Such promises are merely fine-sounding ambitions meant to secure your vote on election day, writes Mmanaledi Mataboge.
The ANC is putting its MPs through a strict vetting process in the run-up to elections, much to the chagrin of some in Parliament.
A closer look at the electoral landscape yields a troubled portrait of the state of democracy in Southern Africa, writes Kudrat Virk.
Youth in Tembisa are politically active, but may not turn out to vote – not from apathy, but in protest.
Economic Freedom Fighters members have converged outside the high court in Pretoria as the party seeks to indict the IEC over registration fees.
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa will not contest this year’s election as a political party, taking the year to gather its thoughts.
The DA has dared the ANC to publish the names of candidates nominated to represent the party in Parliament after elections.
Voters in the platinum belt have been left disillusioned by the ANC, and are going to be taking a cynical approach to the national elections.
Despite it representing a consolidation of its policies, the EFF’s election manifesto, launched over the weekend, has shown a few inconstencies.
Absa says it has stopped all political donations, having previously supported all political parties with three or more seats in the National Assembly.
Helen Zille has launched the DA’s election manifesto, filled with promises of "real jobs" and the implementation of a youth wage subsidy, and more.
The DA is expected to have a list of promises for voters when it unveils its election manifesto in Polokwane and launches its official campaign.
ANC leaders have partied, danced and mocked EFF leader Julius Malema in Tembisa – a mere kilometre from Malema’s party’s election manifesto launch.
Mass protests and the violent reaction of the state indicate that SA is in a period of possible rearticulation of politics, says Andile Mngxitama.
This season’s blockbuster from Parlywood, "We have a good story to tell", may face a new villian: Lindiwe Mazibuko.
The South African Communist Party in the Eastern Cape has affirmed its support for the ANC in the May general elections.
Student recruiters are having to explain that policy is not simply black and white.
Julius Malema is not interested in Numsa if they’re not interested in him, and won’t let sequestration slow down a "black cat with many lives".
EFF leader Julius Malema discusses the party’s upcoming manifesto launch, issues around the elections and whether racial reconciliation is possible.
While more than a million people registered to vote for the first time, the IEC chair says the safety of staff is concerning in protest-hit areas.
Parliament has announced that there will be two State of the Nation addresses in 2014, and says the cost of the first one will be R5.7-million.
The issue of party funding has come to the fore following the DA/Agang fallout. We ask Right2Know and amaBhungane why party funding remains a secret.
The ANC is likely to extend its two-decade rule with ease, but rising discontent among grassroots supporters could chip away at the party’s majority.
Mamphela Ramphele’s party sees the elections as an opportunity for citizens to tell the ANC they are tired of its empty promises and corruption.
South Africans can register to vote right up until President Jacob Zuma publishes the election date in the Government Gazette.
Helen Zille has dubbed May 7 the "jobs election", saying employment will be a central issue in the most closely contested election since 1994.
The DA’s Helen Zille has said she "did not leak confidential info" and that the presidency overreacted to her attempt to encourage voters to register.
It matters a great deal that the partnership between Helen Zille and Mampela Ramphele dissolved so quickly, writes Sisonke Msimang.
Cosatu affiliates at loggerheads with union federation bosses will still vote with their hearts, for the ANC.
Don’t dismiss Zille’s courtship of Ramphele as an electoral gimmick. It’s part of a plan to make the DA more acceptable to black South Africans.
Readers comment on immigrants in the Middle East, the DA’s silence and linguistics, and Cope’s Mosiuoa Lekota challenges the ANC on party funding.
Observers say elections in Southern Africa this year are vulnerable to manipulation and misuse of the military to clamp down on opponents.