Despite its election victory, the ANC has seen a gradual drop in support, which begs the question: how "deeply rooted" is the party in SA’s heart?
Unfazed by a decline in voters, ANC president Jacob Zuma expressed delight that the majority of South African have returned the party to power.
The IEC has responded to allegations of voting discrepancies, saying the worst incidents are a result of corrections being made.
DA leaders are predicting a substantial increase in votes at the polls, relying on the strength of their "bluenami" to take Gauteng and Northern Cape.
Violence continues in the eastern DRC after an attack from an armed group left three South African soldiers injured.
A restructured Cabinet is on the cards, with a new information ministry to clean up Jacob Zuma’s image and Baleka Mbete as second deputy president.
Metro officers were snubbed by the military at Nelson Mandela’s funeral in Qunu because of an apparent "lack of trust".
Gertrude Shope and her daughter Lyndall Shope-Mafole have taken different routes to meet South Africa’s challenges.
The city’s biking corps has been deployed to shore up the prestige of President Jacob Zuma and his deputy, Kgalema Motlanthe.
It is often top six officials who are expected to hold factions together when ambitious ANC leaders start jostling for power, but this isn’t the case.