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National Minimum Wage Research Initiative launched
The National Minimum Wage Research initiative released its main research report in which they highlighted the impacts and usefulness of increasing the minimum wage. The launch of the report was held at...
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Voting – step by step
Wednesday, August, 3rd 2016 is a public holiday set aside for South Africans to vote in the Local Government Elections ( click here to see if you’re registered). When you arrive to make your vote, here...
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Parties wrap up elections campaigns
The DA, EFF and ANC have campaigned for the last time before the elections. With just three days to go before the local government elections political parties are pulling out all the stops to conquer...
View ArticlePolitical parties use tv for pitches
This year’s Municipal elections have seen each of the three leading political parties, the ANC, DA and EFF releasing well produced television commercials which bring the parties elections strategies...
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ANC: ‘We are not afraid’
The African National Congress held its Siyanqoba rally at Ellis Park Stadium yesterday. The African National Congress (ANC) is not just confident of retaining the metros it already governs, such as...
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UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Zim Pastor Evan Mawarire Visits Wits
Zimbabwean Pastor Evan Mawarire attended a #ThisFlag Lecture at the University of the Witwatersrand, an initiative of the Wits Zimbabwean Students’ Association, Thursday July 28. Protests in Zimbabwe...
View ArticleNew Wits gym opening stalled
Student’s summer bodies will have to wait as the proposed Wits Technogym opening has been delayed until January 2017 Students and staff who had signed up for the new Wits Technogym will be disappointed...
View ArticleWits Varsity match in last minute postponement
The selection of three Wits FC players for the National University team has led to the postponement of their third round match with North-West University. The Varsity Football round three match that...
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Wits mum on free sanitary pads
Management at Wits University are yet to respond to calls for free sanitary pads despite receiving a petition of over 3 000 signatures supporting the move. #NOTWORTHBLEEDINGFOR: Wits yet to respond to...
View ArticleSocial media and the fantasised self
Social media, through our acting out of the ‘fantasized self’, helps us suspend our immediate reality in order to escape our urgent existential crises. I’m always intrigued, if not plain stupefied, by...
View ArticleThe youth vote!?
The youth would rather protest than vote in an election. This is according to a new study which was released late last month by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS). ‘Do you want my vote?...
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No to free education? No to gays and lesbians? Maybe?
We tried to find the official stance of the African Christian Democratic Party to homosexuality and free education but couldn’t quite get any definitive answers. THE African Christian Democratic Party...
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Mbeki hosts Tau after mayoral candidates no-show
Visits by election parties to former president Thabo Mbeki’s home have been placed under severe scrutiny after the EFF top six, led by Julius Malema, visited the former president yesterday. MY VOTE...
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Know better, Vote better
We are one day away from local government elections. Here’s a glimpse of what you should know and how the voting process works.
View Article5 ANC promises to voters
The ANC manifesto outlines the party’s achievements and goals for the next five years. It places an emphasis on strengthening communities and providing a better standard of living for all South...
View ArticleMeet Johannesburg’s mayoral candidates
With just a day to go until local government elections and a political battle on for the three main cities of Johannesburg, Tshwane and Nelson Mandela Bay, Wits Vuvuzela takes a look at who the...
View ArticleElections leave LGBTI voters feeling voiceless
Local Government Elections are tomorrow but according to members of the of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersexual (LGBTI) community their voices are not there. LOCAL Government...
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Bet you haven’t heard of these parties before …
With 200 parties registered to take part in the 2016 municipal elections, voters have more choice than ever before, including a few choices which many may never have considered. With the 2016 municipal...
View ArticleHow safe & secret is your vote?
Ever wondered where your votes go after the voting station closes? Are they taken away to the big office in a big truck? We go behind the process of counting votes. Most of us will have heard someone...
View ArticlePan Africanist Congress fights on
The Pan Africanist Congress is not one to back down, now they look towards the elections with optimism. The Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) is looking to make a comeback in these elections following a...
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