News archive: 2019 election
Their final promises to the nation
Gauteng - Promises, promises and more promises is what South Africa’s top three political parties made at the weekend in their final national rallies held at the weekend. The top three; the African National Congress (ANC), Democratic Alliance (DA) and Economic Freedom...
Former Nigerian President leads election observer mission
Goodluck Jonathan, the former President of Nigeria is one of the prominent observers of the 2019 general election in South Africa. President Jonathan is leading an election observer mission from the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA). On...
To vote or note to vote?
To vote or not to vote? This remains a critical question for some. And for some, the answer still remains; they will not vote. The countdown to voting and results is now a matter of days away. Over the last few weeks building up to these two critical days, campaigning...
eThekwini establishes operations center to boost security
KwaZulu-Natal – The eThekwini Municipality and Provincial government have established a joint operations center that will boost security in the city, in response to what officials are calling ‘an escalating crisis’. This follows a prolonged strike by municipality...
Journalist attacked in eThekwini
KwaZulu-Natal – eThekwini based freelance journalist and Local Voices contributor Donsy Kunene is recovering at home after being attacked in striking eThekwini Metro employees chaos earlier today. Kunene has been following the workers’ pay hike strike closely since it...
TV News channel launches days before elections
Gauteng - With just under a week to go before South Africans vote in the sixth democratic elections, South Africa has welcomed a new player on the media landscape. Newzroom Afrika, a news channel, launches on pay TV DStv on the evening of Thursday May 2 (17h30). It...
Students scrutinize state of tertiary education post-fees must fall
Gauteng - A commitment to free and quality education – this is one of the key promises made by political parties in their 2019 electioneering campaigns. In particular, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the African National Congress (ANC) specify higher education...
eThekwini: water & sanitation issues stir threats of election boycott
KwaZulu-Natal - As the election date nears, an increasing number of eThekwini residents are threatening to boycott next week’s elections. They are disgruntled with the delay in fixing water and sanitation issues. It’s taken the City of eThekwini’s Department of Water...
Politics from the Pulpit
In the run up to elections, politicians have been frequenting church services where they canvased for votes of the faithful. The Catholic Church has been no exception with its strong following of 3.8 million Catholics in South Africa. Catholics makes up 6% of the...
Malema encourages all to vote
North West - Economic Freedom Fighters' (EFF) leader Julius Malema has shunned those residents of Ventersdorp who are refusing to vote on May 8th. Malema has also come down hard on these residents for additionally discouraging and threatening others from voting. At...
Voter loyalty hindering advancement of democracy
KwaZulu-Natal - On Freedom Day Saala Media hosted an election debate with two of Durban’s community radio stations - Ugu Youth Radio, and Al ansaar FM where there was a debate among the top three political parties in the country; ANC, DA and EFF. Election debate...
uMlazi storm survivors angered by Freedom Day celebrations
Some angry residents of uMlazi feel it was insensitive of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) provincial government to celebrate Freedom Day so soon after the recent devastating floods that left scores of people dead in the province. Residents say the event was nothing more than...