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.
ANC voters have not crossed to the DA, despite an increase in the opposition party’s share of the votes, said Cosatu’s Zwelinzima Vavi on Friday.
Beneath the surface tensions were seething, especially in Thembisa where a final call for a no-vote campaign was being made.
Although Cope didn’t win any council outright, they were set to act as kingmaker in a number of municipalities where the ANC and DA were neck and neck
It is voting day in Thembisa and the Caprivi Pub — not a polling station — is the centre of the action where nonvoters gather to enjoy the day.
The Democratic Alliance’s strategy to rebrand itself and create a home for people of all colours pays off.
The African National Congress won control of the Johannesburg Metro, receiving more than 1,2-million votes, the IEC confirmed on Friday.
The most hotly contested local elections are now over and all the political parties are putting their own spin on what’s been a bruising contest.
Excitement, controversy and "toilet wars" all contributed to an unprecedented 57% of the electorate turning out to vote in the municipal elections.
The DA believes it will win its first overall majority in the Cape Town metropolitan council, predicting "somewhere between 57% and 60%".
A harried week of phone banking and social networking marked parties’ final drive.
The ANC won the Potchefstroom municipality in North West comfortably, in spite of the party’s failure to register candidates in seven wards.
Despite the ANC’s best efforts, voters endorse the party pushing service delivery.