After an M&G report, the public protector has been asked to probe claims that Jacob Zuma abused his power for an investment in his nephew’s company.
A Human Rights Watch report has revealed how school authorities in India persistently discriminate against children from marginalised communities.
Going down? In Weekend 101 this week, rapper Jay Z gets klapped by Solange in a lift, and singer/dancer JZ klaps the opposition at the polls.
Parliament will soon welcome President Jacob Zuma, Helen Zille and Julius Malema. But first they must dress the part, so a shopping spree is in order.
South Africa has voted and the ANC is back in power. Verashni Pillay takes us through what the results mean and where we go from here.
A 21-year-old gay man, was raped, tortured and killed in front of a group of teens. Sonke Gender Justice speaks to David Olyn’s friends and family.
Ruling party member Malusi Gigaba says the ANC would be "ungrateful winners" for questioning how it lost 38% of the votes in this year’s elections.
As the 2014 elections drew to a close, ANC president Jacob Zuma thanked South Africans for voting to keep the party in power.
Following the election results, EFF head Julius Malema says the ANC "will not recover" its declining support, while he celebrates his party’s success.
The Pan Africanist Congress – which won a mere 0.21% support – has rejected the results of the 2014 national elections, saying votes were miscounted.
EFF supporters protested in Johannesburg to demand the provincial election results for Gauteng, which is taking the longest for the IEC to declare.
EFF’s Dali Mpofu answers our questions on working with the DA, the SABC and their capacity to engage with government.
The majority of voters in the platinum belt say the Marikana massacre has affected their support for the ANC. They are ‘voting for change’.
Voting went smoothly in the volatile township of Bekkersdal, where anti-ANC sentiments run high. Residents told us who they are voting for, and why.
The ANC is hoping for 80% in the Free State, but voters’ unhappiness with Jacob Zuma at the helm of the party is starting to show.
At the EFF’s final rally, Julius Malema had some choice expressions in Sepedi for his opponents. We translated some of the highlights of his speech.
A strategic vote seems to be on everybody’s mind with elections less than 24 hours away. Expect a number of ANC voters to be conflicted at the polls.
This weekend the Nirox foundation launches the 2014 Winter sculpture fair. We take a walk through the park with a few of the artists.
President Zuma’s predictable speech at the Siyanqoba rally failed to impress ANC supporters, who remain loyal to the ruling party, if not its leader.
We visit the key voting province of KwaZulu-Natal to discover how successful the ANC, IFP and NFP have been as they vie for support in the elections.
Our live debate between the DA and ANC youth leadership evolved from discussing the youth vote to race issues in the DA and corruption in the ANC.
There’s bad blood between Gayton McKenzie and Julius Malema in their desperate scramble for votes. Forget open letters, it’s now open warfare.
With less than a week left to campaign, parties are scrambling to sway what appears to be a large group of undecided voters.
ANC stalwart Gertrude Shope and her daughter Lyndall Shope-Mafole, co-founder of Cope, talk about their political differences and freedom in SA today.
Gayton McKenzie gets candid about Julius Malema, Jacob Zuma blames everyone else for Marikana, and Limpopo’s textbook woes continue.
During President Jacob Zuma’s successful electioneering campaign in Mpumalanga, he defended the partiy’s handling of the Nkandla debacle.
From words like "Nkandla" to "coconut", see how ANC head of campaigns Malusi Gigaba reacts to the M&G’s word association game.
The dark art of electioneering is tricky at best, but we’ve unearthed the magical checklist that guarantees victory – for one person at least.
Following his reinstatement at Cosatu, the trade union federation’s general secretary has responded to Numsa’s call for him to "abandon Cosatu".
While the public protector looks into allegations of state resources spent on electioneering, the ANC has blamed everyone else for Zuma being booed.
We visited the Mayixhale family in the Eastern Cape in 2004 and 2009 to find out how life has progressed between elections. This is their 2014 story.
ANC leadership campaigned in Soweto this week, listening to people’s concerns and handing out free T-shirts. They were met with a mixed response.