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Reading Time: 3 MinutesThe U Mkhonto WeSizwe (MK) party says it has no doubt it will win a two-thirds majority in the national and provincial elections scheduled for Wednesday, May 29. The party based its campaign base in Hammarsdale, west of Durban, an African National Congress (ANC) stronghold that was the scene of political violence in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including deadly clashes between the ANC and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). With the country's seventh general election just days away, supporters of Hammarsdale's MK party turned out in large numbers for the rally. Supporters say they expect…

Reading Time: 3 MinutesBuild One South Africa (BOSA) leader Mmusi Maimane said tackling the country's high unemployment would be his top priority if elected president this year. He says this will be achieved by attracting foreign investment and channelling it to where it is needed most. Maimane was speaking at BOSA's Zikizinto party's final election rally at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. Hundreds of Build One SA members and supporters gathered at Ellis Park Stadium for the party's final rally before the election. The rally was addressed by BOSA leader Mmusi Maimane and the party's deputy leader and Gauteng premier…

Reading Time: 2 MinutesEconomic Freedom Fighters (EFF) national chairperson Veronica Mente said the party has demonstrated its ability to govern by forming coalitions in various municipalities. The EFF is in coalition government in Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni, and has two members on the mayoral committee in Johannesburg and five in Ekurhuleni. The party will hold its final “Tsela Thupa” rally at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, Limpopo, ahead of next week's elections. Mente appealed to voters to allow the country's third-largest political party to show how it can change the lives of its constituents. “Give the EFF a chance because we…

Minister Thoko Didiza. Photo: Garo Images/Frenee Shivambu Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza is due to meet King MissZulu ka Zwelithoni shortly after next week's general and provincial elections to defuse political tensions between the monarch and government over the Ingonyama Trust. Didiza wrote to MissZulu following a meeting called by the king and traditional prime minister Thulasizwe Buthelezi for the amakhosi on Thursday, accusing Didiza of usurping the king's powers over the trust and requesting they meet to “clarify” his remarks. The King is the sole trustee and current chair of the Ingonyama Trust Board, which…

Ajay Gupta (pictured) and Anil Gupta were arrested in Dehradun, India, for their alleged involvement in the death of a prominent construction contractor. (Gallo Images/Business Day/Martin Rose) Ajay Gupta and Anil Gupta were arrested on Friday for their alleged involvement in the death of a prominent construction contractor in Dehradun, India.The Department of Justice and Corrections said it would be in touch with Indian authorities about “possible involvement.” The Gupta family faces numerous lawsuits and investigations in South Africa and internationally over alleged corruption and money laundering.The Justice Department is set to hold talks with its Indian counterparts following the…

Affordability doesn't just mean being able to pay the monthly instalments – there are many other costs involved in owning a car.Cars are generally not assets and don't maintain their value, so a big advantage to buying a used car is that someone else has paid most of the depreciation for you.Older cars are at risk of breaking down, and flashy new ones can attract the attention of criminals.Read more articles about finance News24 Business top page.The improper use of credit has upended the traditional driver's rite of passage, with young people often driving luxury cars only to find themselves…

Most of us struggle with using money in ways that benefit us, but we can learn to use money as a tool to benefit us, he writes. Marguerite Engelbrecht.Is money a source of stress or anxiety for you? Would you like to change it so that money becomes a tool to help you achieve what you want?For many of us, our relationship with money is complex and often characterized by implicit (and often unconscious) beliefs and triggers. Money can feel like a force of its own, with its own identity and will. Most of us struggle with spending money in…

Reading Time: 2 MinutesSeveral political parties are using the final weekend before the May 29 election to launch a final push to win over voters. An estimated 28 million registered voters across the country are expected to cast ballots. The elections are widely being described as the country's most contested since democracy began in 1994. In addition to the African National Congress (ANC) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), which are holding their final rallies today, other political parties including the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), African Transformation Movement (ATM), Uniting South Africa (BOSA) and Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party are…

EFF leader Julius Malema. (Wald Sweegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Ahead of this Saturday's Tsela Tupah rally, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) president Julius Malema appeared to acknowledge he faces a possible defeat at the polls on Election Day, May 29th. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of his final campaign rally in Seshego on Friday, the EFF leader said the EFF would welcome whatever outcome was achieved during the elections. He added that the EFF had done “everything humanly possible” with its limited resources to ensure it could run an effective campaign. “We accept the voice of the will of…

The focus of South Africa's general election next week will be on the fate of the African National Congress and whether, as many expect, the party will lose its parliamentary majority for the first time.Some opinion polls have put the ANC's approval rating below 50 percent ahead of Wednesday's vote, raising the possibility that it will not be the majority party for the first time since Nelson Mandela led it to power in 1994 in the first all-race elections that ended white-minority rule.However, the ANC is still widely expected to be the largest party.Here are some reasons why the lack…