# The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime says political assassinations, if left unchecked, will narrow democratic choice, corrode local government, and allow criminal governance to decide who can hold power. Forty-two people have been murdered in suspected political assassinations in South Africa this year, ahead of the local government elections. Most political killings have […]
# Die DA het die Kaapstadse politikus AbdulKader Elyas se lidmaatskap beëindig nadat ‘n interne ondersoek bevind het hy het vals inligting oor sy kwalifikasies verskaf. Hy het in 2024 skuld erken op vyf dissiplinêre aanklagte wat daarmee verband hou, maar is toegelaat om in die party te bly. Die DA se regskommissie het later […]
# The DA has expelled Cape Town politician AbdulKader Elyas after an internal investigation found he had given false information about his qualifications. Elyas admitted to five disciplinary charges over his qualifications in 2024 but was allowed to stay in the party. The DA’s legal commission later recommended his expulsion, which was approved by the […]
# ActionSA verwelkom die Verkiesingskommissie se beëdigde antwoord wat ingedien is teen die DA se aansoek in die Kieshof. Die party sê dit bevestig sy standpunt dat die DA se saak opportunisties, huigelagtig en ligsinnig is. Die DA voer aan die EFF, die MK-party, ActionSA en die GOOD-party het doelbewus kandidate vir kiesers verberg deur […]
# ActionSA has welcomed the Electorial Commission’s answering affidavit filed in opposition to the DA’s Electoral Court challenge, which it believes affirms the perspective that it is opportunistic, hypocritical, and frivolous. The DA is accusing the EFF, MK Party, ActionSA and GOOD Party of deliberately concealing candidates from voters by submitting only one candidate on […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie sê die DA se hofsaak oor proporsionele verteenwoordigingslyste is sonder meriete. Die DA het die Kieshof genader en beskuldig die EFF, MK-party, ActionSA en die GOOD-party dat hulle kiesers probeer mislei deur nie ʼn volledige lys kandidate bekend te maak nie. Hierdie partye het in sommige munisipaliteite slegs een proporsionele kandidaat. Die […]
# The Electoral Commission of South Africa says the DA’s proportional representation lists case is without merit. The DA has approached the Electoral Court, accusing the EFF, MK Party, ActionSA and GOOD Party of trying to dupe voters by not disclosing a full list of candidates. The parties have fielded only one proportional-representation candidate in […]
# The Madlanga commission will hold in-camera hearings over the next two weeks, hearing evidence that can’t be aired publicly because of ongoing investigations and confidential material. Public hearings will resume on 9 November, after the local government elections on 4 November. The commission’s, Jeremy Michaels, says a two-day seminar will be held this month […]
# Die Madlanga-kommissie sal vir die volgende twee weke sittings agter geslote deure hou om getuienis aan te hoor wat nie in die openbaar bekendgemaak kan word nie weens hangende ondersoeke en vertroulike materiaal. Openbare sittings sal op 9 November hervat, ná die plaaslike verkiesing op 4 November. Jeremy Michaels van die kommissie sê ‘n […]
