Whether the councillor candidate is dead or alive, we still want your vote (M&G)

[Click here to read this message online.] Free Edition 5 August 2016 [Mail & Guardian Logo] [Whether the councillor candidate is dead or alive, we still want your vote] [National] | [Athandiwe Saba] [ANC Women’s League members weep during the funeral of Khanyisile Ngobese-Sibisi. (Thulani Mbele/Gallo/Sowetan)] ANC Women’s League members weep during the funeral of Khanyisile Ngobese-Sibisi. (Thulani Mbele/Gallo/Sowetan) The ANC urged supporters to vote for five of its candidates who were killed before the elections. [Marked ballot papers found discarded in IEC tent at Nelson Mandela Bay] [National] | [Govan Whittles] Electoral commission maintains results from the highly contested municipality remain credible, despite outrage from party officials. [​Holomisa tells the DA to wait before talking coalitions with the UDM] [National] | [Ra'eesa Pather] The UDM president is not concerned about parties talking to anyone else. [Mmusi Maimane declares victory in Nelson Mandela Bay for the DA] [National] | [Ra'eesa Pather] The leader of the opposition is confident his party will be the biggest in the fiercely contested metro. [DA to purge top Nelson Mandela Bay metro staff after electoral win] [National] | [Govan Whittles] Athol Trollip is preparing for a purge of top municipal officials found to have unduly benefited from the state or ANC-linked deals. [As controversy around their candidate continues, Dump-Trump Republicans mull Clinton] [World] | [Michael Mathes] The Republican nominee carries on stumbling from one gaffe to another and high-profile party officials are defecting. [Elections: South Africans predict what will happen #IfDAWins] [National] | [M&G Reporter] Twitter users hilariously share their despair as preliminary election results show the Democratic Alliance leading the polls in some major metros. [On the road: Lifeline for sex workers and truck drivers emerges along trade route] [Bhekisisa Features] | [Ina Skosana] A chain of clinics is helping to save lives Malawi's border with Mozambique. [ANC and DA in neck-and-neck race to win Jo'burg; EFF could decide their fate] [National] | [Carl Collison] Election results so far show that the battle for the City of Johannesburg will go down to the wire. [Floyd Shivambu: 'The EFF is the political party of the future'] [National] | [Ra'eesa Pather] The EFF's deputy president says the party would be open to having coalition talks with other opposition parties. Premium content from M&G's Daily Edition: [The Kingmaker: Malema holds the balance of power as race drives parties to coalitions] [National] | M&G Reporters The upstart who could be the kingmaker is in big demand, but coalitions present serious problems. [ANC wakes up too late as DA takes fight into ruling party's strongholds] [National] | M&G Reporters The DA took the fight into its strongholds and the ruling party’s supporters stayed away. [The ANC is still in denial, but granny power wins the DA Nelson Mandela Bay] [National] | [Govan Whittles] The opposition’s message struck home as a result of widespread disenchantment with the ANC. [Fake news websites fall foul of the IEC after marked ballot paper story] [News] | [Phillip de Wet] “Two arrested with over 80 000 ballot papers already marked as ANC votes,” African News Updates' headline read on Monday. [The ANC feels the heat in KwaZulu Natal with the number of independents having grown] [News] | [Athandiwe Saba] The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal is under attack from all sides, including from those who once vehemently supported the party. [Subscribe to access this content] [Unsubscribe] [View online] [View PDF] [Pause Subscription] [Unsubscribe] | [Update Profile] | [View PDF] | [Pause Subscription] | [View Online] Email Powered By This email was sent to {EMAIL} on 05-08-2016 Mail & Guardian is intended for opt in communication only. If you feel this email is unsolicited please [report it] to us.