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.
A lack of regulation over political party funding was the biggest threat to democracy in SA, political analyst Steven Friedman said on Wednesday.
ANC president Jacob Zuma emerged as the favourite politician followed by DA leader Helen Zille among people questioned in a new pre-election survey.
The ANC has made serious mistakes on public service deployment, BEE and land reform, the party’s treasurer-general Mathews Phosa said on Wednesday.
The NPA’s statement explaining its decision to drop charges against ANC president Jacob Zuma closely resembles a judgement handed down in Hong Kong.
ANC leader Jacob Zuma is suing the Guardian for defamation over an article that described his leadership style as ”morally contaminated”.
Politicians warring for votes on the country’s lamp posts are decidedly unhappy at attacks on their carefully composed posters.
Former president Thabo Mbeki is a ”conniving” person who betrayed the legacy of struggle icon Nelson Mandela, the ANC’s election head said on Tuesday.
Political parties have stepped up the rhetoric ahead of the elections, with Jacob Zuma saying a vote for a party other than the ANC was a wasted vote.
The Freedom Front Plus wants ANC MP Butana Komphela investigated and prosecuted for corruption and blackmail, it said on Sunday.
The ANC has defended Springbok rugby coach Peter de Villiers’s public endorsement of the party, saying he had the right to support any party.
An election rally in honour of freedom fighter Chris Hani on Saturday was turned into a day of mudslinging by the alliance partners of the ANC.
DA leader Helen Zille reiterated her call for ANC president Jacob Zuma to have his day in court, either to be acquitted or convicted.