Politics, Press Review
12. February 2009
Enthusiastic under-30 voters provide a pleasant surprise
SA’s young people proved this past weekend that they are not as politically apathetic as was claimed during previous election campaigns. More than 78% of citizens who registered to vote during the...
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12. February 2009
Election on track as judge throws out poll challenge
PRETORIA — Freedom Front Plus member Willem Richter’s urgent application to interdict President Kgalema Motlanthe from proclaiming the election date was struck off the roll yesterday, clearing the...
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02. February 2009
AU takes further steps toward United States of Africa
African Union (AU) chairperson and Tanzanian President, Jakaya Kikwete, says African Heads of State have resolved to transform the African Commission into an AU authority that will be mandated to...
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02. February 2009
AU to be transformed into new African Union Authority
Addis Ababa - African leaders agreed on Sunday in the Ethiopian capital to transform the African Union (AU) Commission into the African Union Authority (AUA). This will be done as a compromise step...
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28. January 2009
IEC on track for 2009 General Elections
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has confirmed that by April this year they would be logistically prepared to go to the 2009 General Elections. "The IEC was working toward a 15 April...
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27. January 2009
12th African Union Summit: Infrastructure Development in Africa
Addis Ababa 20 January 2009 – The Twelfth Ordinary Session of the Summit of the African Union Heads of State and Government will officially take place from the 26th of January to the 3rd of February...
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21. January 2009
South Africa wishes Obama well
South African President Kgalema Motlanthe sent a congratulatory message to United States President-elect Barack Obama ahead of his inauguration on Tuesday. "Your election to high office of the...
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