Political killings shouldn't overshadow election process: Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe says the manner in which the deaths were reported has been exaggerated. ...... Source: WN.com - Southafrica News MEC Lesufi adamant ‘Afrikaans is not under siege’: The MEC says he’s merely working to create a non-racial school environment that offers quality education. … [Read more...] about Political killings shouldn’t overshadow election process
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Niger election begins with a top candidate behind bars
A jailed candidate facing baby-trafficking charges was among the top contenders to challenge Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou for the country’s top job, as voters started turning out for presidential and parliamentary elections. Niger is electing a head of state on Sunday, as well as a new parliament, with President Issoufou hoping to secure a second […] … [Read more...] about Niger election begins with a top candidate behind bars
Africa’s 2015 election experiences present dilemmas for 2016 polls | The Conversation
A truck bearing the image of President Yoweri Museveni in Masindi town, Uganda, ahead of the upcoming presidential election. Reuters/James AkenaThis year, like 2015, promises to be yet another busy year in Africa’s electoral democracy stakes. More than a third of the continent’s 54 countries will conduct polls. All elections are important, but in some countries they carry … [Read more...] about Africa’s 2015 election experiences present dilemmas for 2016 polls | The Conversation
April 27, 1994: South Africa Holds Its First Free Election After the End of Apartheid
Millions of South Africans lined up to vote in the country’s first multiracial democratic elections in 1994. The Nation fiercely opposed apartheid from the beginning, with an article by a South African journalist using the pseudonym John Porter, published in November 1948, just after Nationalists won election promising complete segregation of the races. Read the full … [Read more...] about April 27, 1994: South Africa Holds Its First Free Election After the End of Apartheid
Party of Lesotho’s prime minister ahead in election results
A woman carries grain to feed for her animals in a field near Maseru, Lesotho, Sunday March 1, 2015, as the country awaits the results of elections held Saturday. The southern African nation held an early election aimed at overcoming tension among political factions that has led to violence among security forces since last year. Read the full article by here: Johannesburg, … [Read more...] about Party of Lesotho’s prime minister ahead in election results
