The electoral commission has been ordered to gather citizens’ addresses to prevent voter fraud, but it’s proving trickier than anticipated
Standing as a candidate in multiple wards “is an electoral strategy that is constitutional”, however, it isn’t as easy as it seems.
Union strikes for 9% wage increase, Numsa ponders a solidarity strike.
M&G political editor Matuma Letsoalo spoke to Glen Mashinini, the chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission.
An election advert using Mandela’s voice has elicited the ire of his grandson who says he shouldn’t be affiliated with the ‘betrayal of our struggle’.
The NFP held a special national working committee meeting and resolved to suspend several senior leaders, while the chair and deputy chair resigned.
The Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that the local government elections can go ahead on August 3 this year.
The Congress of the People’s manifesto is strongly pro-poor and promises to deliver quality service.
Despite a good turnout, the numbers are still well below a 10th of the estimated nine million people thought eligible but unregistered.
New Independent Electoral Commission chair Vuma Mashinini says he owes loyalty to nobody, no matter what positions he held in the past.
President Jacob Zuma has appointed commissioner Vuma Mashinini as the new chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission.
The likely choices to head both the Independent Electoral Commission and intelligence are raising unease in opposition circles.
The IEC’s plans to have its lease deal set aside has those familiar with the details of the deal divided: will they succeed or incur further costs?
Pansy Tlakula has handed in her resignation over a botched leasing deal, leaving a vacuum at the top of the Independent Electoral Commission.
The Independent Electoral Commission has not groomed a successor to Pansy Tlakula and the parties want someone who can be trusted to be objective.
President Jacob Zuma has granted IEC chairperson Pansy Tlakula’s request for a special leave of absence.
The Electoral Court has recommended that the National Assembly should remove Pansy Tlakula from her position due to misconduct.
Judgment in the case against IEC chairperson Pansy Tlakula has been reserved after the court heard she made an "honest mistake".
IEC chair Pansy Tlakula’s counsel has argued that she cannot be punished for misconduct before her appointment, but the prosecution has disputed this.
The EFF has made a U-turn on election discrepancies and been persuaded into respecting the IEC. What does it mean for the party’s sense of revolution?
IEC chair Pansy Tlakula has announced that 13 parties won seats in the National Assembly in this year’s elections with the ANC taking 249 seats.
The EFF has marched on the IEC’s provincial operations centre in Gauteng to demand the immediate release of the province’s election results.
The IFP says its supporters held election officials and ANC members hostage after apparently seeing ballot boxes being loaded into a strange car.
A day after the polls, ANC and IEC offices were forced shut after disgruntled IFP supporters allegedly held ANC members hostage there.
With no major incidents or impediments reported, and only one formal objection by noon on Thursday, the 2014 election result faces no serious hurdles.
In the country’s only province ruled by the DA, the ANC has made its presence felt, even well after closing time of the national elections.
A voting station in Alexandra closed in the early afternoon amid allegations of vote rigging and collusion between the ANC and the IEC.
From ballot boxes made with jeans to water masquerading as invisible ink, our two former IEC heads recall SA’s magical first elections.
Following ongoing service delivery protests, two IEC tents have been burnt in Bekkersdal on the eve of the elections, which residents vow to boycott.
The perception of the IEC as honest and trustworthy is all-important, Pansy Tlakula’s predecessors have warned following the leasing deal scandal.
South Africans may face imprisonment if they are caught taking selfies in the voting booth or photos of their ballot papers on election day.
Thanks to a series of manoeuvres, the embattled head of the Independent Electoral Commission gets to preside over one more election come Wednesday.