At what time of the day are you supposed to practise lying on your back with an oversized parsnip in your salivating mouth?
SA Harmony Gold Mining, the world’s fifth-biggest gold producer, said production fell in its third quarter, without giving a reason.
The ANC was leading the race in eight of the nine provinces late on Thursday morning while the ruling party has also increased its lead over the DA.
The DA took an early lead in this year’s general election with the publication of the first results just before 11pm on Wednesday in Pretoria.
Although voting progressed smoothly throughout Wednesday in the Eastern Cape, political parties reported a few incidents of irregularities.
South Africa sets an exemplary standard for elections, observers to the elections told the Mail & Guardian Online on Wednesday evening.
A last-minute concession allowing people to vote at the polling station of their choice caused headaches in the Western Cape on Wednesday.
A presiding officer in Ulundi arrested for electoral fraud will appear at Empangeni Regional Court on Thursday.
The African National Congress on Wednesday called for the extension of voting hours in provinces where voter turnout had been especially high.
How does your vote get from your polling station to the massive electronic scoreboards at the IEC’s results centre in Pretoria?
Easy. Start with a few million voters, throw in a public holiday, add 55-million ballot papers and sprinkle the cocktail with two million paper clips.
Voter turnout in Gauteng has been so high that ballot boxes were too full, the provincial electoral commission said on Wednesday.
It is the calm before the storm at the Independent Electoral Commission results centre in Pretoria.
There were tears and ululations as former president Nelson Mandela stepped out of his car to vote in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
As our Mzansi voters go to the polls we bring you updates on where they were, how they felt and who they voted for.
Political party representatives at the IEC’s centre in Pretoria were mostly happy with the progress of voting on Wednesday, despite some glitches.
There will be no added pressure on SuperSport United when the defending Absa Premiership champions and log leaders host Orlando Pirates on Thursday.
Golf star Ernie Els is working hard on his game, as he sets his sights on adding to his haul of majors following a disappointing Masters showing.
South Africa coach Peter de Villiers can’t wait to pick apart a British and Irish Lions squad he said he largely expected on Tuesday.
As part of the Democracy 2009 series, the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> presents the guide for the elections.
Gauteng Premier Paul Mashatile and an entourage of police and volunteers blazed a trail through Alexandra on Tuesday in a last-minute bid for votes.
Forensic experts have found that ballot papers accidentally fell from a truck near Nelspruit and the credibility of the elections was not compromised.
Millions of South Africans go to the polls on Wednesday in the most hotly contested general election since the advent of black majority rule in 1994.
As part of the Democracy 2009 series, the Mail & Guardian presents the guide for the elections.
South African companies will lose R3,3-billion on Wednesday while their workers cast ballots in the general election, an absenteeism specialist said.
Wheelchair-bound struggle stalwart Albertina Sisulu joined tens of thousands of elderly and disabled citizens in casting a special vote on Tuesday.
South Africa’s central bank is likely to keep its aggressive monetary easing stance next week with a steep rate cut to boost the economy.
Opposition parties left it too late to capitalise on the negative perceptions of ANC president Jacob Zuma in their bid to sway undecided voters.
The DA’s final campaign for Wednesday’s general elections revealed vast support in the Blue Down area, between Cape Town and Somerset West on Tuesday.
History shows that the Congress of the People was a “by-product” waiting to happen, ANC president Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
Charles Nqakula will tour parts of KwaZulu-Natal with the police on Tuesday to assess security preparations ahead of Wednesday’s election.
The ANCYL on Tuesday called for the immediate withdrawal of Nando’s ”disgusting” advertisements, which it says undermines electoral politics in SA.