From 7am on Wednesday over 23-million registered voters will go to over 20 000 polling stations to choose a representative at local government level.
Cope co-founder Mbhazima Shilowa on Tuesday denied rumours that he was planning to leave the party and rejoin the African National Congress.
The DA can win Nelson Mandela Bay from the ANC in the local government elections, DA leader Helen Zille said on Tuesday.
Anele Mda caused ripples in political circles with her announcement last week she had returned to the African National Congress.
The African National Congress will act against councillors who do not do their jobs, President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.
The African National Congress on Monday again criticised the media over their coverage of the 2011 local government elections.
The SABC has dismissed allegations by the DA of biased election coverage on Sunday.
Political parties ratcheted up the rhetoric this weekend ahead of the local government elections on Wednesday.
The ANC will win all municipalities in the country, youth league president Julius Malema said at an ANC election rally in Johannesburg on Sunday.
Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale has promised tough action against officials and contractors involved in the open toilets sagas.
DA leader Helen Zille told voters hers was the only party that could make Nelson Mandela’s vision of a better life for South Africans possible.
President Zuma warned voters they risk sparking their ancestors’ ire unless they vote for the ANC in the government elections next week.
A current affairs outside broadcast was on Saturday abandoned when a group of people wearing ANC T-shirts stormed the hall and disrupted proceedings.
Samwu members say the national executive committee forced them to abide by the decision to suspend the planned strike despite their objections.
The DA has undertaken not to distribute a pamphlet saying Trevor Manuel wants people not to vote for the ANC, the ANC said on Thursday.
The ANC was confident that the Cape Town metro was winnable in the local government elections, its head of elections Ngoako Ramathlodi said.
The ANC will lay charges against the DA after a pamphlet was distributed quoting Trevor Manuel urging South Africans not to vote for the ANC.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe advised worshippers outside the Eastern Cape town of Cala on Sunday to vote for his party.
Government will inject R90-million into Alexandra, with some of the money ear-marked for the relocation and housing of residents from Stjwetla.
An ANC ward candidate in Midvaal was allegedly attacked after a door-to-door campaign in the area, the party said on Friday.
The ANC is making inroads into DA strongholds, particularly in the Western Cape, ANC head of elections Ngoako Ramathlodi said on Thursday.
The media has exaggerated problems with the nomination of ANC candidates for the May 18 local government elections, the ANC in Gauteng says.
President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday warned against "half-ANC" members who supported the party when decisions favoured them.
President Jacob Zuma exhorted voters to go to the ballots on May 18 at an ANC rally at KwaMashu’s Rotary Sports Ground on Monday.
The ANC and its alliance pulled out all the stops this past weekend ahead of the local government elections on May 18 and took aim at the opposition.
Following the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the ANC on Monday condemned the use of violence in resolving global conflicts.
The ANC has refused to comment on the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden until there is evidence of the body.
Political parties in KwaZulu-Natal’s uMgungundlovu district need to help restore the tainted image of the province, a provincial minister said.
The importance of a strong tripartite alliance was the rallying call of leaders addressing Cosatu’s May Day rally in Cape Town on Sunday.
The time for "socioeconomic justice" has come, African National Congress MP Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said at a May Day rally on Sunday.
The ANC has promised to build houses for the poor in Constantia if it won the local government election in Cape Town.
The only way to solve the problems of housing and poverty in Cape Town was to vote for the ANC, party president Jacob Zuma a crowd in Gugulethu.