The DA will not court trouble by entering coalitions with problematic parties merely to win control over two small municipalities in the Western Cape.
Coalition rule in Cape Town was the first major step in the DA’s move into government. But the party is treading more carefully this time around.
Analysts have, by and large, fallen into two misguided camps: those who have breathlessly proclaimed a "sea change" or "watershed” election.
Last week’s local elections were the most significant political event in SA since the first democratic elections in April 1994.
Many analysts and news reporters, both at the SABC and in the private media, have emphasised how the 2011 municipal elections were "business as usual"
The ANC’s Parks Tau has been appointed as the mayor of Johannesburg, the city said on Thursday.
Cope communications chief Phillip Dexter has proposed that the party relaunch itself or disband, the <em>Times</em> said on Thursday.
The ANC’s priority prior to the national elections in three years’ time will be to claw back the minority vote.
The ANC has signed a coalition agreement with Icosa and an independent councillor to secure government in Oudtshoorn, Cape Agulhas and Kannaland.
The African National Congress Youth League on Wednesday denied that its president, Julius Malema, had cost the ANC minority votes.
The NFP has said it would not start coalition talks with the IFP until the IFP publicly apologises for its comments about the splinter group.
The DA has questioned the motives behind a request by President Jacob Zuma for a Special Investigating Unit probe into the Midvaal municipality.
DA leader Helen Zille sent a tweet over the weekend saying a newspaper graphic on the local government election results was incorrect.
ANCYL president Julius Malema lost votes for the ANC in minority communities, the party has said.
Forget the <i>Herald</i>. Nceba "Firestarter" Faku is the new ANC hero, says <b>Verashni Pillay</b>.
The African National Congress and the National Freedom Party will hold coalition talks on Monday afternoon in Durban.
Independent Electoral Commission chairperson Brigalia Bam on Saturday declared the 2011 local government elections to be free and fair.
Voter turnout for the local government elections was the highest to date, IEC chief electoral officer Pansy Tlakula said on Saturday.
It was safe to assume the DA’s Patricia de Lille was Cape Town’s new mayor, provincial electoral officer Courtney Sampson said on Friday evening.
Congress of the People president Mosiuoa Lekota said he was satisfied with his party’s performance in the local government elections.
Cope’s status as official opposition in the Northern Cape did little to boost it in the municipal elections.
We’re breathing a sigh of relief that those pesky elections are over.
Cope put a brave face on its poor showing in the municipal election, insisting that the future belongs to South Africa’s small parties.
At least one party has begun talks to form coalitions, with a few others expressing an interest, as the local government elections draw to a close.
Mayor-in-waiting Parks Tau has promised the people of Johannesburg value for money when he takes over as the city council’s new political head.
Former diehard ANC member, Ntombizanele Sopeki, stood as an independent — and won her ward from the ruling party.
While millions of South Africans were heeding the calls of the IEC, <b>Milisuthando Bongela</b> caught up with friends.
The beleaguered IFP’s control of 32 of KZN’s 61 municipalities was under serious threat as results from the local elections rolled in.
The release of the overall results for the Cape Town metro have been delayed after an IEC official failed to submit result slips for scanning.
A black BMW plastered with ANC posters negotiates its way around a giant pothole in Balfour.
"Today the ANC will know we are still loyal and they will give us what they promised," said Prelicia, standing in the voting queue in Zandspruit.
When the Meqheleng Library was set alight after the murder of Andries Tatane in Ficksburg, only a handful of books survived the fire.