Why did the Congress of the People fare so badly? This was the central question which emerged from South Africa’s fourth democratic election.
When it announced that about 50 ANC MPs would cross to Cope, the ANC went into panic mode.
It was an easy win for the ANC. But what quickly emerged was that a shift had occurred in the South African political landscape.
The number of votes coming into the IEC’s national results centre picked up from a trickle to more substantial numbers by Thursday afternoon.
The ANC was leading the race in eight of the nine provinces late on Thursday morning while the ruling party has also increased its lead over the DA.
The murder of a leading activist of the Congress of the People (Cope), put a blight on the peaceful conduct of Wednesday’s general election.
With three million votes counted, the ANC is cruising to another convincing victory in South Africa’s fourth democratic election.
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.
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.
Cope is confident it will obtain the majority of votes in Wednesday’s election, presidential candidate of the party Mvume Dandala said on Tuesday.
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.
Allan Boesak, the Western Cape premier candidate for Cope, has invited DA leader Helen Zille to join his party.
The SABC has rejected claims by Cope that it had sabotaged the broadcast of the party’s final rally.
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.
In a last-ditch effort to sway undecided voters, the Congress of the People held its final election rally in Seshego in Limpopo on Sunday.
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.
Cope will win the Eastern Cape province in the April 22 election, party leader Mvume Dandala said in East London on Thursday.
ANC president Jacob Zuma emerged as the favourite politician followed by DA leader Helen Zille among people questioned in a new pre-election survey.
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.
The ghost of Cope is now hanging over the premiership race in the Eastern Cape, which is considered to be the party’s heartland.
Cope presidential candidate Mvume Dandala hit the campaign trail in Soweto on Thursday.
Jacob Zuma’s ”successful subverting of justice” and the NPA’s ”spineless decision” have encouraged him to bully the judiciary, Cope said on Thursday.
My family’s ritual Sunday lunch at home has not been the same since the birth of the ANC’s half sister Congress of the People.
As the ANC played host to members of minority communities in Sandton on Saturday night, Cope’s Mvume Dandala took his campaign to the Free State.
South Africa is not a federation of tribes, the Congress of the People’s presidential candidate Mvume Dandala said on Friday night.