Tag Archives: Blade Nzimande

South Africa: Why do people vote for the ANC?

December 11, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Jeremy Gordin Jeremy Gordin says electorate seems to be suffering from a case of battered wife syndrome We’re standing – or, in my case at the moment, sitting – on the cusp of the Mangaung conference, due to run from … read more »

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Appeal for greater ANC unity

May 2, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

President Jacob Zuma marked Workers’ Day with an appeal for greater unity within the ruling ANC, Cosatu and SACP alliance – while opposition DA leader Helen Zille blamed the labour federation for blocking plans that would create more jobs. Politicians … read more »

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S.Africa Julius slams the ANC over broken promises

October 23, 2011 by benim

A DEFIANT Julius Malema yesterday warned party bosses that his expulsion would not end the poor’s anger over government’s failure to deliver on promises made since 1994. Speaking at a packed community hall in Diepsloot – near Fourways in Johannesburg … read more »

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ANC in terminal trouble

August 31, 2011 by benim

I did warn last week that the ANC’s disciplinary action against youth league leaders has the potential of turning Julius Malema into a pre-Polokwane Jacob Zuma. But not even I imagined that the situation could deteriorate so quickly into the … read more »

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63% of young black South African women jobless

February 1, 2011 by benim

Institute states that overall unemployment rate of 15-24 year olds is 51% Two out of every three young African women are jobless, according to the latest South Africa Survey just published by the South African Institute of Race Relations in … read more »

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South Africa: President Zuma sues Zapiro, Avusa for R5m

December 14, 2010 by benim

Johannesburg – President Jacob Zuma is suing Avusa Media for R5 million for Zapiro’s Lady Justice rape cartoon, The Times reported on Tuesday. Zuma started proceedings against Avusa, the cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro and former Sunday Times editor-in-chief Mondli Makhanya in … read more »

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