Announced today on Twitter by ANC spokesman Zizi Kodwa, the man who headed the country’s successful World Cup 2010 bid, Danny Jordaan, has been named the mayor of the Port Elizabeth-based Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality. Jordaan is from PE, so one hopes that he will have his home town’s interest at heart as he… Read More Soccer boss to run Eastern Cape metro
We all know that the realms of social media can be quite snarky at times — remember the #BroughtByANC campaign?. But tomorrow, the country’s ruling party will take to the social media streets again to get it’s message out ahead of next’s year’s elections. ANC KwaZulu-Natal chairman Senzo Mchunu will host “live chats” on Facebook… Read More I suspect Twitter will have a field day with this…
So, yeah, this last weekend was the Independent Electoral Commission voter registration weekend and, by all accounts, it went pretty well. There were sporadic clashes and issues but there were definitely isoloated and far from the norm. What were the outcomes? According to an IEC press release, more than 2 million South Africans were “assisted”… Read More New Blood: Over 1 million new voter registrations, but only 22% of 18 and 19 year olds are registered
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