Parties’ no-go areas are rapidly shifting as the deadline to constitute a government looms
The secretary general said the only party that had been difficult to speak to had been MK, because Jacob Zuma was unreachable
Fikile Mbalula said the party would not be bullied, and would engage sensibly in the best interests of the people
The former president is demanding that the announcement of the final result be delayed to allow the MK Party to lodge objections
The defiant leader says the EFF would prefer to form a coalition with the ANC than anyone else
The commission stressed that the votes in the box were already counted and recorded
The president said should the ANC be voted back into power, it would make jobs a priority
ANC draws a crowd of about 60 000 at its final Siyanqoba rally held in Joburg’s 94 000-seater FNB Stadium
The party’s secretary general reiterated the president’s view that South Africa has a strong democracy and the country would not be in crisis if the ANC lost the elections
He said police were not properly trained and criminals were not scared of them because they worked together