South Africa’s fourth post-apartheid local government elections got under way without any hitches at 7am on Wednesday.
There is a plan to kill newly-elected IFP councillors after the local government elections, says party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
The department of home affairs will open offices across the country to provide services on election day, Ronnie Mamoepa said on Tuesday.
From 7am on Wednesday over 23-million registered voters will go to over 20 000 polling stations to choose a representative at local government level.
Cope co-founder Mbhazima Shilowa on Tuesday denied rumours that he was planning to leave the party and rejoin the African National Congress.
The DA can win Nelson Mandela Bay from the ANC in the local government elections, DA leader Helen Zille said on Tuesday.
There were few problem areas requiring police attention ahead of Wednesday’s local government elections, police chief Bheki Cele said on Tuesday.
A decrease in tension ahead of Wednesday’s elections showed that there was a greater understanding of democracy, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
The ANC remains the strongest political party in the country, although its support seems to have decreased since the 2009 general election.
The African National Congress will act against councillors who do not do their jobs, President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.
An election official says former president Nelson Mandela has cast an early ballot in upcoming local elections and is looking "healthy and handsome".
President Jacob Zuma and ANCYL leader Julius Malema are creating racial divisions in South Africa, DA leader Helen Zille said on Monday.
The African National Congress on Monday again criticised the media over their coverage of the 2011 local government elections.
Former president Nelson Mandela will cast a special vote at his Houghton home, north of Johannesburg, on Monday, the IEC said.
The SABC has dismissed allegations by the DA of biased election coverage on Sunday.
Political parties ratcheted up the rhetoric this weekend ahead of the local government elections on Wednesday.
The ANC will win all municipalities in the country, youth league president Julius Malema said at an ANC election rally in Johannesburg on Sunday.
The opposition sees them as electioneering tools. A company has spotted a marketing opportunity. But for the voter, they are simply "moerse gate".
ANC Youth League president Julius Malema on Saturday labelled IFP leader Dr Mangosuthu Buthelezi as an old man who refuses to retire.
Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale has promised tough action against officials and contractors involved in the open toilets sagas.
DA leader Helen Zille told voters hers was the only party that could make Nelson Mandela’s vision of a better life for South Africans possible.
President Zuma warned voters they risk sparking their ancestors’ ire unless they vote for the ANC in the government elections next week.
A current affairs outside broadcast was on Saturday abandoned when a group of people wearing ANC T-shirts stormed the hall and disrupted proceedings.
The police national commissioner on Friday issued a strong warning to people planning on disrupting the upcoming local government elections.
The results of the May 18 elections will indicate whether the Democratic Alliance can continue to grow.
The minutes of a Cope election team meeting reveal a devil’s brew of mistakes, failures and mismanagement in the procurement of campaign materials.
Tony Ehrenreich has one dominant concern in Cape Town: putting social justice first.
The open toilet debacle, dirty as it is, creates an opportunity for voters. The <i>M&G</i> weighs in.
Several grassroots social movements are fielding their own candidates in next week’s municipal elections to woo voters fed up with mainstream parties.
Neither intimidation tactics nor the influence of party heavyweights have swayed a fiery independent seen as a threat to an ANC stronghold in Knysna.
A small ANC-led district municipality in the Western Cape has many satisfied residents, writes <b>Lynley Donnelly</b>.
The ANC is fighting to claw back votes, but an opposition coalition may take the prized Port Elizabeth metro.