But none of the parties has made gender issues a core element of their campaigns except for the Women Forward Party
Final push: The Democratic Alliance, ANC and the Economic Freedom Fighters held their last rallies this weekend
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Supporters at Sunday’s Siyanqoba rally were confident the governing party will win the May 8 elections, and the president feels no different
Ramaphosa told a packed Ellis Park the ANC would not "surrender our freedom to corruption and state capture."
Ramaphosa says this is a call to all South Africans: black and white, young and old, women and men
The Siyanqoba rally is billed as a show of force in the final push for votes ahead of the most crucial election since 1994
The Siyanqoba rally is billed as a show of force in the final push for votes ahead of the most crucial election since 1994
The M&G returns to the Mayixhale household, in the Eastern Cape, for the fourth time since the 2004 elections
It’s all systems go as parties consolidate their campaigns ahead of next week’s election
A party divided, disappointed voters, ‘clever blacks’ and flawed polls; everything is in play in the prized province ahead of the May 8 election
‘This is the most important election since 1994. Yet, strangely, it has been the most boring’
Ramaphosa needs to lose the unity narrative if he is to dispel the stink of the Zuma years
Dumisani Moyo was taken to a local clinic where he died. A murder investigation docket has been opened and police are investigating the incident
Remembering South Africa’s first democratic elections: It’s easy to forget that things could have turned out very differently in South Africa
‘Whether LGBTIQ people vote for the DA or the Kiss Party or whoever, we need to see LGBTIQ people involved in political spaces’
‘At least Mbeki has returned from seclusion at his think-tank to do some actual work for the ANC at the hustings’
The Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF’s) role as kingmaker is not as clear-cut in the 2019 elections as it was in the 2016 polls
‘A genuinely secret ballot helps to prevent intimidation, blackmail and voter fraud’
Over the past four elections the smaller political parties have been losing votes hand over fist
Issues of poor service delivery have reached boiling point in King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality in the Eastern Cape
Amcu — which rose to prominence during the labour unrest which led to the Marikana massacre in 2012 — began as a breakaway from the ANC-aligned NUM
To claim that protests are being organised suggests sinister motives. But all protest is organised. So are cake sales and shopping expeditions
The former president summed up the criticisms as an "erroneous and dishonest narrative"
George Mashamba, the ANC’s integrity commission’s chairman, said the body has examined the lists and provided a report to the NEC for consideration
Briefing journalists on the 30-day countdown toward the election, the ANC’s head of elections admitted that the campaign was not “going our way”
The IEC has received objections to over 20 candidates on the ANC’s lists
Pieter-Louis Myburgh’s book exploring Ace Magashule’s role in state capture has been rubbished by the ANC, which the author says is “predictable”
The finance minister has come out contradicting his ANC colleagues, saying he was unhappy about Sanral’s decision
Mentor says it is her Christian faith which attracted her to the party, after becoming disenchanted with the ANC.
ANC spokesperson Dakota Legoete said Minister Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba’s accusations against ANC secretary general Ace Magashule were "baseless"
The Western Cape is a successful seeding ground for the DA’s approach to grow small businesses