The governing party has identified KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng as the battlegrounds for votes ahead of the elections
Khehla Mngwengwe complied with an equality court order that he must say sorry for making the offensive remark in a post on Facebook
The electoral commission and the media need to better explain how the votes work and that the two ballot papers are of almost equal importance
The former president, who has criticised Jacob Zuma of late, says his pandemic policies were misunderstood
The party cries victim over forged signatures and says if it is removed from the ballot, then all other new parties must be investigated
ANC officials have called for an investigation after the report by electoral committee head Kgalema Motlanthe found that the party’s
list submitted to the IEC had been altered
The court’s reasoning for overturning the decision that the former president was not eligible to run for parliament rested on a misreading of law and case law, the electoral body argued
The leader of Rise Mzansi said the Democratic Alliance leader was not credible or capable of becoming South Africa’s president
The ANC veteran says his previous apology for the Eskom crisis was not appropriate, instead pointing a finger at the Zuma administration and the utility itself
The initiative was announced in mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza’s maiden state of the city address, in which he also vowed to crack down on crime
UDM founder appears ready to hand over control of the party
There are good reasons why a social movement would back an opportunistic political party
Most of the young people interviewed have little faith that politics will change in their day-to-day lives, according to a new report
Phomolong has been spared from load-shedding because of its proximity to critical services
The party has proposed an economic turnaround strategy to support small businesses, boost economic growth, protect work seekers and create 2 million jobs
The former president said people would be seeing a lot of him from now on, even though he not put aside his concerns about the ANC
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The Economic Freedom Fighters leader also said his deputy, Floyd Shivambu, should be made minister of finance because he has not stolen anything
Rumours of the ANC’s demise — like those about it’s leader — might be greatly exaggerated
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Inkatha Freedom Party leader Velenkosi Hlabisa said his party would address the growing disparity between the rich and poor in the province
Voters tend to fall into five categories – legacy parties, populist leaders, solution-based parties, parties that represent a voter’s interests, and those who are disillusioned
Analysts explain the changes to the voting system and peer into their crystal balls to predict possible outcomes
We sent questions to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi
The governing party has lost its battle over uMkhonto weSizwe party’s registration
The Democratic Alliance leader says a coalition with the governing party might be the ‘least worst option to prevent the radicals from taking over’
The Democratic Alliance leader said he respected people for getting a degree but university could not have taught him what he knows after 23 years in politics
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader said the party’s secretary general, Marshall Dlamini, would replace Shivambu as its national deployee in the province
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