South Africa in the news: Despite COVID-19, South Africa to hold key local polls: After uncertainty if COVID-19 would force South Africa to …: “South Africa” – BingNews Elon Musk’s ‘secret sister’ tells how Errol Musk turned on her after she asked for a DNA test: In an interview with DailyMail.com, Riette Nel, 46, who …
South Africa in the news: Concourt rules against IEC, polls to go ahead in South Africa: The Constitutional Court has ordered the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to hold local government elections on any day between October 27 and November 1 this year. File Photo …: “South Africa” – BingNews Beasley: Not qualifying for …
BAME groups are underrepresented in polls of public opinion – here’s why it matters: Graphic farm / shutterstock The question of systemic racism in Britain has been impossible to avoid over the past year. But what about the more basic question of ensuring that ethnic minority voices are heard? People from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic …
South Africa in the news: Smooth run at the polls on big by-election day for South Africa: The Independent Electoral Commission says the 40 by-elections across the country had a ‘steady flow’ of people into voting stations. There were no reported incidents.: “South Africa” – BingNews Electronic Vaccination Data System: How to secure a Covid-19 …
Stark choice for Israel as voters head to polls for fourth time in two years: Israel’s voters head to the polls next week for what will be the fourth elections in two years. This might seem surprising, as successive governments led by prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, since his return to power in 2009, have steered …
Biden or Trump? Betting markets are more cautious than polls in predicting the 2020 US election: The world is gripped by fevered speculation regarding the outcome of the US presidential election. Will there be a second term for Donald Trump, or will Joe Biden best him at the polls? In a recent tweet, betfair.com, a …
Seychelles is likely to maintain its record of free and fair elections in upcoming polls: A woman casts her ballot in Victoria, Seychelles in 2016 AFP via Getty Images The Seychelles takes to the polls this week for its presidential and legislative elections. The elections are running concurrently in order to save money. This is …
Will Trump or Biden win the US election? This could be a better predictor than the polls: Joe Biden, the Democratic challenger in November’s US presidential election, has finally picked his candidate for vice president: Kamala Harris. Has picking Harris, who is Black and Asian American, improved Biden’s chances of winning the election? Or has …
Why upcoming polls in Cameroon won’t end the violence: A woman casts her ballot during Cameroon's 2018 presidential elections. Nic Bothma/EPA Cameroonians head for the polls this weekend against the backdrop of the armed conflict that broke out in October 2017 in the country’s Anglophone North West and South West regions. Elections to the legislature …
UK general election? If so, here’s what the polls are telling us: After a showdown between prime minister Boris Johnson and MPs opposed to a no-deal Brexit, the UK appears on course for an election in a matter of weeks. Much parliamentary action will now play out to determine exactly when the vote will take …
Tunisians head for the polls amid dimming faith in democracy: Tunisians protest against tax hikes, austerity measures and increased food prices. EPA-EFE/Mohamed Messara Tunisians, and the wider world, expected a great deal after the dawn of democracy in 2011. This followed the popular uprisings that ended President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s dictatorial rule. But …
Why Nigeria’s election was an improvement on previous polls: Voters in the presidential elections in Abuja, Nigeria. EPA-EFE/Stringer The close-run election contest between incumbent Muhammadu Buhari and former vice-president Atiku Abubakar was largely peaceful. But it was not a perfect performance given that there were some pockets of violence that led to the death of …
Taking Africa’s democratic temperature as a dozen countries prepare for polls: Elections, and observer processes are a big priority in Africa. UN Photo/Flickr More than a dozen national elections will be held across Africa next year. All 55 members of the African Union (AU) are obligated to hold regular and ostensibly democratic elections. They must …
South Africa in the news: South Africa’s opposition leader re-elected as polls loom: PRETORIA: Mmusi Maimane, the leader of South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance party, was re-elected on Sunday as the party kicked-off campaigning for elections due by 2019. The party which has the second largest number of parliamentarians is …: “South Africa” – …
ELECTION 2017: Can we trust the opinion polls in election 2017?: Political opinion polls have taken a bit of a battering in the past few years. There was wide agreement on the eve of the last UK general election that the outcome would be a hung parliament. : Weird News Golfers stunned when two MONSTER …
Poll of polls: how worried should Remain be as voters come off fence?: On which side is your bread buttered? Shutterstock The campaign to keep Britain in the EU has suffered a significant blow at a crucial point in the EU referendum battle with an ICM poll putting Leave further ahead than ever before. The …