Zim to the polls… despair, disinterest, determination to defend their votes…
Zimbabwe is going to the polls again this week in a mixed atmosphere of despair, apathy, hope and disappointment in the lack of service delivery.
Polls
Herman Mashaba: Published polls are a joke – ActionSA will be #1 or #2 in 2024, helped by thousands of newly registered voters
Alec Hogg interviews ActionSA’s Herman Mashaba – delving into published polls, religion, Communism and coalition politics.
ANC under 50% – new poll
A new poll, released by the Brenthurst Foundation, shows that the ANC is polling under 50%, a finding replicated by most other recent polls.
Rand on two-day hot streak as South Africans head to the polls
The rand gained a second day on Wednesday as South Africans started voting in an election that may determine prospects for reforms to revive the country’s flagging economy.
Where polls failed, social media succeeded. Both Brexit and Trump.
How did the polls get it so wrong? That’s the question being asked around the world as shocked commentators try to make sense of Donald Trump’s win.
US election: Clinton a ‘no-show’ as Trump fuels Democrat tears
Hollywood reporter Pamela McClintock was backstage at the Democrats election-night party but it turned out to be a dull affair.
Pressly on The Big Election: Putin’s puppet vs the nasty
Donwald Pressly thinks Hillary Clinton has a remarkably left-leaning economic plan, at least in the context of United States’ political economy.
Lessons from Brexit: SA youth take note – own your future.
Gerbrandt van Heerden believes the youth have the power to create a more politically competitive environment if they utilise their right to vote.
Updated polls: DA is comfortably ahead of ANC in key metros of Jhb, Pta, PE
The poll is the sixth commissioned by eNCA that shows the ANC is facing a serious challenge to maintain control of the three municipalities.
Pressly: Coalitions – the new political pickle. But who holds the joker?
Coalitions are set to become the buzzword in August, that is if the latest municipal polls are to be believed.