The UDM president is not concerned about parties talking to anyone else.
Should NGOs pin their colours to the mast in the political candidates they openly support?
Voting can be an educational, bonding experience, as voters show.
The former presidents went to the polls and spoke about the importance of elections, but Mbeki is still secretive about his choice.
It’s a profound responsibility, but for some South Africans #ElectionDay is also an opportunity to make light of the event, with dollops of humour.
An accidental meme and chance photo opp upstaged the Democratic Alliance’s slick drive for votes on the final leg of the election campaign.
Largely they are disaffected members of the major parties who hope to exercise influence if they win.
Former presidents and related VIPs are used to try and grab the last few votes after campaigns ended. Well, except for one.
Two days set apart for voters who asked for a permit because they can’t vote on Wednesday.
Twitterati jump at the chance to create a local Chuck Norris out of DA leader Maimane after misunderstanding his Mandela statement.
Union strikes for 9% wage increase, Numsa ponders a solidarity strike.
Zuma’s argument that skin colour should determine behaviour, including the choice of which political party to vote for, is not based on our past.
“Stop loving T-shirts more than your own future, your children’s future and the country’s future. They have given you T-shirts from 1994 until now."
Despite the factions and serious allegations that soured the organisation for many, some keep hope that the party is greater than one man’s mistakes.
As Ipsos projections are queried, it says it mainly tracks the proportional representation vote.
The elections may lead to coalitions, which could complicate decision-making.
Readers write in about the municipal elections, and South African Hindi.
M&G political editor Matuma Letsoalo spoke to Glen Mashinini, the chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission.
Insiders reveal the party’s plan to take radical damage control steps after next week’s elections.
Ethekwini residents know the city’s golden age of service delivery in 2010 won’t recur soon.
A vote for the governing party can earn people the chance of a job, but it’s likely to be temporary.
From the president labelling independent candidates as ‘witches’ to the Cape Party’s secession plans, its a zany political scene.
President Jacob Zuma’s rural hometown is shaping up to be a prime election battleground, with the DA also throwing its hat into the ring.
Political parties want your vote in these local elections. Nature needs protection to protect you, so which party’s manifesto meets these needs?
The only municipality in Gauteng governed the Democratic Alliance is accused of discrimination by the ruling party’s mayoral candidate.
There is a growing mood around the world of rejecting conventional authority – Occupy Wall Street, Arab Spring, hashtag protests like #FeesMustFall.
ANC President Jacob Zuma urged Tembisa residents in Ekurhuleni to use their vote in upcoming local elections like their white counterparts.
Mthuthuzeli has long pushed for change in his area of the Eastern Cape, but it hasn’t happened, so ‘the comforter’ is going a different route.
Sisonke Jaca is passionate about three things, especially the third: football, dancing and politics. He wants to make a difference to people’s lives.
If what the people in the street are saying is anything to go by, the ANC is in trouble in the country’s largest municipality.
The country seems to be slipping back into patriarchy and election manifestos barely refer to women, yet they’re the largest voting group.
We don’t have all the answers, unlike other parties, but we do promise to keep the status quo — of bewilderment, bafflement and bemusement.