The ANC in Cape Town cried foul after at least 14 polling stations were closed down because there was no electricity.
South Africa sets an exemplary standard for elections, observers to the elections told the Mail & Guardian Online on Wednesday evening.
IEC chairperson Dr Brigalia Bam looked calm and pleased as she delivered an update to the media at lunch on Wednesday.
The African National Congress (ANC) will retain its two-thirds majority, according to an Ipsos-Markinor poll published on Tuesday.
The enthusiasm shown over this year’s election should indicate that SA’s democracy is alive and well, President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Tuesday.
There was no word yet from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Thursday on how many South Africans had voted overseas.
The DA predicted on Thursday that the court ruling allowing expatriates to vote would improve the party’s performance in the April 22 elections.
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/ 13 February 2009
The election date could change pending the outcome of a Constitutional Court hearing on citizens voting abroad, analysts said on Friday.
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/ 11 February 2009
Kgalema Motlanthe on Tuesday announced the elections will be held on April 22 2009, but there is a court application to delay voting.
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/ 9 February 2009
The ANC on Monday expressed concern that ”high levels of intolerance” will hamper South Africa’s ability to hold a free and fair election.
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/ 29 January 2009
The African National Congress’s national executive committee will meet on Thursday to discuss the party’s list of parliamentary nominations.
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/ 11 December 2008
The ANC on Thursday asked the Constitutional Court to invalidate the 12 by-elections their candidates were excluded from in the Western Cape.
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/ 26 February 2008
KwaZulu-Natal has been able to show the world that when power is contested, people do not have to die, Dr Brigalia Bam, chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission, said on Tuesday. She was speaking at the KwaZulu-Natal legislature in Pietermaritzburg on preparations for the 2009 election.