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Who needs soapies when you have the EFF in parliament?

In a shocking first, the South African government denies any wrongdoing in relation to the Dalai Lama’s third refused Visa to enter the country.

21 small political parties in SA are threatened with being de-registered if they don’t take action this week

35 ministers, 37 deputies, two new ministries, and a partridge in a pear tree. And you thought Nkandla was a bad investment

Politicians aren’t the only stars of the 2014 elections. Vote for Pets and the NSPCA have brought South Africa’s furry friends into the limelight.

The Democratic Alliance leader, Helen Zille, has released a video specifically addressed to the South African diaspora, urging them to register and vote in the upcoming national elections by 7 February

Registration for the 2014 elections has now opened for South Africans abroad. You can register at your closest South African embassy, High Commission or consulate during their normal working hours until 7 February 2014.

The Security Cluster of Ministers have closed ranks around Number One as the State releases its own Nkandla report ahead of the Public Protector’s more hotly-awaited one. As many expected, the State has defended everything down to the large swimming pool as esssential to the First Family’s protection, although some overpayment for individual items has been admitted to

In the aftermath of the Mandela state funeral at Qunu from which Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu was very nearly totally excluded, and which the Nobel laureate was only able to attend after an eleventh-hour intervention, many commentators within and outside of South Africa have expressed doubt about the strength of the link between the spirit of the African National Congress under Jacob Zuma and the living legacy of Nelson Mandela

Democratic Alliance (DA) Parliamentary Leader Lindiwe Mazibuko told the press yesterday that her party would move to have President Jacob Zuma impeached and removed from office if it could be proven that he deliberately obscured the truth about the Nkandla security upgrades when the construction of his lavish compound was brought up in Parliament

The State has requested a delay of unspecified duration in order to examine whether Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s report on President Zuma’s homestead at Nkandla would jeopardise national security. However, Madonsela has dismissed the security concerns as part of a systematic delay strategy by ministers

ANC deputy president and Struggle stalwart Cyril Ramphosa has put backs up after a stray comment to a Limpopo resident yesterday upset Afrikaans-speaking South Africans

Just because South Africa does not have the road shows, the debates or the vast televised coverage of an American election, it should not mean that we simply do our ‘duty’ to vote and not question, probe or demand the right to be heard.

The still-young Mandela dealt with the crushing silence and isolation of Robben Island by teaching and learning from the other prisoners in the ‘University of Robben Island’

From Pretoria, Mandela and his co-accused, who had been incriminated by documents found in the Lilliesleaf raid, were transferred to the prison on Robben Island, remaining there for the next 18 years

The Freedom Charter was drafted by Rusty Bernstein, calling for the creation of a democratic, non-racialist state with the nationalisation of major industry. When the charter was adopted at a June 1955 conference in Kliptown attended by 3000 delegates, police cracked down on the event, but it remained a key part of Mandela’s ideology.

Julius Malema is eager to create an alternative political platform made of “radical militants”