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/ 12 February 2009
In the face of complaints by the FF+, President Kgalema Motlanthe on Thursday proclaimed April 22 as the date for the national elections.
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/ 12 February 2009
The Democratic Alliance will not be intimidated by political thugs, party leader Helen Zille said on Thursday.
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/ 12 February 2009
The Congress of the People stuck almost all its posters in Ekurhuleni over Democratic Alliance poster boards, the DA said on Thursday.
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/ 11 February 2009
Kgalema Motlanthe on Tuesday announced the elections will be held on April 22 2009, but there is a court application to delay voting.
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/ 10 February 2009
It will be a ”logistical nightmare” for the IEC to prepare for elections if expats are allowed to vote, it was reported on Tuesday.
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/ 10 February 2009
President Kgalema Motlanthe on Tuesday announced that the date for the general elections will be April 22 2009.
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/ 10 February 2009
Even though the date for the poll has not yet been announced, the country’s media are already in election mode.
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/ 10 February 2009
The denouement of the ‘second transition’ is greatly anticipated, but it may contain elements of brutal ruthlessness.
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/ 9 February 2009
The ANC on Monday expressed concern that ”high levels of intolerance” will hamper South Africa’s ability to hold a free and fair election.
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/ 9 February 2009
Key Cosatu and SACP leaders have surprisingly declined ANC nominations for seats in the National Assembly after this year’s general election.
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/ 9 February 2009
The DA’s biggest coup has been Wilmot James, a former dean of the University of Cape Town and former head of the Immigration Advisory Board of SA.
Last weekend’s events of violence in KwaZulu-Natal highlighted the schizophrenia plaguing the IFP.
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/ 6 February 2009
The Democratic Alliance and the Freedom Front Plus have launched similar cases in the Pretoria and Cape Town high courts respectively.
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/ 4 February 2009
Will he or won’t he announce a poll date? That is the question observers are asking ahead of the president’s State of the Nation speech on Friday.
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/ 4 February 2009
Khutsong residents may have to vote in North West if Parliament doesn’t finalise in time legislation facilitating the township’s relocation.
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/ 4 February 2009
Researchers say it’s high time that political parties begin to better understand the next generation.
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/ 3 February 2009
The ANC is keeping some of its leaders from serving in Parliament to strengthen the party’s headquarters, secretary general Gwede Mantashe said.
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/ 1 February 2009
Political parties jockeyed for position this weekend with Azapo launching its manifesto and the ANC and DA setting out their plans for the country.
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/ 1 February 2009
ANC and Cosatu civil servants are being redeployed to campaign at taxpayers’ expense.
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/ 31 January 2009
The implication is that voters still prefer the ANC, despite councillors having rejected the party.
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/ 30 January 2009
Whether Zuma, almost certainly South Africa’s next president, retains Mboweni and Manuel in their current positions remains to be seen.
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/ 29 January 2009
African National Congress Youth League president Julius Malema on Thursday declined nomination for a seat in Parliament, the league said.
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/ 29 January 2009
The African National Congress triumphed in 23 of the 27 wards contested in six provinces in Wednesday’s by-election.
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/ 27 January 2009
ANC member Tokyo Sexwale is a ”destitute follower of the ANC” and a ”defeated man”, Cope women’s forum in the Eastern Cape said on Tuesday.
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/ 26 January 2009
Election manifestos have very little impact on voters, political analysts said on Monday, after a flurry of manifesto launches over the weekend.
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/ 26 January 2009
The jury is still out on whether Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s criminal record will prevent her from running for Parliament in the upcoming elections.
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/ 23 January 2009
Helen Zille accused the ANC on Friday of rewarding crime by putting Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and Tony Yengeni on its election nomination lists.
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/ 20 January 2009
It will be JZ versus HZ in the coming elections, if DA leader Helen Zille has her way.
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/ 19 January 2009
Teachers affiliated to the SA Democratic Teachers Union were sacrificing the teaching of children for electioneering, the DA said on Monday.
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/ 19 January 2009
The election lists the ANC compiled will be released next weekend when the national lists are finally put together by the national list committee.
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/ 14 January 2009
ANC Gauteng provincial secretary David Makhura on Wednesday reported on the province’s election campaign progress.
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/ 12 January 2009
KwaZulu-Natal voters were warned on Sunday by the ANC not to be duped by political parties who would use any stunt to secure votes.