In the second instalment of our 10 tough questions to party leaders ahead of the election, the ACDP’s Kenneth Meshoe talks about rape, HIV and portn.
Political parties are fighting for scraps when it comes to the votes of those living abroad.
The party is finding that the Eastern Cape does not intend to let bygones be bygones.
Non-partisan website Africa Check has assessed the Democratic Alliance’s various Twitter claims for factual accuracy ahead of the general election.
Despite the Nkandla splurge, President Jacob Zuma and the ANC are unlikely to face severe sanctions come May 7, say analysts.
President Jacob Zuma promised more services, schooling, jobs and healthcare in a polls-focused speech, as the DA and EFF descended on Sharpeville.
The Freedom Front Plus has confirmed that three Democratic Alliance MPs are among the top 25 names on its national elections candidates list.
The Economic Freedom Fighters are the only party truly set on redressing apartheid inequalities, and through that whites can finally find salvation.
It’s the country’s economic hub and home to about a quarter of its voters. The M&G looks at who the people in the powerhouse province vote for.
Agang SA has made public its list of party candidates for upcoming polls, with leader Mamphele Ramphele listed as the party’s presidential candidate.
The EFF has criticised the national broadcaster ahead of elections, saying it’s "being manipulated by puppets". But the SABC has dismissed the claims.
The laissez-faire status quo on secret donations allows businesses to buy influence from political parties, writes Judith February.
Economic power and social discontent are setting the stage for the mother of all electoral battles.
Political parties say that their priority in putting forth their candidate lists this year has been to submit credible people with no bad records.
A magical moment took place recently. A symbolic reconstitution of 60 000 into a single force in the form of Malema as Mao, writes Andile Mngxitama.
What does the electoral commission have in common with Hugh Grant and the transvestite? That and more in our guide by Verashni Pillay.
Cyril Ramaphosa is in the front line of the party’s bid to wrestle the Western Cape from the DA.
The party’s integrity committee is taking a tough stance on unsuitable candidates in its election lists.
The ex-MK leader is not endorsing any party this election – just follow your heart and head, he says.
The party lists for office bearers and MPs will be scrutinised by members between now and the national election in early May.
President Jacob Zuma has gone biblical in his forecasts of power for the ANC, in a semantic shift in the way the party speaks of itself and opposers.
EFF convener for the Western Cape Nazier Paulsen says it’s his party up against the DA in the province, with the ANC on the sidelines.
Former Cope MP Juli Kilian has decided to leave the party and jumped to number 126 on the ANC’s National Assembly election list.
The IEC says at least 48 political parties have paid their deposits and submitted parliamentary candidate lists ahead of the deadline.
The EFF has used money made from selling berets, T-shirts, posters, and member donations to pay the deposit fee to contest the general elections.
The DA says its posters in the Western Cape are being vandalised, and has offered a reward for photo or video evidence of the acts.
The ANC has released its widely anticipated lists of who it will send to Parliament and provincial legislatures after the 2014 elections.
With less than two months to go until the 2014 elections, we take a look at some key points of the campaign trail so far.
A programme has given the clearest indication that Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe and Planning Minister Trevor Manuel won’t return to Parliament.
Co-operation between different groups is needed to stop the ANC, said Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder at his party election manifesto launch.
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille singled out a corruption-free government as essential to business investment and job creation at a CT rally.
Youth in Tembisa are politically active, but may not turn out to vote – not from apathy, but in protest.