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Politics, Press Review
17. March 2009
Africa ‘should not be ignored’
AFRICAN leaders yesterday urged British Prime Minister Gordon Brown not to allow the global economic crisis to dilute the commitments made on spending to developing nations. The African leaders,...
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17. March 2009
Voters are also churchgoers
Politics and religion have never been separate, writes Sibongakonke Shoba. THE Nationalists are pushing God around like a Casspir,” poet and former political prisoner Breyten Breytenbach once...
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16. March 2009
All Registered South African Citizens Abroad Can Vote
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said it was ready to accommodate registered voters living overseas, following Thursday's Constitutional Court judgment on the matter. "All we have to look...
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12. March 2009
South Africa: Registered Citizens Abroad to Vote in April Elections
The Constitutional Court has ruled that South African citizens abroad who are registered to vote will be allowed to vote in the 22 April general elections. "We have ruled that South Africans citizens...
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12. March 2009
Judgement on expat vote on Thursday
The Constitutional Court will decide on Thursday whether South Africans living abroad have the right to vote. In February, Pretoria High Court Acting Judge Piet Ebersohn ruled that Section 33 of the...
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12. March 2009
Access to Justice Programme Launched
Poverty and inequality have the potential to weaken South Africa's democracy, Justice Minister Enver Surty said as he launched a programme to improve access to justice on Wednesday. "Access to human...
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12. March 2009
Movement Democratic Party to head SA ballot paper
A relatively unknown political party - the Movement Democratic Party - is to head the list of 26 parties that will appear on the ballot paper for the national elections on April 22. The National...
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