Many of them feel that the promises made at the dawn of democracy have not been met
The first democratic election was touch and go until six days before the 27 April 1994 poll
Velenkosini Hlabisa also defended the Ingonyama Trust Act, which he said had been beneficial to black people in KwaZulu-Natal
The EFF member has been ordered by the court to apologise to the Indian community for his comment
The controversial politician was facing charges over an allegedly fraudulent insolvency clearance certificate
Abahlali has previously backed the Democratic Alliance and the Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party
The ANC suspended Msibi, the party’s provincial treasurer, two weeks before the premier’s action
The court agreed that it had no jurisdiction in the matter; it belonged before the electoral court and no other forum
During an NEC meeting, the party said all its ministers and provincial MECs must aggressively communicate success stories and urged the government to link its programmes with the ANC
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
Only ActionSA, Rise Mzansi and the Inkatha Freedom Party have shared their thoughts on the holy herb with voters
The Economic Freedom Fighters leader also said his deputy, Floyd Shivambu, should be made minister of finance because he has not stolen anything
Multi party coalition member are split on how they will handle a failure to get more than 50% of the vote
The ActionSA Eastern Cape chairperson said coalitions had become transactional deals to satisfy politics of the stomach
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The electoral body says it is up to the political parties, independent candidates, affected individuals and parliament to deal with any fraud
Inkatha Freedom Party leader Velenkosi Hlabisa said his party would address the growing disparity between the rich and poor in the province
Respondents were asked to pick the top five issues they believe the incoming government should focus on after the 29 May elections
Newly elected mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza says there is ‘pressure’ for the ANC to fail the metro ‘as the EFF and DA had done’
The municipality in North West has been riven by ANC infighting and nepotism for years, as residents live in sewage and have no water or other basic services
The Mail & Guardian in partnership with the University of Fort Hare will host a National Election Town Hall on the 17th April 2024.
The former president has told his supporters that the electoral commission has nothing to do with who becomes the president of the country, their job is to ensure that people vote
Parties want the Democratic Alliance and the Inkatha Freedom Party to account for ‘confusing’ message to voters
Numbers rather than national unity will dictate how parties coalesce after 29 May
91-year-old Valentin Volker served as a National Party MP and in the KZN Legislature
DA leader, John Steenhusinen, sat down with the Mail & Guardian’s Lizeka Tandwa, for a one-on-one interview.
This will be seen as another blow to the ANC’s prospects of regaining its majority
Zuma says he can again be president because he did not serve two full terms
Focus policing on drug cartels and not the users, say newcomers to the political space, identifying the need for rehabilitation programmes
Analysts explain the changes to the voting system and peer into their crystal balls to predict possible outcomes
Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape account for most of the voters in the country
The ANC’s top brass is deploying its deputy president to clean up provincial chair Sboniso Duma’s mess