Peta Thornycroft

Gauteng

Correspondent at The Telegraph

Journalist at Freelance

Veteran award winning Africa correspondent focusing on Zimbabwe. Views are my own. Retweets are not an endorsement.

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Seizing white-owned farms among demands of South African coalition hopefuls

Jun 3, 2024 | msn.com | Peta Thornycroft

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Seizing white-owned farms among demands of South African coalition hopefuls

Jun 3, 2024 | msn.com | Peta Thornycroft

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Seizing white-owned farms and nationalising mines among demands of South African coalition hopefuls

Jun 3, 2024 | msn.com | Peta Thornycroft

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Seizing white-owned farms and nationalising mines among demands of South African coalition hopefuls

Jun 3, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Peta Thornycroft

Jacob Zuma's MK party not only wants to take over white-owned land, it also wants much of the private sector, including the mines and private schools Credit: Bloomberg /Waldo Swiegers Seizing white-owned farms and nationalising all mines are among the demands of minority parties jostling for position in an unprecedented coalition after South Africa’s elections. Frantic coalition talks began on Monday after the ruling African National Congress lost its majority in a humbling election. Two of...
Mandela’s ANC loses majority for first time since end of apartheid

Jun 1, 2024 | aol.com | Peta Thornycroft

June 1, 2024 at 8:08 AMCyril Ramaphosa, the South African president, casts his ballot for the general election - AP/Jerome DelayThe African National Congress party has lost its parliamentary majority for the first time since the end of apartheid. With nearly 99 per cent of votes counted, the once-dominant ANC – the party Nelson Mandela led to power – had received just over 40 per cent of the votes.
Cyril Ramaphosa insists ANC will win outright majority as South Africa goes to the polls

May 29, 2024 | msn.com | Ben Farmer |Peta Thornycroft

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Cyril Ramaphosa insists ANC will win outright majority as South Africa goes to the polls

May 29, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Ben Farmer |Peta Thornycroft

Cyril Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa, casts his ballot in Soweto on Wednesday Credit: Jerome Delay/AP Millions of South Africans queued to vote on Wednesday in the tightest election of the post-apartheid era, with the president insisting his embattled African National Congress (ANC) can still win outright.
White-led Democratic Alliance pledges to 'rescue South Africa' in watershed election

May 27, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Ben Farmer |Peta Thornycroft

Mr Steenhuisen arriving at the final DA election rally in Johannesburg on Sunday Credit: KIM LUDBROOK/EPA-EFE/SHUTTERSTOCK With just days to go until South Africa’s closest election since the dawn of democracy three decades ago, John Steenhuisen took to the stage and vowed to rescue South Africa from its current government.
Jacob Zuma’s new MK party vows to win in South Africa elections

May 19, 2024 | msn.com | Peta Thornycroft |Ben Farmer

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Jacob Zuma's new MK party vows to win in South Africa elections

May 19, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Ben Farmer |Peta Thornycroft

Jacob Zuma, centre, arrives at an election rally in a packed Orlando Stadium in Soweto Credit: Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu South Africa’s Jacob Zuma vowed to nationalise industries, redistribute land and tackle crime in a fiery speech launching his new manifesto ahead of the country’s elections.