Sisulu lashed out at opposition parties, saying they focused more on what the ANC was doing rather than on what they would do for people.
"Other parties talk about us while we talk about what we will do for our people."
She said the ruling party was focusing on what it had done for the country not what other parties were doing.
The tripartite alliance is between Cosatu, the ANC and the SA Communist Party.
Some Cosatu-affiliated unions such as the National Union of Metalworkers of SA have been highly critical of some of the governing ANC's policies.
Numsa has gone as far as calling for Zuma's resignation.
Source : Sapa /lk/jk/jje/lp
Date : 29 Apr 2014 13:35
The African National Congress will meet Cosatu throughout the country to discuss support, ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday.
"We will be meeting with them all over the country to talk about one message, which is support," he told editors in Parktown, Johannesburg.
He said the case of the Congress of SA Trade Unions was not unique because all organisations in the world went through ups and downs.
"The ANC would like all components of the [tripartite] alliance to be strong, functional and effective, although there are challenges."
Asked about Parliament's Nkandla ad hoc committee, Ramaphosa said the party was satisfied the matter would be handled as it moved on.
The committee was set to consider President Jacob Zuma's submissions on the Public Protector's report on Nkandla, but was effectively dissolved on Monday.
The matter was put to a vote after the ANC proposed it stand over for the next Parliament to consider after the May 7 elections.
Ramaposa said the committee was postponed for practical reasons.
He was accompanied by the ANC's national social cohesion committee, including committee chairwoman Lindiwe Sisulu.
Sisulu lashed out at opposition parties, saying they focused more on what the ANC was doing rather than on what they would do for people.
"Other parties talk about us while we talk about what we will do for our people."
She said the ruling party was focusing on what it had done for the country not what other parties were doing.
The tripartite alliance is between Cosatu, the ANC and the SA Communist Party.
Some Cosatu-affiliated unions such as the National Union of Metalworkers of SA have been highly critical of some of the governing ANC's policies.
Numsa has gone as far as calling for Zuma's resignation.
Source : Sapa /lk/jk/jje/lp
Date : 29 Apr 2014 13:35