The most hotly contested local elections are now over and all the political parties are putting their own spin on what’s been a bruising contest.
Excitement, controversy and "toilet wars" all contributed to an unprecedented 57% of the electorate turning out to vote in the municipal elections.
The DA believes it will win its first overall majority in the Cape Town metropolitan council, predicting "somewhere between 57% and 60%".
A harried week of phone banking and social networking marked parties’ final drive.
The ANC won the Potchefstroom municipality in North West comfortably, in spite of the party’s failure to register candidates in seven wards.
Despite the ANC’s best efforts, voters endorse the party pushing service delivery.
Using piles of rocks, protesters have blocked the only road leading into Morutsi village in Limpopo as an attempt to disrupt polling.
Despite the DA’s best performance yet, holding on to Cape Town and Midvaal with ease, it was not able to win Nelson Mandela Bay from the ANC.
The African National Congress was "very disappointed" over losing Midvaal in Gauteng to the Democratic Alliance.
The ANC enjoyed a significant lead in Nelson Mandela Bay as the results of the municipal elections began trickling in on Thursday.
A shockingly low turnout of voters in Mpumalanga was reported on Thursday morning when bleary-eyed party officials returned to the IEC in Pretoria.
Despite media reports that the Afrikaner community of Orania in the North West would be boycotting the municipal elections, 65 residents voted.
The storm in a teacup over bulk SMSs sent by political parties continued on election day, with voters receiving SMSs from the DA.
DA leader Helen Zille has laid a complaint with the IEC in Nelson Mandela Bay after she discovered several voters were casting only one ballot.
Politicians joined ordinary South Africans casting their votes as the local government elections got under way on Wednesday.
From 7am on Wednesday over 23-million registered voters will go to over 20 000 polling stations to choose a representative at local government level.
In its electioneering the DA has argued that Cape Town illustrates a superior delivery model.
The DA can win Nelson Mandela Bay from the ANC in the local government elections, DA leader Helen Zille said on Tuesday.
The SABC has dismissed allegations by the DA of biased election coverage on Sunday.
Political parties ratcheted up the rhetoric this weekend ahead of the local government elections on Wednesday.
The ANC will win all municipalities in the country, youth league president Julius Malema said at an ANC election rally in Johannesburg on Sunday.
Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale has promised tough action against officials and contractors involved in the open toilets sagas.
DA leader Helen Zille told voters hers was the only party that could make Nelson Mandela’s vision of a better life for South Africans possible.
The results of the May 18 elections will indicate whether the Democratic Alliance can continue to grow.
Tony Ehrenreich has one dominant concern in Cape Town: putting social justice first.
The public protector is apparently close to releasing a report about alleged irregularities in the Midvaal council involving two local DA strongmen.
The municipal election campaign is in the toilet, literally — the delivery of the most basic service of all has come to dominate the polls.
A small ANC-led district municipality in the Western Cape has many satisfied residents, writes <b>Lynley Donnelly</b>.
The open toilet debacle, dirty as it is, creates an opportunity for voters. The <i>M&G</i> weighs in.
Planning Minister Trevor Manuel is seething with anger about the distribution of a pamphlet that claims he has urged voters not to vote ANC.
The DA has undertaken not to distribute a pamphlet saying Trevor Manuel wants people not to vote for the ANC, the ANC said on Thursday.
The ANC was confident that the Cape Town metro was winnable in the local government elections, its head of elections Ngoako Ramathlodi said.