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Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi announces members of the executive council following two postponements due to an impasse with the Democratic Alliance.
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This after IPSOS released its latest poll which sampled over 2 500 registered voters. From this sample, only 40.2-percent indicated that they would be voting for the ANC.
This, as pundits already predict that the governing party may lose its majority at the May polls.
Motlanthe was in Ekurhuleni for the party’s campaign to woo voters as the country prepares for elections.
“The polls only capture sentiment at a particular time, sentiment of voters. They are not a prediction. As we know, in terms of research, the size of the sample community is very important because if the sample is small then the margin of error is also bigger but our understanding is that polls sentiment of the electorate at a particular time and it also depends on the question that’s been put to them.”
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The Electoral Commission (IEC) has extended the deadline for online applications for special votes to midnight.
The IEC says in a statement that it has been receiving a large number of applications today.
It says the extension of the deadline from 5pm this afternoon to midnight will not affect preparations for the elections.
The Commission adds that there are two categories of special votes affected by the deadline.
The first category relates to home visits for registered voters who are infirm or have impaired mobility and need to be visited at home to vote.
The second category is for any registered voter who wishes to vote early.
There is no specific age-based classification for a special vote.
Meanwhile, the IEC has once again distanced itself from a widely circulated message, claiming that it has granted permission for everyone over the age of 60 to cast a special vote on the 27th and 28th of this month at the polling station where they are registered.
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IFP national election campaign takes place in Durban today, to launch the Sizonqoba campaign. The IFP will then take its election bus from Durban to Umlazi to Folweni on the KZN south coast.
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Supporters of the newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe Party and ActionSA believe their parties will do well in the Polokwane municipality’s ward 10 by-elections in Seshego in Limpopo. Both parties are contesting the by-election in the area for the first time.