Now that the report cards have been handed out, cynicism and uncertainty rule
Other parties flagged irregularities but want to distance themselves from MK and Jacob Zuma’s efforts to discredit the elections
There will be no return to parliament for Bheki Cele and Thulas Nxesi on the slimmer ANC list
Parties’ no-go areas are rapidly shifting as the deadline to constitute a government looms
The secretary general said the only party that had been difficult to speak to had been MK, because Jacob Zuma was unreachable
The party’s national executive committee will decide who it will partner with – and how – on Thursday
The Zulu king has called for peace and for political parties to accept the results of the polls
Fikile Mbalula said the party would not be bullied, and would engage sensibly in the best interests of the people
The former president’s lawyers accused Jabulani Khumalo’s legal representatives of abusing court processes
Leader Jacob Zuma has positioned himself as a scapegoat, the victim of an unjust judicial system, and an uncaring ANC
Among the PA’s manifesto promises is to put God back into schools. It is now looking to 2026 to win local government seats
The clock started ticking once the electoral commission declared the final result of the vote on Sunday night
The IEC released the final result despite threats of ‘trouble’ from Jacob Zuma’s Umkhonto weSizwe party
The province did not experience violent protests during the elections, as some analysts and residents feared, but police remain on high alert
While the party “took a beating”, it was “down but not out”
Sources have suggested there is an in-principle agreement between the two biggest parties that they will work together
The former president is demanding that the announcement of the final result be delayed to allow the MK Party to lodge objections
The EFF leader said the party’s key takeaway for the election was that the MK party had helped achieve its goal of depriving the ANC of its outright majority
Parties had an opportunity to test the system used for the electoral processes before voting began, says commission
The party has been decimated in what was once one of its strongest provinces
The defiant leader says the EFF would prefer to form a coalition with the ANC than anyone else
But political parties and independents are collectively challenging the result in the province where the ANC is down nine percentage points from 2019
Spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela says that the figures in slips signed by presiding officers do not tally with those collated by party agents
KZN is stable, despite many incidents of civil unrest in recent months, according to the provincial commissioner
A survey conducted on the day of the elections found fewer than half of people were confident that their votes would be counted accurately, down from 60% in the previous poll
The former president’s political resurrection has thrown the other parties’ pre-election coalition plans into disarray
The commission stressed that the votes in the box were already counted and recorded
The disillusionment in the country’s political system resulting in low 2021 local election turnout numbers has seemingly dissipated
Snaking queues of voters throughout Wednesday came as a welcome surprise to political parties
The electoral commission said that 93% of its voting stations had opened early, and the remainder opened soon thereafter
The former KZN premier made the comments while voting in Durban north, at the same station DA leader John Steenhuisen was casting his vote
Electoral Commission of South Africa head Sy Mamabolo said there is an orchestrated effort to destabilise the elections