Although voting progressed smoothly throughout Wednesday in the Eastern Cape, political parties reported a few incidents of irregularities.
The ANC in Cape Town cried foul after at least 14 polling stations were closed down because there was no electricity.
South Africa sets an exemplary standard for elections, observers to the elections told the Mail & Guardian Online on Wednesday evening.
A last-minute concession allowing people to vote at the polling station of their choice caused headaches in the Western Cape on Wednesday.
A presiding officer in Ulundi arrested for electoral fraud will appear at Empangeni Regional Court on Thursday.
The African National Congress on Wednesday called for the extension of voting hours in provinces where voter turnout had been especially high.
While political parties insist that manifestos play a major part in their campaigns, it appears that many voters don’t consider them at all.
How does your vote get from your polling station to the massive electronic scoreboards at the IEC’s results centre in Pretoria?
IEC chairperson Dr Brigalia Bam looked calm and pleased as she delivered an update to the media at lunch on Wednesday.
Easy. Start with a few million voters, throw in a public holiday, add 55-million ballot papers and sprinkle the cocktail with two million paper clips.
Voter turnout in Gauteng has been so high that ballot boxes were too full, the provincial electoral commission said on Wednesday.
It is the calm before the storm at the Independent Electoral Commission results centre in Pretoria.
There were tears and ululations as former president Nelson Mandela stepped out of his car to vote in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
The ululating coursed through voters at the Ntolweni Primary School like a set of aural dominoes as Jacob Zuma stepped out of his 4X4 at Nxamalala.
As our Mzansi voters go to the polls we bring you updates on where they were, how they felt and who they voted for.
From new visions to coalitions, some of the country’s smaller parties just might snatch more than a few votes from the larger ones.
Political party representatives at the IEC’s centre in Pretoria were mostly happy with the progress of voting on Wednesday, despite some glitches.
Voters braved the cold in SA’s hotly contested fourth post-apartheid elections on Wednesday, with KwaZulu-Natal the only province to report problems.
M&G staffers at the poll: ”For the undecided voter Franklin D Roosevelt Primary in Roosevelt Park, Johannesburg, was not the place to be today.
A bubbly Thabo Mbeki and his wife, Zanele, caused a stir when they voted in Parktown, Johannesburg, on Wednesday morning.
As part of the Democracy 2009 series, the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> presents the guide for the elections.
Unlike many other VIPs, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille stood in a queue when she went to vote on Wednesday, instead of going to the front.
The ANC in Kwazulu-Natal said marked ballot papers were found in Ulundi before the voting station in the area officially opened on Wednesday.
South Africans voted on Wednesday in an election that poses the toughest test for the ANC since apartheid ended 15 years ago.
A presiding officer was taken in by the police at Ulundi, KwaZulu-Natal, on Wednesday after marked ballot papers were found at a polling station.
Election day in SA has always been cause for celebration. While the shine of ’94 may have worn off, it’s still a day when communities come together.
Gauteng Premier Paul Mashatile and an entourage of police and volunteers blazed a trail through Alexandra on Tuesday in a last-minute bid for votes.
Forensic experts have found that ballot papers accidentally fell from a truck near Nelspruit and the credibility of the elections was not compromised.
Millions of South Africans go to the polls on Wednesday in the most hotly contested general election since the advent of black majority rule in 1994.
Although only hours away from the country’s fourth general democratic elections, some South Africans remain undecided on which party to vote for.
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille said “one vote can win it” on the eve of Wednesday’s 2009 national and provincial general election.
Former president Thabo Mbeki will cast his ballot in Parktown, Johannesburg, on Wednesday, his spokesperson said.