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Election day in Makhanda, 29 May 2024

Steven Lang, Greg Wilmot and Sue Maclennan share these images from election day in Makhanda, 29 May 2024.

Election safety paramount, says SAPS

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…

Protest action and blocking of roads in Mthatha

UPDATE AT 3.30pm (voice of Unathi Binqose, Department of Transport spokesperson): ORIGINAL POST: The situation in Mthatha is tense with many roads coming into and out of Mthatha still closed since this morning, South African Police…

‘Perfect trifecta’ of foul infrastructure failure

Makhanda residents’ right to a clean environment, clean water, health, and economic development have been trashed by sewerage infrastructure failure. ActionSA chairperson Michael Beaumont, who made a stop in the town during the party’s…

‘It doesn’t have to be this way’ –Pappas’ message of hope

Political will in the face of strikes and go-slows, strong managers and directly addressing the real or manufactured obstacles in the way of good service are behind uMngeni Municipality’s reduction of its overtime bill from around R900…

Small towns are SA’s hidden gems – De Lille

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…

Malema thrills Port Alfred crowd

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…

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The DA’s Andrew Whitfield On the Spot

Struggling to decide who will get your vote on 29 May? Talk of the Town reporter SIbulele Mtongana asks five political parties questions about their manifestos. This is Episode 3 of 5, in which she puts the DA’s provincial leader Andrew…

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The ACDP’s Lance Grootboom On the Spot

Struggling to decide who will get your vote on 29 May? Talk of the Town reporter SIbulele Mtongana asks five political parties questions about their manifestos. This is Episode 2 of 5, in which she puts the ACDP’s provincial leader Lance…

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ActionSA’s Athol Trollip on the spot

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…

Fired official downloaded more than ANC, MK Party lists, says IEC

CEO says almost everything in the system was downloaded BY SINESIPHO SCHRIEBER An employee of the Electoral Commission (IEC) has been fired after a preliminary investigation into the unauthorised distribution of ANC and Umkhonto we Sizwe…

It’s official: 2024 general elections will be held on May 29, says presidency

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…