61-534: Dorries or Dörries are names. Notable people with the name include: Dorries Dlakude , South African Member of Parliament Jana Dörries (born 1975), German former swimmer Josef Dörries (1923–2007), German World War II and post-war soldier Nadine Dorries (born 1957), English Member of Parliament See also [ edit ] Dorrie , name Dora (given name) Dorie Doris (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
122-584: A Mail & Guardian opinion piece. On the same day, United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa announced that lawyers acting on behalf of several opposition parties concerned about the credibility of the general election would approach the Electoral Court following the IEC chairperson Pansy Tlakula 's refusal to agree to their call for her resignation. Public Protector Thuli Madonsela found Tlakula had been involved in building procurement irregularities in
183-643: A Member of Parliament since February 2010. Born on 16 August 1969, Dlakude matriculated at Mjokwane Senior Secondary School in Komatipoort in the former Eastern Transvaal . She has an Honours degree in governance and leadership from the University of the Witwatersrand . Dlakude held a variety of positions in her political party, the African National Congress (ANC); she was regional treasurer of
244-596: A 24 March deadline, were: The electoral code of conduct was signed in Midrand , Gauteng on 19 March 2014. At the signing event, a draw was held in which the Freedom Front Plus won the right to appear at the top of the ballot paper. Several parties contested the election for the first time and gained seats nationally and provincially: Other new parties were formed but did not obtain seats nationally: The Independent Democrats party, which won four seats and 0.9% of
305-546: A majority of the seats in the National Assembly since 1994. They were re-elected with increasing majorities in 1999 and 2004, and with a slight fall in its majority from 69% to 65.9% in 2009. The ANC is led by Jacob Zuma . In 2012, Zuma was re-elected to a second five-year term as President of the African National Congress, beating his only rival and deputy, Kgalema Motlanthe , by a wide margin. Cyril Ramaphosa
366-487: A new National Assembly and new provincial legislatures in each province. It was the fifth election held in South Africa under conditions of universal adult suffrage since the end of the apartheid era in 1994, and also the first held since the death of Nelson Mandela . It was also the first time that South African expatriates were allowed to vote in a South African national election. The National Assembly election
427-662: A non-profit organisation that checks facts in claims made about Africa, and the Centre for the Study of Democracy have criticised polls by market research companies as unscientific. Africa Check warned that some polls are intentionally misleading and some are essentially conjecture. The Ipsos Pulse of the People survey undertaken in October and November 2013 showed that a number of provinces would be closely contested. The ANC will continue to dominate in
488-581: A parliamentary system of government; the National Assembly consists of 400 members elected by proportional representation with a closed list approach. Two hundred members are elected from national party lists; the other 200 are elected from provincial party lists in each of the nine provinces . The President of South Africa was chosen by the National Assembly after the election. The provincial legislatures, which vary in size from 30 to 80 members, are also elected by proportional representation with closed lists. The premiers of each province will be chosen by
549-421: A protest over a planned ANC campaign in the area, barricading the streets with rocks and burning tyres and pelting ANC officials and police vehicles with stones. Police responded to the volatile situation by firing rubber bullets at residents. Shortly after Public Protector Thuli Madonsela 's final report on security upgrades to President Jacob Zuma 's private residence at Nkandla was published on 19 March,
610-663: A report published in August 2013, and a subsequent National Treasury review published in March 2014 supported her findings. Five days before the election, the Electoral Court postponed the inquiry into her conduct until 2 June 2014, as it would not be able to rule on the matter before the 7 May election date. On 18 June, the Electoral Court recommended Tlakula's removal from office due to financial misconduct. Tlakula resigned as IEC chairperson on 1 September after an unsuccessful application to
671-663: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Dorries Dlakude Doris Eunice Dlakude (born 16 August 1969), sometimes also spelled Dorris or Dorries , is a South African politician from Mpumalanga . She is currently serving as the Deputy Chief Whip of the Majority Party in the National Assembly . She was appointed to that position in June 2013, representing the African National Congress , and she has been
SECTION 10
#1732869772094732-562: The Mail & Guardian newspaper "urged readers to oppose the ANC" for the first time, to dilute the ruling party's "overweening political power". The editorial cited the support of Cabinet ministers for the controversial proposed " secrecy law " and the ANC's "cynical response to the Nkandla scandal" among its reasons. A Financial Mail editorial published on the same day, cited unemployment and changes in
793-657: The ANC Youth League in Ehlanzeni , served on the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC and ANC Women's League in Mpumalanga , and spent six terms as the secretary of her local ANC branch. She joined the National Assembly on 9 February 2010, filling the casual vacancy caused by Nomatyala Hangana 's resignation. On 20 June 2013, the ANC announced that Dlakude would take office as Deputy Chief Whip of
854-716: The Eastern Cape , Limpopo , North West , Mpumalanga , KwaZulu-Natal and Free State . The DA will keep the Western Cape while control of the Northern Cape and Gauteng will be contested between the ANC and DA, with other parties holding the balance of power, so coalitions may be decisive. In Limpopo and North West the EFF could become the official opposition. The Ipsos/ Sunday Times survey undertaken in February and March 2014 showed that
915-632: The KwaZulu-Natal Legislature , Lucky Gabela , subsequently also defected to the ANC citing internal conflict. On 11 March, Al Jama-ah and the Africa Muslim Party announced they would campaign together under the Al Jama-ah Community Party banner. The next day, it was reported that DA MP Beverley Abrahams had joined the ANC. On the 17th, Economic Freedom Fighters announced agreement to establish working relations with
976-458: The Socialist Party of Azania (SOPA) and Black Consciousness Party (BCP), who would not independently stand for elections, but their candidates would be part of the EFF election 2014 candidates list as EFF members. EFF also had members of South Africa First (SAF) in the list who hold dual membership. Although SAF had not agreed to them being on the EFF list, its leadership collective endorsed
1037-473: The ad hoc parliamentary committee established to respond to Nkandlagate . She defended President Jacob Zuma during the committee's debates, but she and Kubayi also drew media attention in July 2016 for being photographed painting their nails during the committee's proceedings. After the 2019 general election , Pemmy Majodina was appointed as Chief Whip and Dlakude stayed on as her deputy. John Steenhuisen ,
1098-548: The public broadcaster after the SABC informed the DA it would not continue broadcasting a DA television advert titled "ANC Ayisafani", meaning "the ANC's not the same", and five DA radio adverts aired on 8 and 9 April 2014. According to the DA's Mmusi Maimane , who appears in the television advert, the SABC banned all DA adverts from 11 public radio stations as well as the television advert. ICASA announced that it would hold public hearings on
1159-439: The surname Dorries . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dorries&oldid=1044383778 " Categories : Surnames Feminine given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
1220-464: The 11th, it was reported that the JMPD had set the march perimeters to prevent the DA from marching to Luthuli House. JMPD spokesperson, Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar said, "The protest march by the DA... has been prohibited on the grounds that there would be a security risk to protesters." The DA announced that the march would now end at Beyers Naude Square. On the day of the march, an application to stop
1281-456: The 2009 election. On 10 March, it was reported that COPE MP Nqaba Bhanga had joined the DA as an Eastern Cape parliamentary candidate, and three COPE MPs, namely Julie Kilian , Leonard Ramatlakane and Nic Koornhof were included on the ANC's list of national parliamentary candidates published on the 11th. On 28 April, it was reported that over 20 COPE MPs had defected to the ANC citing "poor political leadership". The only COPE member in
SECTION 20
#17328697720941342-656: The 2nd, Abahlali baseMjondolo , a social movement representing shack dwellers which previously supported the No Land! No House! No Vote! election boycott campaign, announced its provincial endorsement of the DA in KwaZulu-Natal for the election as a tactical vote against the ANC. On the weekends of 9–10 November 2013 and 8–9 February 2014 all voting stations were opened for new voters to register and for those who moved residence to re-register in their new voting district. The presidency of South Africa urged voters who had missed
1403-466: The 6 million jobs that the DA promised to create if it came to power. The planned date of the march was 4 February 2014, but this was later changed to the 12th due to logistical problems. The Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) initially denied the DA's application to march but the decision was overturned on 3 February 2014 when the DA took the matter to the Johannesburg High Court . On
1464-533: The ANC enjoyed majority support in all provinces except the Western Cape, where the DA retains majority support. DA support followed that of the ANC in all other provinces except for the North West, where the EFF came in second place. The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) broadcast weekly election debates from February to May 2014. They were broadcast between 6pm and 7pm on SABC 1 and streamed live on
1525-450: The ANC or any other political party in 2014. NUMSA planned to establish a new working class collective along the lines of the defunct United Democratic Front , with the ultimate goal of forming a socialist party that will contest the 2019 general election. An opposing COSATU faction has obtained a legal opinion on removing NUMSA from COSATU, with significant implications for the country's labour and political landscape. On 28 January 2014,
1586-522: The Collective for Democracy (CD) and chaired by COPE leader Mosiuoa Lekota, will retain their own identity and contest the election individually. The IFP denied being part of the coalition, saying they were wary of forming such alliances given the confusion it had caused for their supporters in previous elections. Three days later, the 20th, COSATU's largest affiliate National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) announced that they would not endorse
1647-484: The Constitutional Court for leave to appeal the Electoral Court ruling. On 22 April, the EFF also lodged a complaint with ICASA after the SABC banned an EFF election campaign television advert titled "Now is the time for economic freedom" that was due to be aired on 2 occasions, 2 days before the complaint was lodged and on the day the complaint was lodged. Four days after the complaint was lodged, ICASA upheld
1708-646: The DA accused the ANC of abusing state resources after the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) was seen giving out blankets and toiletries at an ANC rally in Parys . ANC spokesperson Khusela Sangoni-Khawe denied the accusation, saying that the ANC did not know SASSA would be at the rally. Four days later, the DA submitted a complaint to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) about censorship by
1769-456: The DA advert. Nine days before the election, a Parliamentary committee set up to consider Zuma's response to Madonsela's final Nkandla report was referred to the next Parliament to be formed after the election, citing insufficient time available before the 7 May election date. Two days before the election, Zuma spoke about the Nkandla scandal at a media briefing, saying it was only an issue with
1830-436: The DA announced that Mamphela Ramphele had accepted an invitation to stand as its presidential candidate in the 2014 general election, and the DA and Agang South Africa were set to merge. On the 31st, Ramphele stated that she would not take up DA party membership and would remain the leader of Agang South Africa, resulting in confusion. On 2 February, Helen Zille stated that Ramphele had reneged on her agreement to stand as
1891-589: The DA march filed by the ANC to the South Gauteng High Court was dismissed. The march ended early after the DA was confronted by ANC supporters 40 minutes into the march. Stones and petrol bombs were thrown by ANC supporters at police trying to calm the situation. On 13 March, violence erupted in the Bekkersdal township in Gauteng, the scene of violent service delivery protests in 2013. Residents staged
Dorries - Misplaced Pages Continue
1952-455: The DA sent a bulk text message to Gauteng voters which reads: "The Nkandla report shows how Zuma stole your money to build his R246m home. Vote DA on 7 May to beat corruption. Together for change." The ANC submitted an urgent application to the South Gauteng High Court to stop distribution of the text message on the grounds that it violated the Electoral Act. On 4 April, the court ruled that
2013-622: The DA with American pollster Stan Greenberg in March–April 2014, the ANC would get 59% of the vote, the DA 26% and the EFF 8%. In an Ipsos survey of 1,000 registered ANC members conducted for the Sunday Times in December 2013, 55% of respondents said they will vote for the ANC again, 5% said they will vote for the DA, 6% said they will vote for other parties, and the remaining 34% said they did not know or preferred not to answer. According to
2074-475: The DA's presidential candidate. Ramphele subsequently apologised for the reversal of her decision, saying that the timing was not right as the reaction to it had shown people were unable to overcome race-based party politics. On 6 February, it was reported that COPE members who support Mbhazima Shilowa's planned to join the United Democratic Movement led by Bantu Holomisa which won four seats in
2135-470: The Electoral Court ruling on 19 January 2015. On 5 April, a marquee, a stage, a sound system and chairs set up for an EFF rally in Thokoza were petrol bombed in the early hours of the morning. EFF spokesperson, Mbuyiseni Mdlozi said that the EFF suspected ANC members were responsible for the sabotage. ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu denied the allegations, saying "We don't do such things." The following day,
2196-617: The IEC of their intention to vote by 12 March 2014. The weekends of 18–19 January and 25–26 January were made registration weekends to accommodate voters who were unable to register during business hours. Over 26,000 voters were registered to vote abroad by the time of the election. A total of 26,701 voters were registered to vote abroad, with the highest numbers of voters being registered to vote in London (9,863), Dubai (1,539) and Canberra (1,243) with other stations totalling 14,056 registered voters. According to an internal poll conducted by
2257-421: The Majority Party ; she deputised Stone Sizani , who was also newly appointed, and replaced Mmamoloko Kubayi , who had been acting in the position. Both Sizani and Dlakude were reappointed after the 2014 general election , but Sizani resigned on 2 March 2016; Dlakude subsequently acted as Chief Whip until Jackson Mthembu was appointed to the position three weeks later. During this period, Dlakude served on
2318-620: The National Assembly in the 2014 elections. Mangosuthu Buthelezi remains leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) despite a challenge by former IFP chairperson Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi , who formed the National Freedom Party (NFP) after her feud with Buthelezi. The NFP and IFP split the vote in the Zulu-dominated KwaZulu-Natal province in the previous local government elections, each getting an even share of
2379-598: The New National Party in 2001 (although NNP was disbanded in 2004). Congress of the People (COPE), is led by Mosiuoa Lekota , although the leadership is disputed by Mbhazima Shilowa who continues to battle for recognition in the High Court. The party has been riven by infighting, causing it to lose much of its support and resulting in the formation of a splinter group, the United Congress . COPE won three seats in
2440-516: The Opposition in Parliament. At provincial level, the DA has been in power in the Western Cape province since 2009, and came to power in several Western Cape municipalities in the 2011 municipal election . Traditionally, the DA was seen as a party rallying against apartheid laws, especially in the 1980s. However, one of its larger following bases are the whites in the south, especially after it absorbed
2501-437: The SABC's YouTube channel. The following debates took place: In January 2014, Helen Zille announced that the DA would be marching to Luthuli House , the ANC's headquarters, saying, "We are taking the fight to Luthuli House to highlight the failure of (President) Jacob Zuma's ANC to cut corruption and create jobs". Zille said that 6000 people would be marching, each one representing 1000 South Africans who would benefit from
Dorries - Misplaced Pages Continue
2562-494: The SABC's ban on the advert. ICASA found that wording in the advert about physically destroying contentious e-tolls in Gauteng could incite violence and therefore contravened ICASA's regulations on party election broadcasts. The EFF advert had also highlighted police brutality , using interviews and photographs related to the Marikana massacre and the same photograph of the March 2014 Bekkersdal protest that ICASA ordered removed from
2623-403: The SABC's ban on the television advert finding that it contravened ICASA's regulations on party election broadcasts. ICASA ordered that a photograph taken by The Citizen photographer Alaister Russell of a police officer firing rubber bullets at unarmed residents during the March 2014 Bekkersdal protest be removed from the advert as "the police should not be seen as a threat to the community". In
2684-431: The advert, Maimane says "We've seen a police force killing our own people" while the photograph is shown on the screen. The South African Police Service had earlier submitted a complaint to ICASA that this footage would incite violence against police officers. On 15 April 2014, a protest campaign against corruption with the slogan "Vukani! Sidikwe! (Wake up! We are Fed up!) Vote No", supported by over 100 ANC veterans,
2745-452: The day after the hearing, the ban was lifted temporarily as the SABC had failed to provide reasons for the ban during the ICASA hearings and requested more time to prepare a response. The DA also objected to the SABC not allowing the national official opposition party to participate in a televised election debate on land reform on SABC in the first 2 weeks of April. On 25 April, ICASA upheld
2806-553: The election of the National Assembly. A new regulation added in 2013 that was enforced for the first time on 7 May 2014 is the prohibition of photographing marked ballot papers, which aims to inhibit voter intimidation. The governing African National Congress (ANC), supported by its Tripartite Alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP), have held
2867-483: The government's administration and policies which impacted business negatively. It stated "the ANC does not get our endorsement this time" and "our vote goes to the DA". An editorial published in The Economist the following day, cited unemployment and an increase in corruption under Zuma's leadership in particular and stated that the ANC and Zuma "no longer deserve to rule" and "The DA deserves to be endorsed." Also on
2928-682: The leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance , said that he thought the ANC "missed a trick in Doris Dlakude... who would have made an excellent chief whip". She is married to Vusi Dlakude, who appeared in the Nkomazi Magistrate's Court on a perjury charge, accused of faking a hijacking , in January 2018. She owns a funeral parlour. 2014 South African general election Jacob Zuma ANC Jacob Zuma ANC General elections were held in South Africa on 7 May 2014, to elect
2989-510: The lists. On the 20th, it was reported that DA MPs Lourie Bosman , Niekie van den Berg and Theo Coetzee were joining Freedom Front Plus on the party's national candidates list for the 2014 election. On the 30th, it was reported in the Sunday Times that DA MP Mpowele Swathe had joined the United Christian Democratic Party (UCDP) after his name appeared on election candidate lists for both parties. On 2 May 2014,
3050-470: The matter on Thursday the 17th, 6 days after the DA lodged their complaint. Following the DA's announcement that it would submit an urgent application to the South Gauteng High Court requesting a ruling on the adverts before the long Easter weekend commencing Good Friday , the day after ICASA's proposed public hearing date, the ICASA hearings commenced 2 days earlier than originally scheduled. On
3111-676: The national vote in 2009, merged with the Democratic Alliance before the 2014 general election. On 17 December 2013, the South African Press Association reported that five opposition parties, namely COPE, the IFP, the African Christian Democratic Party , the United Christian Democratic Party and the Freedom Front Plus , had formed a coalition with 20 specific priorities. The parties in the coalition, named
SECTION 50
#17328697720943172-523: The number of registered voters to 25.3 million, representing 80.5% of the 31.4 million people eligible to vote in the country. South Africans who were born after the 1994 general election , known as the born-free generation, and are aged 18 or older were eligible to vote for the first time. South Africans living abroad could register to vote at any South African Embassy, High Commission or Consulate-General from 9 January 2014 to 7 February 2014. South Africans living abroad who wished to vote had to notify
3233-438: The results of an Ipsos Pulse of the People survey published in February 2014, the DA is the most multi-racial party while the ANC has 96% black supporters and the EFF has 99% black supporters, relative to 76% black survey respondents. The age profile of ANC supporters closely resembles the age profile of voters, while DA supporters are slightly older overall and EFF supporters are significantly younger overall. Africa Check ,
3294-465: The vote in Gauteng , Limpopo and North West , and beat the DA to second place in the last two. In the other six provinces won by the ANC, the DA obtained second place. This included KwaZulu-Natal , where the DA for the first time beat the Inkatha Freedom Party to second place. In the Western Cape , the only province not won by the ANC, the DA increased its majority from 51.5% to 59.4%. South Africa has
3355-412: The vote, while the ANC continued to dominate the former IFP stronghold. The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) announced on 17 March that a record number of 33 parties had registered candidates for the national parliamentary election. In the provincial legislature elections the number of parties registering candidates, including four parties which had not yet paid the required deposits subject to
3416-413: The voting station registration weekends to register at an IEC office during office hours. Presidential spokesperson, Mac Maharaj , said that voters were allowed to register to vote until the election date is published in a government gazette, after which the voters' roll is closed. Approximately 5.5 million people in total visited voting stations, including between 1 and 2 million new voters. This increased
3477-513: The winning majority in each provincial legislature. The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) consists of 90 members, ten elected by each provincial legislature. The NCOP members will be elected by the provincial legislatures in proportion to the party makeup of the legislatures. On 26 November 2013 the Electoral Amendment Act, 2013, came into force. It allows South African citizens resident outside South Africa to register and vote in
3538-545: The wording of the message was fair comment and dismissed the ANC's application with costs. The ANC was granted leave to appeal the decision. On 6 May, the Electoral Court ruled that the DA must retract the text message, finding that it wrongly targeted Zuma personally instead of the systematic failures highlighted in Madonsela's report. The court case was ultimately won by the DA when the Constitutional Court set aside
3599-429: Was elected as Deputy President of the ANC, succeeding Motlanthe who had declined a second term after losing to Zuma. The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) received 16.7% of the vote in 2009, up from 12.4% in 2004. The DA is led by Helen Zille , who was re-elected unopposed as Leader of the Democratic Alliance at the party's Federal Congress in Gauteng in 2012, while Lindiwe Mazibuko continued as Leader of
3660-508: Was launched by former government ministers Ronnie Kasrils and Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge . The IEC has requested a legal opinion on whether the campaign contravenes the Electoral Act. The campaign urges ANC supporters to either spoil their votes or vote for a smaller party. Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu welcomed the campaign, and human rights activist and cleric Barney Pityana describes it as "a campaign to bring rationality, order, morality and decency back into our electoral system" in
3721-407: Was won by the African National Congress (ANC), but with a reduced majority of 62.1%, down from 65.9% in the 2009 election. The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) increased its share of the vote from 16.7% to 22.2%, while the newly formed Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) obtained 6.4% of the vote. Eight of the nine provincial legislatures were won by the ANC. The EFF obtained over 10% of
SECTION 60
#1732869772094#93906