The electoral uncertainty South Africa faces is good news for our democracy. But it’s unclear what that could mean for our economy and livelihoods after the smoke of the electoral battle ends and a new government emerges, writes Tony Leon.
The ANC has set its sights on securing not less than the 10 million votes of the 2019 elections, as its worst-case scenario, and, in its best case, to lure an extra four million new votes.
The ANC will appeal the Durban high court’s rejection of its bid to stop former president Jacob Zuma’s new party from using the Umkhonto weSizwe name and logo.
The court agreed that it had no jurisdiction in the matter; it belonged before the electoral court and no other forum
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