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Senior executives of the dysfunctional King Sabata Dalindyebo local municipality — with the assistance of the deputy minister of agriculture, rural development and land reform, Nokuzola Capa — spent R183  997.82 to attend the ANC’s February elections manifesto launch. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Eastern Cape mayor ‘goes on ANC manifesto jol’

The Eastern Cape delegation was invited by the deputy minister of agriculture to school activities in KwaZulu-Natal

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Elections 2024: Interrogate manifestos instead of listening to lofty promises

The DG Murray Trust has identified 10 opportunities for change that are directed at breaking the intergenerational poverty and inequality deeply rooted in our country

Herman Mashaba and ActionSA leaders celebrate the party’s manifesto launch on Saturday. Photo: @Action4SA/X

Focus on jobs and borders as Mashaba launches ActionSA manifesto

Cabinet will be cut to a maximum of 20 posts and deputy minister positions done away with

A woman holds a placard on the beach as hundreds of people (not visible) take part in a protest against the plan by Dutch oil company Shell to conduct underwater seismic surveys along South Africa’s East coast, at Muizenberg Beach, in Cape Town, on December 05, 2021.  (Photo by RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Weak focus’ on climate, environment in election manifestos

Political parties are treating the issues as ‘peripheral’ concerns

IFP president Velenkosni Hlabisa. (Photos by Gallo Images/Darren Stewart)

Big show of IFP muscle as party launches 2024 election manifesto

The IFP will reserve 80% of all jobs for South Africans and restrict foreign access to the small business sector

Senior executives of the dysfunctional King Sabata Dalindyebo local municipality — with the assistance of the deputy minister of agriculture, rural development and land reform, Nokuzola Capa — spent R183  997.82 to attend the ANC’s February elections manifesto launch. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Manifestos: EFF is tops — but what trumps how

Although they are full of promises, parties lack concrete, informed policies for the arts

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa at the party’s manifesto rally at Moses Mabhida Stadium. Photo: Supplied

Elections: ANC, DA and EFF go toe-to-toe on the economy

With the country’s economy on the brink, the ‘Big Three’s’ employment and growth promises hold more weight than ever

Nelson Mandela quite rightly understood that we cannot move from apartheid into a new constitutional dispensation without a fundamental moral re-orientation.  Photo: Walter Dhladhla/AFP

Social policies proposed by the ANC, DA and EFF converge

The ‘Big Three’ are not far apart on their plans for the poorest of the poor

UDM leader Bantu Holomisa at the party’s manifesto launch, Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, on Saturday. Photo: X

UDM manifesto: Partial privatisation for Eskom, merit-based public posts

Leader Bantu Holomisa launched the party manifesto on Saturday, also promising zero tolerance for corruption

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Political manifestos on energy solutions ‘underwhelming’

The energy crisis has worsened SA’s existing economic challenges, prompting ratings agencies, the IMF and SARB to flag load-shedding as a significant barrier to recovery

President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures to supporters during his address at the  African National Congress election manifesto launch at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on February 24, 2024. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images)

WRAP: Packed stadium, but little new as Ramaphosa delivers ANC election manifesto

The party wants to tie ministerial performance contracts to implementing key manifesto items