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DA must exorcise demons to win elections

Mistrust runs deep for DA perceived as dominated by whites, occasionally nostalgic for bad old days, and committed to a colour-blind liberalism ill-suited to resolving SA’s problems, writes Felix Eldridge

Baloyi elected unopposed as DA’s mayoral candidate for Midvaal

Picture: SOWETAN

Midvaal mayor Bongani Baloyi is elected as mayoral candidate for 2016 local elections, with party saying municipality has landed award after award during his tenure

ANC leaders call for change — but is anyone listening?

By stressing what might happen to it at the polls, ANC leaders seem to be trying to shock the ruling party out of its complacency that sees no serious electoral threat, writes Steven Friedman

EFF Student Command wins most votes during Limpopo campus elections

Economic Freedom Fighters. Picture:  BALESENG MOSOTHO

Student Command secures most votes during University of Limpopo’s student representative council elections, but its seats decreased leaving it in need of coalition partner

ANC set to reveal mayoral candidates for 2016 poll

Gwede Mantashe. Picture: MAKWENA MANAMELA

Announcement marks a break from the past in which the ruling party would keep mum on its mayoral candidates until the eve of the election


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