As part of the Democracy 2009 series, the Mail & Guardian presents the guide for the elections.
James Selfe, federal chairperson of the DA, pointed out to doubtful voters on Tuesday that they do not have to be in their home province to vote.
Cope is confident it will obtain the majority of votes in Wednesday’s election, presidential candidate of the party Mvume Dandala said on Tuesday.
South African companies will lose R3,3-billion on Wednesday while their workers cast ballots in the general election, an absenteeism specialist said.
As part of the Democracy 2009 series, the Mail & Guardian presents the guide for the elections.
Wheelchair-bound struggle stalwart Albertina Sisulu joined tens of thousands of elderly and disabled citizens in casting a special vote on Tuesday.
Cope has its roots in the liberation movement, its supporters are the same township dwellers that have voted ANC in the past.
YFM DJ Sbu Leope is back on the air after he was earlier suspended for allegedly appearing next to ANC president Jacob Zuma at a rally.
There was a shouting match between IFP and ANC members in front of international election observers at the Holiday Inn in Ulundi on Tuesday afternoon.
Opposition parties left it too late to capitalise on the negative perceptions of ANC president Jacob Zuma in their bid to sway undecided voters.
The DA’s final campaign for Wednesday’s general elections revealed vast support in the Blue Down area, between Cape Town and Somerset West on Tuesday.
The African National Congress (ANC) will retain its two-thirds majority, according to an Ipsos-Markinor poll published on Tuesday.
The enthusiasm shown over this year’s election should indicate that SA’s democracy is alive and well, President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Tuesday.
History shows that the Congress of the People was a “by-product” waiting to happen, ANC president Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
Charles Nqakula will tour parts of KwaZulu-Natal with the police on Tuesday to assess security preparations ahead of Wednesday’s election.
Sbu Leope has been suspended for the second time in weeks after allegedly appearing standing next to Jacob Zuma at the weekend’s Siyanqoba rally.
Allan Boesak, the Western Cape premier candidate for Cope, has invited DA leader Helen Zille to join his party.
Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s president-in-waiting, faces plenty of tough domestic challenges without worrying over-much about international relations.
The SABC has rejected claims by Cope that it had sabotaged the broadcast of the party’s final rally.
The ANC will send 17 000 agents to voting stations in KwaZulu-Natal to observe the country’s fourth democratic elections.
The Guardian was negotiating a settlement with ANC president Jacob Zuma’s lawyers over a comment it says it published by mistake.
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Dr Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Sunday reiterated his claims that the general elections would not be free and fair.
As Zulu boys, Maphamule Ndlovu and Jacob Zuma had much in common. They would herd cattle, kill snakes and learn the warrior code by stick fighting.
Zackie Achmat unravels the inherent flaws in the drive for a two-thirds majority and tells why he’s still going to vote for the ruling party.
Nelson Mandela on Sunday proved he is still the giant of African politics when he made a surprise appearance at the ANC’s final campaign rally.
With the reassurance that ”the country is in safe hands and nothing will ever go wrong”, Jacob Zuma on Sunday wrapped up the ANC’s election campaign.
As SA prepares to go the polls, expatriates nearly always mention two obstacles when asked if they would ever move back: crime and the lack of jobs.
Elizabeth Toll has a million-dollar view. But as the sun dips behind the mountains enclosing the cove where she lives, she shivers inside her shack.
President Kgalema Motlanthe has said Fikile Mbalula should explain why he wrote an open letter about former president Thabo Mbeki.
On the eve of its general election, Chris McGreal reviews four books tracing South Africa’s traumatic post-Mandela history.
While Rajbansi remains confident about his hold on the Indian community, rebel ANC members would prefer the cat to be put down.
Acting chief’s judgment: an innocent oversight or blatant plagiarism? Adriaan Basson reports.