A day after the polls, ANC and IEC offices were forced shut after disgruntled IFP supporters allegedly held ANC members hostage there.
Young people are disillusioned by the elections, failing to register and attacking polling stations in areas like Bekkersdal on the West Rand.
Many unemployed youth in violence-stricken Bekkersdal are disillusioned with parties’ promises of jobs and chose not to vote in this election.
The government plans to create a department of information after the elections, but it’s unclear what form the new ministry will take.
Violence on the eve of the elections threatened to deliver on Bekkersdal residents’ promise not to vote, but peaceful voting has since begun there.
The DA says ANC supporters stoned three of their buses, injuring a driver. But the ruling party has countered the DA’s "propaganda campaign".
Three journalists detained in Egypt for allegedly aiding a "terrorist organisation" will appear in court on Saturday, World Press Freedom Day.
Residents are ailing, while the power utility resists retrofitting power stations to decrease emissions.
An environmental campaigner from Durban has won a Goldman Environment award as an acknowledgement of his work in shutting down a landfill in the city.
From George W Bush’s artistic outlet to Madiba raising funds, past leaders have taken very different paths from the top once their number was up.