Parliament’s 400 new and returning MPs have been sworn in, with newcomers including Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu.
The appointment of David Makhura as Gauteng premier could signal the end of the dominant Jacob Zuma-aligned group within the ANC.
The ANC says former speaker Max Sisulu was not able to play "gatekeeper" for the party and its leadership, appointing Baleka Mbete to the position.
When EFF leader Julius Malema finally arrived in Parliament for registration on Tuesday, he came face to face with his nemesis, Blade Nzimande.
M&G sources within the ANC have shared the names of premiers agreed upon at a special meeting, with Ntombi Mekgwe likely to be named Gauteng’s head.
Former minister Dina Pule – who Thuli Madonsela found guilty of unethical conduct – has been replaced by Mnyamezeli Booi on the ANC’s list of new MPs.
The final legislature lists released on Friday revealed an interesting dynamic when it came to gender and the ANC’s choices for premiers.
The ANC may have to go begging to the opposition to make Baleka Mbete SA’s second deputy president, given that her name appears on the national list.
The people who get key economic posts in the new Cabinet will have a really tough job on their hands.
The ANC deserves praise for winning above 60% of the total votes in the elections, but not for its controversial president, writes Khaya Dlanga.
Numsa will be starting its own workers party as it says South Africa’s working class is disillusioned with the ANC and has been left "leaderless".
Numerous Cosatu leaders will take seats for the ANC in Parliament in what critics are calling their reward for remaining loyal to the ruling party.
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Daggers are being drawn among the ruling party’s Gauteng rebels as old grudges resurface on the back of poor election results.
The election outcome was a call by South Africans for soul-searching and a warning against complacency that the ANC and DA ignore at their peril.
?As post-election euphoria dies down, Milton Nkosi wonders if South Africa’s glass is half-full or half-empty.
An ANC official says money was not misused despite reports that public funds for Madiba’s funeral were paid to suppliers without official approval.
A man in KwaZulu-Natal has been arrested in connection with the election-day murder of Thando Mhlongo. But the motive for her killing is unknown.
The ANC has won this election, even with a compromised leader. But waning support and stronger opposition are problems it will not want to face.
Ruling party member Malusi Gigaba says the ANC would be "ungrateful winners" for questioning how it lost 38% of the votes in this year’s elections.
The Independent Electoral Commission has weathered a storm of criticism to declare the 2014 elections free and fair.
Residents in Alexandra township are concerned that violence might erupt again, following allegations of vote-rigging by the EFF and IFP.
Unfazed by a decline in voters, ANC president Jacob Zuma expressed delight that the majority of South African have returned the party to power.
Preliminary results show the ANC has won the battle for Gauteng with 53.59%, a drop from the 64.04% support it enjoyed in 2009.
Nomvula Mokonyane says the army has moved in Alexandra after protests there over arrested demonstrators turned violent.
Preliminary results indicate the ANC has retained its power by winning the fifth national elections, but with a reduced majority of just over 62%.
The ruling ANC had won the Free State but dropped below 70% of support while the DA is again the official opposition.
While the ANC has firmly established itself in KZN, the country’s official opposition now has its foot in the door.
The DA gained 3.2 percentage points in the Western Cape provincial election – but not at the expense of the ANC.
Despite internal party strife in Nelson Mandela Bay, the ANC crossed the 70% mark in the Eastern Cape, followed by the DA.
The ANC shed five percentage points of its support in Limpopo, but Cope saw its 2009 second-place finish usurped by the EFF in another humiliation.
Despite dropping six percentage points, the ANC has won the provincial vote in the North West, the province in which the Marikana massacre took place.