Political parties say that their priority in putting forth their candidate lists this year has been to submit credible people with no bad records.
President Jacob Zuma has asked traditional leaders to use their resources and help their communities reclaim land – with the help of a good lawyer.
President Jacob Zuma has called for intensified affirmative action policy after the elections.
At least eight MPs and a large number of MPLs are getting ready to leave Cope ahead of the upcoming elections.
Opposition parties will debate Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address in Parliament this week, with jobs and Nkandla topping the agenda.
MPs have questioned whether the SABC is capable of a successful transformation to digital broadcasting after a report showed a severe lack of skills.
Zille has said there is a strong likelihood there will be more than one woman in the provincial executive after the elections.
The Eastern Cape ANC has urged its members to show maximum discipline when President Jacob Zuma addresses a rally in Dutywa on Sunday.
The party says it has healed its rifts in the Western Cape, but IEC figures suggest unity has come too late.
The ANC’s Songezo Mjongile and Trevor Manuel have taken to newspapers to air their opposing views on the dismissal of Cape Times editor Alide Dasnois.
The Inkatha Freedom Party says it doesn’t form part of a new coalition, the Collective for Democracy, that was formed to contest the 2014 elections.
Members of the public may attend a special joint sitting of Parliament at 2pm on Monday to commemorate former president Nelson Mandela.
Sizani has criticised the lack of decorum in Parliament, including attacks on the president.
Communications Minister Yunus Carrim says the permanent position of SABC COO will be advertised, perhaps leaving Hlaudi Motsoeneng out in the cold.
The massive amount of debt owed to municipalities by the public has become a serious problem, says a minister.
A vicious attack on an ANC meeting has exposed the bitter divisions in the ‘Nkandla of the Cape.’
The Democratic Alliance has gone to court demanding the public works department provide it with access to the report into Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home.
The ad hoc committee considering the public protector’s report on the procurement of the IEC’s headquarters had more questions than answers.
Chairperson Lluwellyn Landers has said that the committee will not be doubting the public protector’s investigation into the IEC lease agreement.
The final list of names to be recommended to the president for the new SABC board has been released by the parliamentary portfolio committee.
Traditional leaders are demanding royal treatment, and say they cannot be expected to do their work wearing loincloths and driving donkey carts.
Candidates for the position of auditor general have squirmed, shuffled and shone at a grilling by MPs.
President Jacob Zuma is unlikely to sign the e-toll Bill into law before elections next year because of a procedural flaw.
Dina Pule has been rebuked by Parliament, apologised "if I made a mistake", and was dished the maximum penalty. Should she be investigated criminally?
A volunteer initiative meant to beef up the Western Cape ANC’s election machinery could have the opposite effect
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has assured Parliament that South Africa will not be sending its troops back to the Central African Republic.
As the ANC goes to its elective conference in Mangaung, we look at the resolutions made at the 2007 Polokwane conference. What have they achieved?
Robust as Parliament debates were over the past year, the legislature failed to address concerns of ordinary South Africans, according to the DA.
As the ANC goes to its elective conference in Mangaung, we look at the resolutions made at the 2007 Polokwane conference. What have they achieved?
The DA is gearing up for national elections in 2014 in which it plans to win at least 30% of the votes from the 17% it obtained in 2009.
The National Council of Provinces gave its stamp of approval to the Protection of State Information Bill when it adopted the final draft.
Outgoing deputy public protector Mamiki Shai has accused Thuli Madonsela of governance failures at a parliamentary committee meeting.