With more than 300 000 votes counted in this year’s general election, the 60% mark continued to elude the ruling African National Congress.
The African National Congress managed to secure three votes (1,08%) in the conservative Northern Cape town of Orania in Wednesday’s national election.
At midnight on Wednesday the elections results showed that the ANC is in poll position to take the majority in the 2009 national elections.
The ANC in Cape Town cried foul after at least 14 polling stations were closed down because there was no electricity.
While political parties insist that manifestos play a major part in their campaigns, it appears that many voters don’t consider them at all.
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.
South Africans voted on Wednesday in an election that poses the toughest test for the ANC since apartheid ended 15 years ago.
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.
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.
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 African National Congress (ANC) will retain its two-thirds majority, according to an Ipsos-Markinor poll published on Tuesday.
History shows that the Congress of the People was a “by-product” waiting to happen, ANC president Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
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.
Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour on Monday welcomed a report clearing the doctors who recommended medical parole for Schabir Shaik.
A Mpumalanga DA youth leader was arrested on Monday morning for allegedly intimidating an ANC member, police said.
The Guardian was negotiating a settlement with ANC president Jacob Zuma’s lawyers over a comment it says it published by mistake.
The ANC is in no danger of losing its heartland — the Eastern Cape — on election Wednesday, but the party is now facing a wave of new competition.
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.
President Kgalema Motlanthe has said Fikile Mbalula should explain why he wrote an open letter about former president Thabo Mbeki.
The African National Congress has spent no less than R200-million on its 2009 election campaign, the party said on Friday.
In a first for ANC spokesperson Jessie Duarte, she was allowed only 140 letters to reply to questions from the public in a session on Twitter.
The IFP on Friday accused the ANC of employing ‘terror tactics’ and wounding 13 of its members in attacks ahead of next week’s election.
Gauteng Health Minister Brian Hlongwa has apologised to the ANC for comments about his wealth, according to a media report on Friday.
The ANC is poised to win a convincing majority in national polls on Wednesday on the back of an effective electoral machinery.
At its birth last year, some pundits thought the Congress of the People might even draw enough support to prevent the ANC winning a majority.
The Moutse Demarcation Forum will not boycott next week’s elections after Cabinet announced on Thursday that further consultations were necessary.
There will be no ”holy cows” under a Jacob Zuma presidency, and any issues Christians have about current laws can be raised, the ANC said on Thursday.
South Africans across the globe showed up on Wednesday to vote, and for most making their mark in a foreign land was a momentous occasion.