The African National Congress (ANC) was pulling in 57.7 percent of the support in South Africa’s legislative election, as the country’s electoral commission neared the end of vote-counting on Friday night. The ANC’s lead comes with 96 percent of the vote counted by 8 p.m., as the commission wraps up…
With just five days to go before South Africa’s legislative elections, the main opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA) made the rounds in Johannesburg with a novel way to send its message ahead of a final campaign rally on Saturday. The DA paid for a digital billboard and beamed its campaign…
The Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa’s main opposition party, said Thursday it is reporting to the country’s Equality Court over comments made by firebrand leader Julius Malema of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). The announcement followed public comments Malema made against Athol Trollip, right, the mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay…
The H&M stores in South Africa were closed at the weekend in the wake of violent attacks after a clothing ad featuring a young boy in a “monkey” hoodie was condemned for being racist and offensive. “H&M is aware of the recent events inside several of our South African stores. What…
The main opposition party to President Jacob Zuma’s African National Congress in South Africa has condemned the violence and disorder that broke out in Parliament chambers during the president’s State of the Nation address, saying it is the direct result of a corrupt ANC trying to cling to power. “The…