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New Zealand budget aims to deliver on ‘Jacinda-mania’

Government has boosted spending on welfare and public services in a budget aimed at delivering on promises made during last year’s election campaign

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Sarkozy in hearing to determine go-ahead for fraud charges

Sarkozy was taken into police custody and investigated in March over allegations of ‘misappropriation of Libyan public funds and passive corruption’

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma looks on as his new cabinet members are sworn in.

Turkey-Netherlands row shows no sign of ebbing

Turkish government insists on holding campaign meetings in W-Europe, but Germany and the Netherlands will have none of it.

Julius Malema was elected leader of the ANC Youth League in 2008.

ANC Youth League: From the frying pan into the fire

The ANC breathed a sigh of relief when the youth league cleared its 2008 conference debt of more than R15m. Then another creditor came knocking.

Encroachment into ANC strongholds frequently resulted in intimidation ‘of one kind or another’. (AFP)

ANC worst intimidators, says community group

The ANC are the major culprits when it comes to political intimidation and KwaZulu-Natal is one of the worst affected regions, found a report.

US elections 2016, now with unlimited cash

The supreme court’s relaxing of donation rules just made US elections even more undemocratic and corruptible.

DA challenges ANC to release election lists

The DA has dared the ANC to publish the names of candidates nominated to represent the party in Parliament after elections.

Comrade Cyril Ramaphosa has been deployed to the land of wallabies and heat strokes. But the welcome he received was

Pimples: The ANC goes Down Under

Comrade Cyril Ramaphosa has been deployed to the land of wallabies and heat strokes. But the welcome he received was, shall we say, less than warm.

The DA says SABC initially agreed to broadcast live for two hours on Saturday morning

Is the DA’s #MyFirstTime about sex?

The Democratic Alliance’s #MyFirstTime Twitter campaign has taken off. But can it be taken seriously?

Harper Reed

Harper Reed: How we helped Obama win

Harper Reed, Obama’s 2012 campaign chief technology officer talks about the drive’s success, but says "tech can’t help you if your party sucks".

Malema and the DA: Marikana politicking ahead of 2014 elections?

The opposition’s fervent support of the Marikana miners has been read as political opportunism, but civilians behind the campaign seem okay with it.

Zim elections: Early voters ready, but no ballot papers

Zim security forces have voted in an early election marred by delays over lack of ballot papers about two weeks before crucial national polls.

ANC electioneering outside Mandela’s hospital

Former president Nelson Mandela’s stay in a Pretoria hospital is fast becoming an ANC election rally.

Zuma briefing turns into electioneering

The surprise briefing called by President Jacob Zuma turned out to be the first in a series of ANC punts ahead of the 2014 national general election.

A woman casts her ballot in a polling station for the parliamentary elections in Brazzaville.

ANC set to use Zille’s ‘E Cape refugees’ comment as election ammunition

Helen Zille’s refugee comments while referring to E Cape pupils who seek better opportunities in the W Cape might come back to bite the DA.

Helen Zille led a rally to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the DA’s march for the youth wage subsidy

DA: The future is blue

Helen Zille led a rally to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the DA’s march for the youth wage subsidy, which resulted in clashes with Cosatu.

Without having clear decisions from government regarding the future of e-tolls, Sanral is finding it difficult to go to the market to borrow funds to finance it. (Gallo Images)

DA vows to use e-tolls as 2014 election ammo

The building of toll roads in the Western Cape could come back to bite the ANC as the DA has vowed to use this in its general elections campaign.

Italy elections results expected to be the most fragmented in decades

Polls in Italy opened for the second day of voting in one of the most closely watched and unpredictable elections in years.

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim

Malaysians ‘in the mood’ for political change

Anwar Ibrahim is fighting his last fight: to be Malaysia’s next prime minister, a battle for which he has been preparing for a very long time.

Mugabe courts regional support

Robert Mugabe will find out this weekend whether his latest bid to win regional backing to hold elections this year will be successful.