It’s news about the news.
There are words for it, e.g.: Churnalism; Flat Earth News; Echo Chamber. Still, the ANC in Tshwane is not impressive. They need Thoko Didiza. How did the capital city go down to such a level? VC *Communist University** Course Downloads**:* *[image: CU Course Archive] <http://studycircle.wikispaces.com/Communist+University>* *E-mail forums (click)*: *Communist University <https://groups.google.com/group/communist-university>*; *YCLSA <https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum>*; *CU-Africa <https://groups.google.com/group/CUAfrica>*; *SADTU <https://groups.google.com/group/sadtu-political-education-forum>* *Moderator*: *[email protected] <[email protected]>* On 23 June 2016 at 21:46, <[email protected]> wrote: > 1509 telephone interviews, probably from the DA, who are busy calling > people, out of a possible 15 million + voters, and the ANC is suddenly > losing support. > > How interesting! > > > > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. > *From: *VC > *Sent: *Thursday 23 June 2016 21:34 > *To: *[email protected] > *Reply To: *[email protected] > *Subject: *[YCLSA Discussion] ANC Trails in South African Capital and > Johannesburg, Poll Shows - Bloomberg > > > > > > [image: Bloomberg.gif] > > > > > > *ANC Trails in South African Capital and Johannesburg, Poll Shows* > > > > > > *Michael Cohen, Bloomberg, 23 June 2016* > > > > South Africa’s ruling African National Congress is losing ground to the > main opposition party in the capital, Pretoria, the key economic hub of > Johannesburg and the southern city of Port Elizabeth, according to the > latest public opinion survey before Aug. 3 municipal elections. > > > > In Johannesburg, 31 percent of respondents said they would vote for the > ANC, 1 percent less than the Democratic Alliance, according to the eNCA > poll, which was done by research company Ipsos, the broadcaster said. > > > > The DA had 36 percent support in the Tshwane municipality, which includes > Pretoria, and the ANC 27 percent, while in the Nelson Mandela Bay > municipality, which incorporates Port Elizabeth, the DA had 37 percent > backing and the ANC 27 percent, the poll found. The Economic Freedom > Fighters had 9 percent support in all three areas, while 18 percent of > respondents said they were undecided. > > > > Support for the DA in all three cities was 3 percentage points higher than > in a June 6-7 eNCA poll, while backing for the ANC was unchanged in > Johannesburg and slipped in Tshwane and Nelson Mandela Bay. > > > > The poll, which was conducted on June 20 and 21 and based on 1,509 > telephone interviews, is the latest evidence that the ANC is losing support. > > > > > > *From: > http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-23/anc-trails-in-south-african-capital-and-johannesburg-poll-shows > <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-23/anc-trails-in-south-african-capital-and-johannesburg-poll-shows>* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 13696 (20160623) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > -- > -- > You are subscribed. 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