GOOD's aunty Pat and Cope's Dennis Bloem sat in News24's hot seat answering questions from you, Why the New Nation Movement is asking the Constitutional Court to postpone May 8 election, and We give you a chance to ask UDM anything.
Here are the top elections stories:
'Please give us a chance. We are incorruptible.' - COPE's Bloem answers your questions
Cope will not promise jobs like all the other
parties, will empower people through skills. When you give people skills
they can create jobs for other people," Dennis Bloem said.
'Something inherently dangerous about a coalition between ANC and EFF' – Maimane
DA leader Mmusi Maimane says no good can come from a coalition between
the EFF and the ANC and insists that the EFF must be investigated in
connection with claims that the party benefited from the collapse of VBS
Mutual Bank.
'The ANC is in this election to win decisively', not interested in coalitions - Mbalula
The ANC is confident of a decisive victory in the upcoming elections –
both nationally and provincially – and has no intention of entering
into a coalition. It also plans to cut the DA down "to size" in the
Western Cape. This is according to the party's head of elections Fikile Mbalula.
Would you like to ask the UDM a question? Here's your chance!
Still not sure who to vote for come May 8? Would you like to directly
ask political leaders a question before casting your vote? Here is your
chance.
Next, we have UDM Deputy President and Chief Whip Nqabayomzi Kwankwa in the hot seat.
Why the New Nation Movement is asking the Constitutional Court to postpone May 8 election
Applicants approached the Western Cape High Court on September 17, 2018,
seeking an order declaring the Electoral Act unconstitutional as it
prevents individual candidates from running for seats in Parliament or
provincial legislatures.
IEC to oppose ATC bid in the Electoral Court to have ATM deregistered from elections
The Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) says it will "strongly oppose" a
bid from breakaway group African Transformation Council (ATC) which has
called for its parent party, the African Transformation Movement (ATM)
to be de-registered.