The ANC is fighting to claw back votes, but an opposition coalition may take the prized Port Elizabeth metro.
Fresh allegations of tender corruption in the unenclosed toilets saga have been levelled against Moqhaka Municipality officials in the Free State.
Planning Minister Trevor Manuel is seething with anger about the distribution of a pamphlet that claims he has urged voters not to vote ANC.
All eyes are on Ulundi to see how the new NFP party fares — and Nkandla, the traditional home of President Zuma, where many residents feel neglected.
The DA has undertaken not to distribute a pamphlet saying Trevor Manuel wants people not to vote for the ANC, the ANC said on Thursday.
PAC president Letlapa Mphahlele told <b>Ngoako Matsha</b> that they are preparing to win Balfour in the upcoming local government elections.
The ANC was confident that the Cape Town metro was winnable in the local government elections, its head of elections Ngoako Ramathlodi said.
A survey conducted among 2 000 urban adults suggested 73% of people would vote again for the same party in the local government elections.
The Independent Electoral Commission breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday when the South African Municipal Workers’ Union suspended a planned strike.
President Jacob Zuma began tweeting on Tuesday gathering over 600 followers within an hour of his first post.
The day of reckoning for the leaders of SA’s two biggest political parties is close and whatever happens will be a reflection of their capabilities.
The ANC will lay charges against the DA after a pamphlet was distributed quoting Trevor Manuel urging South Africans not to vote for the ANC.
Police operations will be intensified in four "hot spot provinces" ahead of the May 18 local government elections, the police minister said on Monday.
ANC Youth League president Julius Malema became a hero for residents of the Stjwetla informal settlement in Alexandra on Sunday.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe advised worshippers outside the Eastern Cape town of Cala on Sunday to vote for his party.
Government will inject R90-million into Alexandra, with some of the money ear-marked for the relocation and housing of residents from Stjwetla.
ANC leaders flew into the Northern Cape on Saturday and danced and sang with a Kimberley crowd, while critising "small" parties.
Citizens cannot complain about the lack of service delivery while watering the lawn in front of a RDP house, Juliusm Malema said on Saturday.
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Mafikeng is the capital city of the North West — but it sure doesn’t look like it. Even after administrators were brought in to run the city.
The ACDP will do well in the local government elections despite "battling with resources", its leader Kenneth Meshoe said this week.
Dihatshwane village just outside Mafikeng in the North West is arguably one of the most neglected villages in the province.
The ANC has privatised the struggle and rules on behalf of capital in our neo-apartheid democracy, writes <b>Ayanda Kota</b>.
The drive from the airport in Kimberley suggests that there is only one political game in town: the ANC.
Smuts Ngonyama hits the campaign trail in a bid to return from the political wilderness.
Even a skilled performer like Zuma is finding it harder to strike a chord with all voters, writes <b>Niren Tolsi</b>
It is hard to be sympathetic to Osama bin Laden, despite his pitiless assassination at the hands of United States special forces.
Helen Zille took the DA’s electoral campaign to a poor Port Elizabeth area, promising better policing and community work if the party is voted in.
The ANC is making inroads into DA strongholds, particularly in the Western Cape, ANC head of elections Ngoako Ramathlodi said on Thursday.
The media has exaggerated problems with the nomination of ANC candidates for the May 18 local government elections, the ANC in Gauteng says.
Dissatisfaction about the ANC nomination process for the election candidates turned ugly on Monday when the KwaZulu-Natal premier’s car was stoned.
President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday warned against "half-ANC" members who supported the party when decisions favoured them.