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‘Loud noises ahead of May polls should not dishearten citizens’

African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa says the many loud noises ahead of the country’s elections next month should not dishearten South Africans. He was speaking at the Presidential Gala Dinner that the ANC’s Progressive Business Forum organised in Kempton Park east of Johannesburg last night. Several ministers, business people and artists attended the event. Ramaphosa says the loud noises are a sign that South Africa is a functioning […]

today13 April 2024

International

Bahrain heads to the polls amidst ban on opposition candidates

INTERNATIONAL Bahrain heads to the polls on Saturday with a record number of people standing in the elections despite a ban on opposition candidates running in the Gulf state's parliamentary and municipal elections. More than 330 candidates, including 73 women, are competing to join the 40-seat council of representatives, the lower house of parliament that advises King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. Images posted online showed Bahrainis waiting in line at […]

today14 November 2022

International News

‘A coup’: Palestinian factions slam parliamentary poll delay

The Palestinian Hamas movement, which governs the besieged Gaza Strip, has slammed President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to delay parliamentary polls that were scheduled to take place on May 22. Late on Thursday, President Abbas announced the postponement, citing Israel’s rejection of allowing elections to be held in occupied East Jerusalem. He stressed, however, that once Israel permits elections in Jerusalem, he will hold the polls “within a week”. “We received […]

today1 May 2021

International News

Thousands protest against Netanyahu days before Israeli polls

Thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, just days before the country’s fourth general election in less than two years. Widespread protests have been taking place since July 2020, with people demanding Netanyahu’s departure over alleged corruption scandals and the government’s handling of the pandemic, including protracted lockdowns that battered the economy. Israeli daily Haaretz reported some 20,000 people rallied near the […]

today21 March 2021

International News

Moroccans vote in crucial parliamentary polls

Voters headed to the polls on Friday for the kingdom's 10th parliamentary elections since independence in 1956 to define a new political map for the North African country. About 16 million Moroccans out of the country's 34 million people have registered to vote. They will choose from 30 parties that are competing for power. Voters from Morocco's 95 electoral districts will elect members to serve five-year terms in the 395-member […]

today7 October 2016

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