No matter their background, voters across Johannesburg said they want change after the elections, but that didn’t always mean switching allegiances.
Voting in Eshowe in KZN turned into a meat and greet as voters, and President Zuma, were met with competing political choirs — and boerewors rolls.
President Jacob Zuma called for "proper" roads, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela called for jobs and voters called for faster queues on Wednesday.
Democracy think-tank Idasa has taken issue with vote-buying practices leading up to the elections, but the IEC has paid their complaints little mind.
Voting hours will be extended in some parts of Johannesburg where ballot papers arrived late and high voter turnout was reported, the IEC says.
There were only a few glitches as South Africans flocked to voting stations on Wednesday, said the IEC.
On Friday April 15 1994, Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk participated in the first debate of the new democratic South Africa.
Votes in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, on Wednesday said their biggest concerns were the lack of housing and job creation.
Politicians joined ordinary South Africans casting their votes as the local government elections got under way on Wednesday.
The atmosphere in Thembisa Square, the nerve centre of Wesselton township’s volatile ward five, on Tuesday took on the air of a carnival procession.
Residents of Tafelsig in Mitchell’s Plain on the Cape Flats swore they would not be voting on Wednesday after a violent protest in the area.
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.