Policies all look good on paper, but party ideals are betrayed by a lack of real intent and action when it comes to gender issues.
Tactical voting is an option, but only if there are parties that reflect your values and aspirations, writes Vishwas Satgar.
Little of the province’s riches reach the people, but it remains an ANC stronghold.
The ANC breathed a sigh of relief when the youth league cleared its 2008 conference debt of more than R15m. Then another creditor came knocking.
Residents of the township outside Kimberley are used to broken promises, but some are drawing the line at the ballot box.
By the time Jacob Zuma arrives to campaign in person, his face is already staring back at him from all over the place.
The Voortrekker Monument proved an ironic choice of venue to discuss land reform with Afrikaner farmers.
Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi is back in the fold, and being compelled to wave the ruling party’s pom-poms.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks frankly about elections, not voting for the ANC and the pain of not being asked to speak at Nelson Mandela’s funeral.
Dismissing EFF-DA coalition rumours, EFF leader Julius Malema says the claims are "an attempt to defocus the EFF’s objective of taking government".
Gimmicks and misdirection abound in this election, but what matters are the policies that will transform the economy, writes Malusi Gigaba.
Following Julius Malema’s calls for white people to join the EFF, a party member says Afrikaners are interested in its economic beliefs.
If the ANC ever dies, it will be on our hands and future generations will never forgive us for that mistake.
The SABC says it has not banned the advert of the Economic Freedom Fighters but rejected it because it "incited violence".
The M&G puts 10 tough questions to Zanele Magwaza-Msibi, founder and leader of the National Freedom Party.
Where have all the born frees gone and what’s going on with SA’s youth? Join the M&G Election Hangout where the ANC, DA and EFF answer your questions.
The lists of parties and candidates contesting the May 7 national elections is expected to be published on the IEC website.
Complaints by the Democratic Alliance and Agang SA allege that the ANC is using state resources to hand out food parcels at election rallies.
What we’re lacking in these elections is the naked truth; honesty untainted by the pressures of keeping up appearances.
It is often top six officials who are expected to hold factions together when ambitious ANC leaders start jostling for power, but this isn’t the case.
In an interview with the M&G, Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota claims the party would garner more support in the forthcoming election than in 2009.
Political party leaders have spent Easter Sunday encouraging people to cast their ballot in upcoming elections and not to heed the "Vote No" campaign.
Speculation of the opposition forming coalitions in Gauteng and the Northern Cape continues but the ANC is confident it will secure every province.
Opposition parties have filed an urgent application in the electoral court to force IEC chairperson Pansy Tlakula to resign.
Icasa’s Complaints and Compliance Committee has ordered that the SABC air the Democratic Alliance’s six adverts with immediate effect.
Residents in Malamulele have booed President Jacob Zuma at a rally when he told them their grievances would be attended to.
Opposition parties and unions have condemned the "Vote No" campaign, saying spoiling votes was not a "viable tactic".
A hearing on the DA’s ad complaint against the SABC has been adjourned following the broadcaster’s request.
Approaching the end of his tenure if elected, Jacob Zuma’s real test will come after the polls when his alliances unravel and the infighting begins.
The Free State’s declining mineral wealth is a metaphor for what might happen to the ANC’s support in the upcoming May 7 election.
The big ANC interview: We talk to Malusi Gigaba about Nkandla, how the ANC takes Zuma to task and why the party is outgrowing crony deployment.
Spoiling your ballot, as some have pointed out, is still a valid choice open to the voter – and a better one than simply staying away from the polls.