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2 Jun
South Africa's ruling ANC said Sunday that it would enter talks with other parties to form a new government, after losing its three-decade-old absolute majority in a watershed election.
1 Jun
South Africa's ruling ANC awaited the imminent confirmation on Saturday that it had lost its three-decade-old absolute majority and would have to find allies if it is to remain in power.
31 May
The results dashboard of South Africa’s Electoral Commission (IEC) crashed on Friday morning. It was reported that the live results dashboard on the IEC’s website was displaying all results and the number of votes counted as zero. The glitch affected the IEC’s provisional results centres, website, and mobile app. The IEC found the problem to…
13 Apr
With less than two months to South Africa's crunch election, scandal-tainted former president Jacob Zuma has stolen the spotlight in an unlikely comeback, further wounding the ruling ANC, analysts say.
8 Apr
Judges in South Africa will on Tuesday rule on whether former president Jacob Zuma will be allowed to appear on the ballot in May elections.
16 Feb
South Africa recorded almost 84 murders daily between October and December, a two-percent increase over the same period in 2022, according to police statistics released Friday.
12 Jan
South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma joined forces with another graft-tainted former top ruling party official on Friday, announcing a political alliance ahead of elections in a blow to the embattled African National Congress.
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The battle of life is so fierce and deadly that it takes the grace of God to overcome; it is fought in two fronts of physical and spiritual realms. The devil is at the head of the opposing forces and the army of the evil one is so desperate in winning the battle that they do not relent.
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