As our Mzansi voters go to the polls we bring you updates on where they were, how they felt and who they voted for.
As part of the Democracy 2009 series, the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> presents the guide for the elections.
A presiding officer was taken in by the police at Ulundi, KwaZulu-Natal, on Wednesday after marked ballot papers were found at a polling station.
Cope has its roots in the liberation movement, its supporters are the same township dwellers that have voted ANC in the past.
The JSE was flat by noon on Tuesday, with resources and gold counters offering support in what a trader said was a session with some profit taking.
Allan Boesak, the Western Cape premier candidate for Cope, has invited DA leader Helen Zille to join his party.
Jacob Zuma made the most of his last few days out of government, criticising the Department of Transport at the SA taxi council’s summit on Monday.
Resources led the downside as the JSE extended losses by noon on Monday in what a trader said was a session with "very little direction".
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, reacting to an Americas summit on Monday, urged US President Barack Obama to end the "blockade" of Cuba.
The smartly dressed audience filing into Johannesburg’s Market Theatre is a mix of young and old, black and white.
The music, film and entertainment industries celebrate a rare victory over internet copyright pirates.
A man on a small passenger plane wrenched open the door while it was flying at 33 000ft over northern Canada and leapt to his death.
Simon Jenkins this week landed the <i>Guardian</i> in hot water after he wrote a op-ed suggesting that Jacob Zuma was a "criminal and a rapist".
Two thieves who stole wood in an Estonian forest were caught on a webcam set up to watch a family of eagles, wildlife rangers said on Thursday.
The JSE was flat by midday on Friday in what a local equities trader said was a quiet session with the strong rand limiting moves on the local bourse.
The Islamist militant attacks on Mumbai were the product of Pakistan’s "strategic terror culture", an Indian court was told on Friday.
Sony Ericsson on Friday said it would cut 2 000 more jobs after it swung to a loss of €293-million in the first quarter of the year.
Eritrea is becoming a "giant prison" due to its government’s policies of mass detention, torture and prolonged military conscription, says a report.
Amid a furore over the news of a drop in SA’s unemployment rate to 21,9%, Stats SA said on Thursday that the lower rate is statistically correct.
After setting up Twitter’s most popular account to monitor breaking news, a London web developer has now sold ownership back to CNN.
Details on stress tests measuring how well US banks will weather difficult economic conditions are to be disclosed to promote investor confidence.
Forget mowing lawns, or thankless corporate internships: How about a holiday gig as an analyst under the US Director of National Intelligence?
Iran dismissed on Wednesday Egyptian accusations against Lebanon’s Shi’ite militia Hezbollah as an "old trick".
A Sudanese court on Wednesday condemned 10 rebels from the Darfur rebel Justice and Equality Movement to death for an attack on Khartoum in 2008.
We will only really know if this is the bottom of the market in about a year’s time when we can look back at the data.
Musical — and world — harmony will be on display on Wednesday when the YouTube Symphony Orchestra plays at New York’s Carnegie Hall.
An armed mob has invaded a major land reform project in Malelane, Mpumalanga, a media report said on Wednesday.
It’s a fudge, of course, but it seems to be a highly seductive fudge. Tabloid headlines around the world have repeatedly labelled him a monster.
The Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union has expressed outrage at the news that manufacturer Seardel would close some of its divisions.
Harmony Gold Mining, SA’s third-largest gold producer, has agreed to sell its entire 12,48% interest in Australian gold company Dioro Exploration.
At least four mortar shells pounded a northern working-class district of the Congo capital Brazzaville overnight, causing heavy damage.
Jacob Zuma has chosen a pragmatic path since his charges were dropped, and instead of going after his detractors has chosen a more conciliatory route.