May Elections
latest news & developments
Ramaphosa found resolve after losing the ANC’s majority
Negotiating a broad coalition to hold the political centre was perhaps the president’s finest political hour
ANC national leadership to decide whether its worth toppling DA in ‘broke’ Tshwane metro
The ANC chief whip believes the party might be punished in the local government elections over failed services in the capital if it takes power now
ANC suffers ongoing harm from MK party’s logo and name, court hears
The ANC said the prejudice did not end with the May election as it argued for leave to appeal the high court’s dismissal of its trademark case This content is restricted to…
Ramaphosa’s counsel: DA’s challenge on pre-poll speech is ‘cynical’
The party has claimed that the president crossed the line into campaigning and broke the law when he addressed the nation three days before the May elections This content is…
Electoral court to hear MK party’s election challenge on 29 July
The IEC set a hearing date despite the party’s bid to temporarily withdraw the case
Electoral commission: Like MK party, the ATM gives no evidence of election rigging
The commission said the African Transformation Movement’s bid to overturn the outcome of the May election is meritless because it has no proof to back its claims
Tentative progress towards GNU government deal
Talks are ongoing but there is movement towards breaking a deadlock between the ANC and DA, sources said This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your…
Talks hit the rough over cabinet seats
Negotiators from the ANC and the DA met on Thursday to try to ease tensions in the GNU
African Transformation Movement challenges election results and demands a rerun
The party argues in court papers that its votes were ‘stolen’ because the IEC manipulated the voting process
Zuma’s MK party asks electoral court to order a rerun of May vote
The party claims that had it not been for blatant rigging, it would probably have won the elections
Jabulani Khumalo loses legal challenge on MK party leadership
The electoral court found that Khumalo was no longer a member of the party, a day after he filed a high court application to claim the right to be sworn in as an MP This content…
Jacob Zuma’s MK party off to ConCourt to try interdict first sitting of parliament
The party said its MPs would boycott the National Assembly in a bid to rob the chamber of legal standing when it elects the president
The NHI and the risks of populism on the eve of a crucial election
The president is attempting to shift the election campaign focus away from the government’s failures towards a promise to deliver more, although its track record suggests it cannot
Concourt asks electoral commission and MK party for further submissions in Zuma case
The court wants the parties’ views, by Tuesday, on whether IEC commissioner Janet Love should have recused herself from the decision on Jacob Zuma’s eligibility
ANC assured of a clear majority, Ramaphosa says
The president told supporters in Kwa-Zulu Natal that Jacob Zuma’s MK party posed no threat to the ANC in next month’s elections