Police, assisted by private security companies and community patrol groups moved quickly to clear a burning barricade from the R343 outside Ekuphumleni, Kenton-on-Sea early this morning, Monday May 27. With all leave cancelled and…
An agreement with Google to literally put South Africa’s small towns on the map, a special Home affairs portal to make it easier for Chinese tourists to visit South Africa and grants of up to R1 million for tourism establishments to fit…
EFF leader Julius Malema encouraged his supporters to vote for “real freedom” when he addressed a large crowd of supporters in Nemato Township during a visit to the Port Alfred sub-region on Thursday May 16. EFF supporters waited…
As South Africa draws closer to the seventh democratic elections, Media Monitoring Africa has warned that the increase of misinformation and disinformation on social media poses a threat to democratic elections. Addressing a webinar on…
Talk of the Town reporter, Sibulele Mtongana, asks ActionSA provincial chairperson Athol Trollip about their manifestos for South Africa’s National and Provincial Elections, 29 May 2024. First off, Sibu asked Trollip to explain the…
South Africa will go to the seventh democratic general elections on May 29. The presidency announced that President Cyril Ramaphosa has, in accordance with the constitution and the Electoral Act, determined May 29 as the date for the 2024…
US president Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden got heated in their first chance to challenge each other face to face during the first presidential debate. Hardly a minute went by without one of the candidates interrupting…
The polling station at the Port Alfred Civic Centre was looking busy at about 10am this morning, with a steady stream of voters arriving in cars and on foot. Members of various political parties manned tables outside the polling station…
Voting proceeded peacefully and without any hitches at the Jauka Hall polling station in Nemato, Port Alfred this morning, with a small but steady stream of voters coming in. Members of various political parties had a presence outside the…
With just a few months away from the 2019 general elections, SA political parties are pulling out all the stops to attract voters. When electioneering, politicians use the power of social media to interact with voters or do door-to-door…
The deposits to be made by political parties wanting to contest the 2019 national and provincial elections will remain the same as they were in 2014‚ the Electoral Commission of SA said on Friday. The commission said it had approved the…
South Africans will be spoilt for choice, with no fewer than 285 parties on the ballot paper when they take to the polls in May. The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) announced on Thursday that it had received 47 political party…
