Sindisiwe Mncube, an Ulundi IEC official, has become the first South African since the 1994 democratic elections to go on trial for electoral fraud.
A presiding officer charged with violating the Electoral Act during the April elections begged the person who caught her red-handed not to expose her.
The DA on Tuesday urged President Jacob Zuma to encourage viable industrial activity to create jobs as a way out of the country's economic recession.
Preparations began before dawn on Monday to welcome members of South Africa's fourth Parliament for a session likely to be more robust than the last.
The "Stop Zuma" campaign denied the ANC a two-thirds majority in the recent elections, DA leader Helen Zille said on Friday.
South Africa is experiencing a welcome lull this week, after the frenzy of the election campaign and before Jacob Zuma's inauguration jamboree.
That the press is out of kilter with the voting preferences of the majority of South Africans is not a bad thing for democracy.
The Mail & Guardian learned recently that Jacob Zuma's administration will expand national ministries from 28 to 32.
Gauteng Health MEC Brian Hlongwa is too close to power and there are systemic problems with any attempt to cut graft, writes Ferial Haffajee.
The Freedom Front Plus has its own ideas about why the smaller opposition parties did so badly in the general election last week.
Where the English have football, South Africans have politics. This occurred to me as I stood near the stadium where SA will host the World Cup final.
DA leader Helen Zille will step down as Cape Town mayor on Wednesday when she's gazetted as a member of the Western Cape provincial legislature.
Nkandla: already thankful, but also expectant that the ANC's promise of a "better life for all" will resonate through these hills and valleys.
For the first time, blind South Africans have voted in secret, thanks to a new Braille ballot template.
Party leaders gathered with IEC officials and the media at the results centre on Saturday afternoon in Pretoria where the results were announced.
In the final tally, the African National Congress dominates the National Assembly but misses its two-thirds majority by an inch.
The ANC was happy with its performance in the election despite missing a two-thirds majority by a whisker, the party said on Saturday.
The ANC is set to fall just short of the two-thirds of votes needed to ensure a parliamentary majority sufficient to make sweeping changes.
Jacob Zuma's election victory has been welcomed by ministers in Zimbabwe as intensifying pressure on President Robert Mugabe.
Zuma tapped into the mood of the poor black majority, but they too will turn against him if he fails to deliver.
The ANC looked in danger late on Friday of losing its grip on a two-thirds majority in this week's elections that swept Jacob Zuma to power.
Many opposition parties were wiping the sand out of their eyes on Friday as ballot counting churned up the political landscape.
South Africa's fourth democratic elections took place in a peaceful atmosphere, the SADC electoral observer mission said on Friday.
Cope has already won more than 20 seats in Parliament, according to early estimates, seemingly eating into the support base of its older rivals.
The rand slipped against the dollar on Friday as some investors worried about the size of the ruling ANC's huge election majority.
Fans of Nando's can look forward to new humorous TV adverts while tucking into their chicken wings on Saturday night, it emerged on Friday.
Johannesburg Central Prison's soccer field was transformed into a polling station on Wednesday as up to a 1 000 inmates cast their votes.
With nearly 66% of a potential 4,4-million votes tallied, it was clear that the ANC had made inroads into rural areas long viewed as its stronghold.
Like a wayward child, the Western Cape is the only province in South Africa not to dance in step with Umshini Wami
When it announced that about 50 ANC MPs would cross to Cope, the ANC went into panic mode.
The DA was the biggest beneficiary of the overseas vote that took place two weeks ago. It received 7 581 (77%) of the 9 857 votes.
It has been a brutal campaign, stretching back to the ANC's Mafikeng conference in 1997, but Jacob Zuma can't spend too much time taking victory laps.
Hundreds of African National Congress supporters braved a wintry Johannesburg on Thursday night to celebrate the party's victory.
By midday on Thursday DA leader Helen Zille was happy that her party was on track to make their target of receiving 15% of the national vote.
It was an easy win for the ANC. But what quickly emerged was that a shift had occurred in the South African political landscape.
Patricia de Lille takes a seat, far away from the other political parties, watching as the overseas voter results appear on the screen at the IEC.
The African National Congress Youth League has persuaded Nando's to can its "disgusting" television and radio adverts featuring a puppet named Julius.
The number of votes coming into the IEC's national results centre picked up from a trickle to more substantial numbers by Thursday afternoon.
The African National Congress leader who looks set to be South Africa's next president may have to choose between his many wives.
The ANC's lead in the national election took a 0,13% dip over lunchtime on Thursday as more results from Gauteng polling stations became available.
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.
Many deserted the IFP, some changed their votes to Cope, and others just kept on voting for SA's liberation movement, the ANC.
Gauteng -- the crucial province that will determine the outcome of the national vote -- is also the one dragging its feet in releasing results.
The murder of a leading activist of the Congress of the People (Cope), put a blight on the peaceful conduct of Wednesday's general election.
With three million votes counted, the ANC is cruising to another convincing victory in South Africa’s fourth democratic election.
With more than 300 000 votes counted in this year's general election, the 60% mark continued to elude the ruling African National Congress.
The African National Congress managed to secure three votes (1,08%) in the conservative Northern Cape town of Orania in Wednesday's national election.
At midnight on Wednesday the elections results showed that the ANC is in poll position to take the majority in the 2009 national elections.
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.
The ANC in Cape Town cried foul after at least 14 polling stations were closed down because there was no electricity.
South Africa sets an exemplary standard for elections, observers to the elections told the Mail & Guardian Online on Wednesday evening.
How does your vote get from your polling station to the massive electronic scoreboards at the IEC's results centre in Pretoria?
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.
While political parties insist that manifestos play a major part in their campaigns, it appears that many voters don't consider them at all.
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.
IEC chairperson Dr Brigalia Bam looked calm and pleased as she delivered an update to the media at lunch on Wednesday.
Voter turnout in Gauteng has been so high that ballot boxes were too full, the provincial electoral commission said on Wednesday.
The ululating coursed through voters at the Ntolweni Primary School like a set of aural dominoes as Jacob Zuma stepped out of his 4X4 at Nxamalala.
As our Mzansi voters go to the polls we bring you updates on where they were, how they felt and who they voted for.
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.
From new visions to coalitions, some of the country’s smaller parties just might snatch more than a few votes from the larger ones.
Political party representatives at the IEC's centre in Pretoria were mostly happy with the progress of voting on Wednesday, despite some glitches.
Voters braved the cold in SA's hotly contested fourth post-apartheid elections on Wednesday, with KwaZulu-Natal the only province to report problems.
As part of the Democracy 2009 series, the Mail & Guardian presents the guide for the elections.
A bubbly Thabo Mbeki and his wife, Zanele, caused a stir when they voted in Parktown, Johannesburg, on Wednesday morning.
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.
Unlike many other VIPs, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille stood in a queue when she went to vote on Wednesday, instead of going to the front.
The ANC in Kwazulu-Natal said marked ballot papers were found in Ulundi before the voting station in the area officially opened on Wednesday.
South Africans voted on Wednesday in an election that poses the toughest test for the ANC since apartheid ended 15 years ago.
Election day in SA has always been cause for celebration. While the shine of '94 may have worn off, it's still a day when communities come together.
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.
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille said “one vote can win it” on the eve of Wednesday’s 2009 national and provincial general election.
Former president Thabo Mbeki will cast his ballot in Parktown, Johannesburg, on Wednesday, his spokesperson said.
As part of the Democracy 2009 series, the Mail & Guardian presents the guide for the elections.
Cope has its roots in the liberation movement, its supporters are the same township dwellers that have voted ANC in the past.
James Selfe, federal chairperson of the DA, pointed out to doubtful voters on Tuesday that they do not have to be in their home province to vote.
Cope is confident it will obtain the majority of votes in Wednesday's election, presidential candidate of the party Mvume Dandala said on Tuesday.
South African companies will lose R3,3-billion on Wednesday while their workers cast ballots in the general election, an absenteeism specialist said.
As part of the Democracy 2009 series, the Mail & Guardian presents the guide for the elections.
Wheelchair-bound struggle stalwart Albertina Sisulu joined tens of thousands of elderly and disabled citizens in casting a special vote on Tuesday.
YFM DJ Sbu Leope is back on the air after he was earlier suspended for allegedly appearing next to ANC president Jacob Zuma at a rally.
There was a shouting match between IFP and ANC members in front of international election observers at the Holiday Inn in Ulundi on Tuesday afternoon.
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.
The African National Congress (ANC) will retain its two-thirds majority, according to an Ipsos-Markinor poll published on Tuesday.
The enthusiasm shown over this year's election should indicate that SA's democracy is alive and well, President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Tuesday.
The ANC will secure a decisive victory in the elections and the transition to a new government will be smooth, Jacob Zuma promised on Tuesday.
Charles Nqakula will tour parts of KwaZulu-Natal with the police on Tuesday to assess security preparations ahead of Wednesday's election.
Allan Boesak, the Western Cape premier candidate for Cope, has invited DA leader Helen Zille to join his party.
The ANCYL on Tuesday called for the immediate withdrawal of Nando's "disgusting" advertisements, which it says undermines electoral politics in SA.
Sbu Leope has been suspended for the second time in weeks after allegedly appearing standing next to Jacob Zuma at the weekend's Siyanqoba rally.
They call it "the border": the railway track cutting through a grimy section of the Cape Flats. On one side live blacks, on the other coloureds.
Jacob Zuma, South Africa's president-in-waiting, faces plenty of tough domestic challenges without worrying over-much about international relations.
As part of the Democracy 2009 series, the Mail & Guardian presents the guide for the elections tomorrow.
Bringing you the must-have gossip in the run-up to the ballot.
The SABC has rejected claims by Cope that it had sabotaged the broadcast of the party's final rally.
The ANC will send 17 000 agents to voting stations in KwaZulu-Natal to observe the country's fourth democratic elections.
A Mpumalanga DA youth leader was arrested on Monday morning for allegedly intimidating an ANC member, police said.
Cope accused the SABC of sabotage and "blatant bias" following the broadcaster's blackout on Sunday of the party's final election rally in Polokwane.
The doctors who examined Schabir Shaik have been cleared of any unethical conduct, the Health Professionals Council of South Africa said on Monday.
The Guardian was negotiating a settlement with ANC president Jacob Zuma's lawyers over a comment it says it published by mistake.
The three doctors whose submissions helped Schabir Shaik secure medical parole will know on Monday if there will be a formal probe into their conduct.
Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Dr Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Sunday reiterated his claims that the general elections would not be free and fair.
The ANC is in no danger of losing its heartland -- the Eastern Cape -- on election Wednesday, but the party is now facing a wave of new competition.
Nelson Mandela on Sunday proved he is still the giant of African politics when he made a surprise appearance at the ANC's final campaign rally.
Zackie Achmat unravels the inherent flaws in the drive for a two-thirds majority and tells why he’s still going to vote for the ruling party.
A Saturday morning some time in March and my Facebook news feed reflects the passions of South Africans: sport, politics and polemic.
In a last-ditch effort to sway undecided voters, the Congress of the People held its final election rally in Seshego in Limpopo on Sunday.
With the reassurance that "the country is in safe hands and nothing will ever go wrong”, Jacob Zuma on Sunday wrapped up the ANC's election campaign.
As SA prepares to go the polls, expatriates nearly always mention two obstacles when asked if they would ever move back: crime and the lack of jobs.
President Kgalema Motlanthe has said Fikile Mbalula should explain why he wrote an open letter about former president Thabo Mbeki.
The smartly dressed audience filing into Johannesburg's Market Theatre is a mix of young and old, black and white.
On the eve of its general election, Chris McGreal reviews four books tracing South Africa's traumatic post-Mandela history.
Acting chief’s judgment: an innocent oversight or blatant plagiarism? Adriaan Basson reports.
While Rajbansi remains confident about his hold on the Indian community, rebel ANC members would prefer the cat to be put down.
Almost a year after Skwatsha was stabbed in the neck during an ANC meeting in Worcester, ANCYL member Ndikho Tyawana appeared in court this week.
The African National Congress has spent no less than R200-million on its 2009 election campaign, the party said on Friday.
In a first for ANC spokesperson Jessie Duarte, she was allowed only 140 letters to reply to questions from the public in a session on Twitter.
The IFP on Friday accused the ANC of employing 'terror tactics' and wounding 13 of its members in attacks ahead of next week's election.
Fifteen years after Nelson Mandela became president, South Africa is heading into its fourth parliamentary election.
Gauteng Health Minister Brian Hlongwa has apologised to the ANC for comments about his wealth, according to a media report on Friday.
Eating three meals a day is a treat the Khosephi family has not had in months, a continuous struggle they share with many destitute rural families.
The ANC is poised to win a convincing majority in national polls on Wednesday on the back of an effective electoral machinery.
Jacob Zuma’s Zuluness hurts IFP fortunes in KwaZulu-Natal. Niren Tolsi reports.
The ANC Women's League wants four of the nine premiers to be women. But many provincial party bosses see the situation differently.
The M&G is not endorsing any party this election year. What we are endorsing is a victory of active choice.
At its birth last year, some pundits thought the Congress of the People might even draw enough support to prevent the ANC winning a majority.
There was no word yet from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Thursday on how many South Africans had voted overseas.
The Moutse Demarcation Forum will not boycott next week's elections after Cabinet announced on Thursday that further consultations were necessary.
Cope will win the Eastern Cape province in the April 22 election, party leader Mvume Dandala said in East London on Thursday.
The African National Congress used to be "a lot more orderly", Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Wednesday evening.
As new media grows in access and reach in South Africa, its freedom status will become central to the quality of our democracy.
South Africans across the globe showed up on Wednesday to vote, and for most making their mark in a foreign land was a momentous occasion.
A lack of regulation over political party funding was the biggest threat to democracy in SA, political analyst Steven Friedman said on Wednesday.
The DA has called on Mokotedi Mpshe to resign after revelations that he borrowed from a Hong Kong ruling in his reasoning for dropping the Zuma case.
International media coverage of South Africa has improved since Thabo Mbeki's axing despite negative reports on Jacob Zuma, research shows.
ANC president Jacob Zuma emerged as the favourite politician followed by DA leader Helen Zille among people questioned in a new pre-election survey.
South Africans turned up in large numbers to cast their ballots in London on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the South African High Commission said.
The ANC has made serious mistakes on public service deployment, BEE and land reform, the party's treasurer-general Mathews Phosa said on Wednesday.
The NPA's statement explaining its decision to drop charges against ANC president Jacob Zuma closely resembles a judgement handed down in Hong Kong.
This week: JZ's monumental blunder, a press conference almost gone wrong and the ANC rescues the homeless of Mthatha.
A week and a day ahead of the April 22 elections, the SABC has cancelled an episode of Special Assignment dealing with satire.
ANC leader Jacob Zuma is suing the Guardian for defamation over an article that described his leadership style as "morally contaminated".
The Travelgate investigation had been designed to destroy the reputations of certain politicians, one of the travel agents facing charges has claimed.
The African National Congress has penetrated all the strongholds of its arch-rival, the Inkatha Freedom Party, the party said on Tuesday.
An opinion poll with no serious claim to scientific accuracy has identified Jacob Zuma as the sexiest politician in South Africa.
Former president Thabo Mbeki is a "conniving" person who betrayed the legacy of struggle icon Nelson Mandela, the ANC's election head said on Tuesday.
Thanks to satellite antennas and solar panels, the remotest areas in Zambia are being connected, writes Robert Chisanza.
Thembelihle Tshabalala tested the reaction on the streets over the decision to drop charges against Jacob Zuma.
The conflation of the ruling party with the government and the state is fuelled by the myth of the party as the liberator of a passive citizenry.
Zille's car -- an official model on loan since bomb threats against her made driving her own Toyota Prius a security risk -- is an unbelievable mess
Political parties have stepped up the rhetoric ahead of the elections, with Jacob Zuma saying a vote for a party other than the ANC was a wasted vote.
Jacob Zuma's victory this week provided more than legal relief. It was also an important political reaffirmation.
The Freedom Front Plus wants ANC MP Butana Komphela investigated and prosecuted for corruption and blackmail, it said on Sunday.
Recent events have shown that South Africa's democratic institutions can check abuses of power, ANC president Jacob Zuma said in Johannesburg.
Mandy Rossouw and Paul Botes went looking for Thabo Mbeki’s mother in Idutywa and came away feeling there’s only one Cope supporter in town.
ANC president Jacob Zuma's lawyer has denied National Intelligence Agency (NIA) deputy head Arthur Fraser gave him secret tape recordings.
The ANC has defended Springbok rugby coach Peter de Villiers's public endorsement of the party, saying he had the right to support any party.
'No anti-Zuma bias' in complaint against Hlophe, Judicial Service Commission hears. Matuma Letsoalo reports.
A Zuma supporter who was outside the country this week asked me what was happening when I phoned him on Tuesday.
Mmanaledi Mataboge quizzed academic Sipho Seepe, a prominent member of Jacob Zuma’s camp.
An election rally in honour of freedom fighter Chris Hani on Saturday was turned into a day of mudslinging by the alliance partners of the ANC.
DA leader Helen Zille reiterated her call for ANC president Jacob Zuma to have his day in court, either to be acquitted or convicted.
The ghost of Cope is now hanging over the premiership race in the Eastern Cape, which is considered to be the party's heartland.
Top advocate Wim Trengove has attacked the National Prosecuting Authority’s decision to drop charges against Jacob Zuma.
ANC national working committee member Lindiwe Sisulu led an ANC task team on Zuma’s legal affairs. Rapule Tabane spoke to her.
The controversial tapes central to the NPA's reasons for dropping charges against Jacob Zuma are "overrated".
ANC T-shirt suppliers are all local, the ruling party said on Thursday after reports that it sourced T shirts totalling millions of rands from China.
President Kgalema Motlanthe has proclaimed a law amendment under which Merafong municipality will be re-incorporated into Gauteng.
Cope presidential candidate Mvume Dandala hit the campaign trail in Soweto on Thursday.
The Freedom Front Plus laid criminal charges against the Democratic Alliance at the Brooklyn police station in Pretoria on Friday.
A PR company has rejected a DA claim that there are "serious grounds for concern" over R44-million it received from the Western Cape government.
Jacob Zuma's "successful subverting of justice" and the NPA's "spineless decision" have encouraged him to bully the judiciary, Cope said on Thursday.
Youth leader Julius Malema preached forgiveness on Thursday, saying South Africa needed to close the chapter on an alleged conspiracy against Zuma.
The DA laid criminal charges against Jacob Zuma's lawyer Michael Hulley and National Intelligence Agency deputy head Arthur Fraser on Thursday.
FF Plus leader Pieter Mulder on Friday asked Public Protector Lawrence Mushwana to investigate expenses incurred in Jacob Zuma's prosecution.
DA leader Helen Zille hit out at critics of her dance moves on Wednesday, saying dancing and singing were part of South Africa's culture.
A top spy once closely linked to former president Thabo Mbeki saved African National Congress president Jacob Zuma’s political life.
Watching the dramatic events that set Jacob Zuma free this week, I could not help but feel we had come full circle.
Jacob Zuma’s prosecutor, Billy Downer, is not a happy man. But he won’t be quitting any time soon, he tells Adriaan Basson.
The M&G presents the statement that we think the head of the NPA, Mokotedi Mpshe, should have delivered on Monday.
DA leader Helen Zille promised on Wednesday to push the corruption case against ANC president Jacob Zuma with “everything we've got”.
KwaZulu-Natal High Court judge president Vuka Tshabalala took six minutes to rubber stamp the NPA’s decision to drop charges against Jacob Zuma.
The NPA should review all its cases in which there was a potential for meddling, similar to that which occurred in the case of Jacob Zuma.
When I was a young boy, our elders used to regale us with tales of the legends that lived among them.
My family's ritual Sunday lunch at home has not been the same since the birth of the ANC's half sister Congress of the People.
Race is one of the powerful factors driving voters in an election, a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies said on Tuesday.
It is time for the public to take responsibility for choosing the corrupt and dishonest to lead us.
The leadership of the ANC and its alliance partners would accompany party president Jacob Zuma as the final curtain is drawn over his legal battle.
Bringing you the must-have gossip in the run-up to the ballot.
There was an outpouring of joy among ANC supporters as the NPA announced on Monday that it was dropping the charges against Jacob Zuma.
Dropping corruption charges against ANC leader Jacob Zuma does not amount to an acquittal, Mokotedi Mpshe said on Monday.
Prosecutors will announce on Monday whether they will drop charges against Jacob Zuma, in a case that has threatened to damage his leadership.
The NPA on Monday said it was "neither possible nor desirable for the NPA to continue with the prosecution of Mr Zuma".
William John Downer was brought up in suburban Pretoria. He excelled at public speaking, a skill that would stand him in good stead later in his life.
Willie Hofmeyr may not be someone to compromise his principles, but compromise is one of his principles.
ANC president Jacob Zuma is expected to be free from the shadow of prosecution from Monday, a media report said on Sunday.
Norah Dyantyi's life never extended beyond her village, but news of her death reverberated throughout the Eastern Cape.
As the ANC played host to members of minority communities in Sandton on Saturday night, Cope’s Mvume Dandala took his campaign to the Free State.
A new federation to rival Cosatu was formed recently. Matuma Letsoalo quizzed its leading light, Cope leader Willie Madisha.
DA leader Helen Zille owes the FF Plus an apology for her "shockingly untrue statements", the party's leader Pieter Mulder said on Friday.
South Africa is not a federation of tribes, the Congress of the People's presidential candidate Mvume Dandala said on Friday night.
Cosatu general secretary raises concerns about ANC president Jacob Zuma's assertion that there is no need for a review of monetary policy.
Government officials, who asked not to be named, asked why SA was so determined to placate China when that country undermined SA's economic interests.
Allan Boesak said on Friday he has named ANC members who received the money for which he went to jail in an upcoming book.
The NPA said it would make its announcement on how it would proceed with African National Congress president Jacob Zuma's case on Monday.
The IIEC will announce the list of final candidates in upcoming elections only after the Electoral Court has ruled on the eligibility of candidates.
The ANCYL advised Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu to tell himself every hour that Jacob Zuma would be president of the country.
ANC president Jacob Zuma spent the day on Thursday wooing the Afrikaans community, a move he insisted was not mere electioneering.
Cope member Phillip Dexter has been fired as chairperson of the Mpumalanga economic growth agency board (Mega).
The blizzard of spin focusing on the alleged political conspiracy against Jacob Zuma has diverted attention from the facts of the case against him.
Prosecutors staged a surprise comeback this week in their battle with the National Prosecuting Authority’s chiefs over charges against Jacob Zuma.
Church members, mostly in their twenties and thirties and in their Sunday best, hug one another as they file into the vibey, charismatic church.
The decision to drop charges must be scrutinised rigorously and openly, using all the legislative and constitutional instruments at our disposal.
No prizes for guessing the real identity of the main character in MacBeki, which opens this Friday at Johannesburg's Market Theatre.
The ANC is "increasingly disturbed" by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu's comments on the investigation against its president Jacob Zuma.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is not looking forward to a Jacob Zuma presidency, he said in Durban on Wednesday evening.
A Cope member identified by the party as having been offered an exorbitant salary and a car by the ANC, has denied any knowledge of the matter.
A woman is receiving antiretrovirals (ARVs) after the Msunduzi mayor's bodyguard spat in her face during a confrontation on the N3 highway.
The ANC was absent from a debate among political parties about economic policies held on Wednesday at the University of Witwatersrand.
Black business is going into this election more politically diverse than it has been since the end of apartheid, writes Ferial Haffajee.
It's excellent for society that journalists' safety is addressed by editors and enshrined by a statutory body.
Opposition parties have accused Rhema of being biased towards the ANC after it refused to allow their leaders to follow in Jacob Zuma's footsteps.
The ANC on Wednesday dismissed reports that it was trying to lure prominent Cope members back with exorbitant salaries and cars.
The two main risks to South Africa's rating outlook are the global recession and uncertainty about government policy after the elections.
Threats and disrupted meetings have tarnished campaigning for SA's elections, as the country struggles to fully overcome the legacy of violence.
The NPA should be able to say by Friday when it intends to announce whether charges against Jacob Zuma would be dropped, it said on Tuesday.
The ANC on Tuesday denied IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi's comments that it had won control of KwaZulu-Natal in 2004 because it bussed in supporters.
The African National Congress plans to introduce national health insurance in its next term in government, party president Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
Rapule Tabane puts 10 tough ones to the leader of the Independent Democrats, Patricia de Lille.
The Electoral Court will decide on the eligibility of election candidates who do not appear on the voters' roll, the IEC head said on Monday.
Allegations that members of Cope are involved in a campaign to kill ANC members are irresponsible and risk inciting violence, said a Cope spokesperson
Most South Africans believe religion and politics should be kept separate, a recent Human Sciences Research Council survey has revealed.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) will meet on Monday to discuss the possibility of dropping graft charges against ANC leader Jacob Zuma.
There has been distrust between Luthuli House and the North West provincial leadership since the PEC was elected in May last year.
Prosecutors are expected to drop charges against ANC president Jacob Zuma, paving the way for him to become president next month, a media report said.
The breezy shade of a tall thorn tree in the middle of a field strewn with puddles of cow dung provides a cool sanctuary on SA's hot summer days.
Cosatu hampering workers' right to choose their political affiliation was equivalent to what the apartheid government practiced, Willie Madisha said.
ANC Youth League president Julius Malema, the African National Congress delegation and the Freedom Front Plus met in Orania on Saturday.
Helen Zille has received so many death and bomb threats in the past three weeks that her security changes her car regularly.
An urgent court application by Mangosuthu Buthelezi to force the home affairs minister to grant the Dalai Lama a visa has been set down for Tuesday.
Instead of coming up with an original strategy for selling Cope to the voter, Mlungisi Hlongwane brought "a carbon copy of the ANC's elections manual"
End is in sight for the health minister who dared to challenge government's view on Tibet.
Cope said its former election coordinator Mlungisi Hlongwane, who returned to the ANC on Thursday, was suspected of being an ANC mole.
Jacob Zuma's legal team is in possession of phone conversations allegedly tapped by intelligence agencies between Thabo Mbeki and Leonard McCarthy.
Icasa said on Wednesday it has allocated free time slots for pre-election broadcasts according to a new points system.
The Western Cape branch of Sanco and the South African Cape Corps military union on Wednesday pledged support for Cope in the April elections.
The government's decision to deny the Dalai Lama a visa to attend the SA Peace Conference has raised the ire of internet users and bloggers.
The African National Congress has put the establishment of a media appeals tribunal on the backburner after severe pressure from civil society.
The African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance remained unwilling to reveal the size of their election budgets on Tuesday.
Prices in Zimbabwe have started to fall after years of devastating inflation that left the currency nearly worthless -- a rare piece of good news.
The only party that will win my vote is the one that is willing to stand up in public and tell me the truth about itself.
The Freedom Front Plus is determined to see that Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is not allowed to contest the forthcoming election.
Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder hit the campaign trail last week with Mandy Rossouw and photographer Lisa Skinner.
Getting gender parity on the party lists has become an essential balancing act. Rapule Tabane reports.
The DA will win at least 40% of the vote in the Western Cape next month, party chief executive Ryan Coetzee said on Monday.
KwaZulu-Natal teachers are taking leave to campaign for the African National Congress, the Congress of the People claimed on Monday.
The DA said on Monday it would be irresponsible to delay the release of crime statistics as they help police respond to localised crime situations.
ANC president Jacob Zuma should face the people of the Matjhabeng municipality where raw sewage flows through the streets, Helen Zille said on Monday.
Time to move past war cries and into real equality and a culture of human rights, says Pregs Govender.
Jacob Zuma’s visit to Rhema goes beyond politics -- it’s about forgiveness.
Campaign posters line streets across SA for the elections, but voters say enduring poverty and poor public services have left them disenchanted.
Rapule Tabane asks UDM president Bantu Holomisa 10 tough ones.
The University of the Free State (UFS) will be transformed after the elections, ANC Youth League president Julius Malema said on Friday.
The ANC was looking past the election and planning for its upcoming term in government, secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Friday.
There is no doubt that the Judeo-Christian narrative has influenced the ANC's political outlook.
Libya, Angola, China and India's ruling parties boost election chest, writes Mandy Rossouw.
The ANC was "shocked" to learn that another IFP councillor in Nongoma had been arrested in connection with the murder of an ANC member in the area.
The ANC on Friday extended an olive branch to defectors saying they would be welcomed back if they chose to return to the party.
Reports that the NPA is considering dropping charges against Jacob Zuma are rattling investor confidence, said DA leader Helen Zille on Friday.
An internal ANC survey has shown that the ruling party will lose its two-thirds majority and the Western Cape in next month’s general election.
An internal ANC survey predicts the ruling party can kiss the Western Cape goodbye.
A 36-year-old man has been arrested for the murder of an African National Congress (ANC) member, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Thursday.
South Africa needs to focus on its "greatest asset", the youth, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Wednesday.
The African National Congress has launched a comic strip to boost its chances of being re-elected next month.
The church's support for the ANC was an "unequivocal biblical declaration that if God is for us who can be against us," Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.
Opposition parties have been quick to hit out at the reported intention of the NPA to drop charges against ANC president Jacob Zuma.
Phillip de Wet went to the executive floor to find out what business thinks about the state of our economy.
There is space in the electoral market. The only question is whether any opposition party can exploit the opportunity.
Bringing you the must-have gossip in the run-up to the ballot.
The African National Congress in the North West was not divided into warring factions, a provincial party spokesperson said on Tuesday.
The ex-IFP youth brigade leader on Tuesday said he would step down as a candidate for the KZN legislature if he failed to appeal a prison sentence.
United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa has written to the Rhema Church requesting to address its congregation.
Cope will ask the Public Protector to probe the reported R1-million spent on protecting Jacob Zuma every month, Mvume Dandala said on Tuesday.
Church leaders who did not give political leaders equal exposure were not worthy pastors, Cope presidential candidate Mvume Dandala said on Tuesday.
The DA said on Tuesday it has asked the IEC and ANC to remove Winnie Madikizela-Mandela from the party's election list because of her fraud conviction
Rhema's hosting of African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma gave the church an opportunity to "minister", the Rhema church said on Monday.
To look at the lampposts in the Western Cape as elections loom ever closer, you might think even the spin doctors are forging their degrees these days.
Niren Tolsi on President Kgalema Motlanthe's recent visit to a small KZN community: refreshing, no promises, but an activist vision of South Africa.
There has been a 56% increase in the number of missing police dockets over the past year, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday.
African National Congress defectors were free to come back and rejoin the organisation, said ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe on Sunday.
Tragically, the good people among us assisted this by remaining silent.
Political scientists suggest voters in the Western Cape are more likely to consider alternatives in this election.
ANC president Jacob Zuma asked for prayers for a peaceful election during a service at the Rhema Bible Church, in Randburg, on Sunday.
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille promised on Sunday to attack "ANC corruption" no matter what the international consequences.
Pearlie Joubert visits a place where drugs, gangs and crime rule.
Cope has beefed up its election machinery by appointing new organisers, including outgoing South African Tourism chief executive Mooketsi Mosola.
South Africans need trusted leaders, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi said on Friday.
Cope seems to be faltering, while the ANC is suffering little fallout from the legal cloud over Jacob Zuma's head, a political analyst said on Friday.
Rapule Tabane posed 10 tough questions to
DA leader Helen Zille
The leader of the DA, Helen Zille, has outlined an idyllic picture of what life will be like if her party wins the April 22 election.
The taxpayer has to fork out nearly a R1-million a month for the protection of Jacob Zuma and has given millions for the legal fees of Jackie Selebi.
South Africa's BEE scheme, accused of merely shifting wealth to a few businessmen, should focus on the impoverished, Mosiuoa Lekota said on Friday.
Presidential candidate Mvume Dandala unveiled Cope's election posters in Midrand on Friday, blaming the delay on a shortage of resources.
If the nation feels slightly unreal at times, this may be because it's all acting. Nothing is set in stone or stable.
Political parties are taking a page out of the Obama campaign playbook. For the first time in South Africa, they're using technology to woo voters.
Mmanaledi Mataboge spends a day in
the life of Cope leader Mvume Dandala on his recent visit to Limpopo province.
ANC headquarters have been accused of fiddling the party's electoral list for Mpumalanga in order to elbow out party chairperson David DD Mabuza.
Having won the greater part of what it went to court for, the DA is now proposing new legislation to clean up the whole business of the expat vote.
The DA predicted on Thursday that the court ruling allowing expatriates to vote would improve the party's performance in the April 22 elections.
South Africa's highest court ruled on Thursday that citizens living abroad should be allowed to vote in the country's general election next month.
The April elections will take place as peacefully as previous ones, says African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma.
A committee has been established in KwaZulu-Natal in the hopes of "defusing tensions" between the ANC and the opposition IFP.
The Movement Democratic Party will be placed first on the ballot paper in the upcoming national election, it was decided on Wednesday.
The Congress of the People says it is not considering forming a coalition with the African National Congress after the coming elections.
A report released on Wednesday on the xenophobic attacks in Alexandra last year shows that most of the violence was organised by local leaders.
Cape Town mayor Helen Zille's threat to call in the army to quell taxi violence was reminiscent of the apartheid era, Allan Boesak said on Wednesday.
Political parties contesting the national elections signed a pledge on Wednesday committing themselves to adhere to the Electoral Code of Conduct.
The Democratic Alliance is the party to stop the ANC's bid to gain a two-thirds majority, its leader Hellen Zille said on Tuesday.
Bringing you the must-have gossip in the run-up to the ballot.
The results of the South African Afrobarometer public opinion survey reveal that South Africans trust the government less than they used to.
SA need not be concerned about ANC leader Jacob Zuma's low level of formal education, Tony Leon said on Tuesday.
The IFP will soon lodge court papers demanding that the KZN government release a forensic report on corruption in the agriculture department.
ANC president Jacob Zuma cannot be president of the country because he cannot be trusted, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on
Saturday.
In between juggling a campaign trail and two stage shows, Pieter-Dirk Uys makes time for breakfast with Percy Zvomuya.
After its traumatic birth the new political party needs care desperately. Many in the party are aware of this problem and are trying to correct it.
The ANC on Friday described its former MP Dennis Bloem's move to Cope as "politically immoral".
Voter support for the Congress of the People could have fallen to between 6% and 8%, suggest surveys conducted by pollster Markinor and the DA.
Jacob Zuma came down from on high like a descending messiah through the clouds. Below his helicopter, thousands of eager faces strained upwards.
Police were on Thursday deployed to KwaZulu-Natal's Ntabamhlophe area to monitor serious tensions between IFP and ANC supporters.
ANC MP Dennis Bloem says the mystery surrounding his name being on both ANC and Cope election lists will be solved on Friday.
The "myth" that the Eastern Cape is now a Cope stronghold was debunked by the by-election results, the ANC said on Thursday.
The ANC is considering establishing a commission in the presidency to monitor service delivery, Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.
The ANC and the IFP have reached an agreement to hold political rallies in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal, over the weekend, it was reported on Thursday.
The African National Congress on Wednesday denied distributing fake Democratic Alliance pamphlets in Mpumalanga.
There is no struggle among the leadership of Cope, newly appointed presidential candidate Mvume Dandala says.
The ANC on Tuesday again asked the court to prevent the rival IFP from holding a rally near the venue of an ANC event in KZN over the weekend.
South Africa is becoming a banana republic under the "new clique" in the ANC, United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa said on Tuesday.
Opposition parties on Tuesday slammed the release of convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik on medical parole.
Limpopo premier and member of the provincial legislature Sello Moloto has formally resigned, the African National Congress said on Tuesday.
At exactly 5pm on Monday IEC chief electoral officer Pansy Tlakula closed the door on candidate list submissions to contest the upcoming elections.
DA leader Helen Zille on Monday dismissed claims by Cope that her party has not made a difference to the lives of the people of Cape Town.
The ANC, DA and Cope submitted their candidate lists for the coming general election before the 5pm cut-off on Monday.
ANC leader Jacob Zuma has called on labour and business to "make sacrifices" to avoid job losses, it was reported on Monday.
At least four women and two children were carried out of Durban's Chatsworth Stadium on Sunday after being injured at an ANC rally.
The KZN health department on Monday confirmed that the number of people injured during a stampede at Durban's Chatsworth stadium had risen to 63.
Allan Boesak accused the ANC of keeping silent while he wrongly went to jail for helping the struggle as he hit the campaign trail on Sunday.
Former deputy president Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and prominent businessman Saki Macozoma have joined the Congress of the People.
Cope risks losing the moral high ground with their appointment of fraud convict Allan Boesak as the party’s premier candidate in the Western Cape.
At the city's main train station, there was no denying Jacob Zuma can electrify a crowd. Commuters swarmed to snap pictures with cellphones.
The ANC Youth League’s spokesperson tells Qudsiya Karrim why she’s up to the task.
The ANC revolution will be televised, starting this weekend, on SABC and e.tv.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions wants ANC president Jacob Zuma's new administration to axe Finance Minister Trevor Manuel.
Allan Boesak has accepted nomination as a candidate for premier of the Western Cape for Cope, his spokesperson said on Friday.
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema is a product of the ANC's failed education policy, DA leader Helen Zille said on Friday
Luthuli House has a "war room" tasked with gathering damaging information on the Congress of the People’s leaders in the run-up to the election.
Lekota’s government history and 'autocratic' style cost him the nomination, write Mandy Rossouw and Mmanaledi Mataboge.
The ANC has left itself wide open to a legal challenge by keeping Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on its list of candidates for the National Assembly, despite her criminal record.
The lobbing of insults is pretty standard during an election, but South African politicians have gone a step further in the run-up to voting day.
The biggest challenge facing SA during the economic crisis is how to protect jobs, ANC president Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday.
South Africans need to put the country's interests first, not the interests of political parties, said axed NPA head Vusi Pikoli on Wednesday.
ANC supporters plan to form a car convoy and drive to Nongoma on Friday to visit party members who were shot during a rally in the area last month.
Trevor Manuel features strongly on the ANC candidate list, released to the media by ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe on Wednesday.
Allan Boesak says he is reconsidering his decision not to stand as the Congress of the People's candidate for premier of the Western Cape.
The ANC will always be there to take the "youth by the ear" and bring them into line when they are wrong, president Kgalema Motlanthe said on Tuesday.
Resisting "gifts" was the key to defeating corruption, President Kgalema Motlanthe told community members at a public meeting in Lenasia on Tuesday.
The IFP is the victim of political violence rather than the perpetrator, member of KwaZulu-Natal parliament Blessed Gwala said on Tuesday.
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille stands by her remark made on Sunday that Julius Malema is an "inkwenkwe", which refers to an uncircumcised boy.
South African voters should be the ones to "punish" ANC president Jacob Zuma if he is corrupt, ANC Youth League head Julius Malema said on Tuesday.
The contrast between the presidential candidates for Cope and the ANC could hardly be more could hardly be more striking.
Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota promised on Monday that his party would not give people top jobs because "they were on Robben Island".
Rapule Tabane puts tough questions to Cope deputy president Mbhazima Shilowa.
The Congress of the People formally introduced its presidential candidate, Dr Mvume Dandala, to the media on Monday.
The DA's youth leader on Monday dismissed his ANC counterpart Julius Malema as "a petty little man" who is too cowardly to take him on in debate.
The ANC has rejected as "regrettable" criticism from the Nelson Mandela Foundation over Nelson Mandela's recent appearance at a party rally.
Spectators at an ANC rally in Khutsong on Sunday made no bones about why they thought Gauteng Premier Paul Mashatile came to address them.
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is biased, the Azanian People's Organisation (Azapo) said on Monday.
Former president Nelson Mandela "is no longer a prisoner" and could attend any election rally he wanted to, the ANC said on Monday.
Congress of the People (Cope) deputy president, Mbhazima Shilowa on Saturday called on ANC members to vote for the newly formed party.
As ANC MPs clear up their offices this week, ending their five-year term in Parliament, many fear what the future holds.
The IFP has chosen an alternative venue for a meeting which was to take place metres away from an ANC rally, the party said on Friday.
The IFP on Friday said it will meet the ANC in court as the ANC threatened to interdict its rival from meeting metres away from its own rally.
The ANC expects "chaos" in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday should the IFP go ahead with a rally near a gathering it has planned.
The drama around ANC spin doctor Carl Niehaus has exposed elements of a plan to boost ANC president Jacob Zuma within the party and in public.
President Kgalema Motlanthe speaks to Ebrahim Harvey on the recent media splurges about his personal life, the Carl Niehaus affair and more.
DA leader Helen Zille has called on her ANC counterpart Jacob Zuma to step down as his party's presidential candidate in the coming elections.
The FF+ filed court papers on Wednesday to join expatriate Willem Richter in his bid to secure voting rights for citizens abroad.
The ANC has not lost "moral authority" in South Africa, the party's general secretary, Gwede Mantashe, said on Wednesday.
An Eastern Cape minister has offered to pay for ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema to fly to Timbuktu until after the April elections.
Lawyers for ANC leader Jacob Zuma will make representations to the National Prosecuting Authority on Friday, a spokesperson said on Monday.
The ANC moved into electioneering mode this weekend with a mass rally in the Free State and an endorsement from former president Nelson Mandela.
The masses will always be part of the ANC, therefore the party would never leave the country's people on their own, President Kgalema Motlanthe said.
Any delays in announcing election results ‘could fuel violence’, reports Qudsiya Karrim.
The election date could change pending the outcome of a Constitutional Court hearing on citizens voting abroad, analysts said on Friday.
Ministers in the post-election government may have to sign annually renewable performance contracts with the ANC, a party member said this week.
From the public broadcaster to the opposition and filtering into wider society, we engage in this annual middle-class chatter.
In the face of complaints by the FF+, President Kgalema Motlanthe on Thursday proclaimed April 22 as the date for the national elections.
The Democratic Alliance will not be intimidated by political thugs, party leader Helen Zille said on Thursday.
Political parties on Thursday vowed to keep the peace in the run-up to the national election, the Independent Electoral Commission said.
The ANC intends stepping up its election campaign by holding two major rallies in theIFP "heartlands" of Ukhahlamba and Amajuba in KwaZulu-Natal.
Political parties bear huge responsibility in ensuring the elections are free from violence and intolerance, the IEC said on Wednesday.
One million more voters have registered to vote than the original 22-million expected, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said on Wednesday.
Kgalema Motlanthe on Tuesday announced the elections will be held on April 22 2009, but there is a court application to delay voting.
President Kgalema Motlanthe on Tuesday announced that the date for the general elections will be April 22 2009.
Director General in the Presidency Frank Chikane will not take up a position in the Congress of the People (Cope), he said on Tuesday.
Even though the date for the poll has not yet been announced, the country's media are already in election mode.
The ANC on Monday expressed concern that "high levels of intolerance" will hamper South Africa's ability to hold a free and fair election.
The Pretoria High Court will on Wednesday hear an application by the FF+ to delay the Presidency from proclaiming the date of the national elections.
South Africans abroad should be allowed to vote, the Pretoria High Court ruled on Monday.
Key Cosatu and SACP leaders have surprisingly declined ANC nominations for seats in the National Assembly after this year's general election.
The Congress of the People (Cope) has launched a political leadership college in Gauteng, the party said on Sunday.
SA's former deputy president, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, is preparing to leave the ANC and join Cope, it was reported on Sunday.
The ANC is tightening its grip on members suspected of working underground for the opposition, in particular the Congress of the People.
Hundreds of South Africans have registered to vote despite a few protests around the country, the IEC said on Saturday.
ANC president Jacob Zuma and IFP president Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Saturday encouraged people to take part in the upcoming elections.
The Mail & Guardian Online took to the streets in Jo'burg on Friday to find out what some of SA's youth think of ANCYL leader Julius Malema.
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel will probably stick to his conservative fiscal stance next week, ignoring demands for a populist budget.
IEC chairperson Brigalia Bam said the IEC would be ready to stage general elections in April, SABC radio reported on Thursday.
Researchers say it's high time that political parties begin to better understand the next generation.
Prosecuting Jacob Zuma when he is South Africa's president will embarrass the country, the African National Congress Youth League said on Wednesday.
The ANC is keeping some of its leaders from serving in Parliament to strengthen the party's headquarters, secretary general Gwede Mantashe said.
In the past politicians would go after voters with rah-rah rallies and door-to-door campaigns, but not anymore...
The ANC believes it is too early to contemplate sending the army into KZN, where there are renewed hostilities between the ruling party and the IFP.
The ANC on Tuesday lodged a complaint with the IEC about violence in Nongoma, which the party claimed was perpetrated by IFP supporters.
The ANC has denounced incidents of political violence which left several of their members injured after they were shot at and pelted with stones.
Plans are afoot to launch a trade union movement, which will have strong links with the Congress of the People.
Political parties jockeyed for position this weekend with Azapo launching its manifesto and the ANC and DA setting out their plans for the country.
The implication is that voters still prefer the ANC, despite councillors having rejected the party.
Citizens of the country should be able to elect their president directly, the Congress of the People said on Thursday.
Whether Zuma, almost certainly South Africa's next president, retains Mboweni and Manuel in their current positions remains to be seen.
Preparations for a mass ANC rally in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday have been finalised and the party said it was confident there would be no hiccups.
The African National Congress triumphed in 23 of the 27 wards contested in six provinces in Wednesday's by-election.
President Kgalema Motlanthe is no different from former president Thabo Mbeki in his position on the Zimbabwe issue, Cosatu said on Thursday.
The SACP on Wednesday condemned the "fabrication" of media stories to "discredit" its general secretary, Blade Nzimande.
Claims by the African National Congress that it had never disrupted Inkatha Freedom Party meetings were ludicrous, the IFP charged on Wednesday.
Cosatu on Wednesday vowed to distribute its anti-Cope booklet to as many places as possible.
ANC member Tokyo Sexwale is a "destitute follower of the ANC" and a "defeated man", Cope women's forum in the Eastern Cape said on Tuesday.
A fierce political battle has erupted between the ANC and Cope to win the Eastern Cape, which is also the birthplace of famed anti-apartheid leaders.
Oopposition parties want the courts to change the electoral Act in a bid to give millions of expatriates the right to vote in upcoming elections.
Election manifestos have very little impact on voters, political analysts said on Monday, after a flurry of manifesto launches over the weekend.
The African National Congress has finalised the list of candidates to hold key government positions should it win this year's elections.
The Constitution will be "fearlessly defended" and the rule of law upheld by a Cope government, said the party's election manifesto.
A "stabilising fund" is needed for industries under pressure due to the global financial crisis, the Congress of the People said on Friday.
Port Elizabeth was a hive of activity on Friday as the Congress of the People prepared to launch its first election manifesto in KwaZakhele.
The ANC holding an Eastern Cape election manifesto rally at the same time as Cope is a sign of desperation, Cope said on Friday.
The chairperson of the ANCYL in KwaZulu-Natal's Umgababa area, outside Durban, died on Friday morning after being shot, police said.
The African National Congress (ANC) will intensify its campaigning for the elections over the weekend, it said in Johannesburg on Friday.
The election manifesto launch this weekend of the Congress of the People will not be televised live by the SABC, the public broadcaster has told Cope.
Bantu Holomisa has complained to the AU that actions of the ANC and the government are breaking the fundamental principles of the union.
ANC member Tony Yengeni cannot serve as an MP due to his fraud conviction and sentence, according to both ANC and parliamentary criteria.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe on Wednesday warned ANC members it was a mistake to remain in the party merely to retain positions of power.
The Democratic Alliance has proposed far-reaching changes to governance policy, including the direct election of the president, premiers and mayors.
The ANC in the Eastern Cape is attaching no significance to the increased activity in recent weeks by its rival the Congress of the People.
The ANC supports President Kgalema Motlanthe and his decision to axe National Prosecuting Authority chief Vusi Pikoli, it said on Tuesday.
It will be JZ versus HZ in the coming elections, if DA leader Helen Zille has her way.
The African National Congress Youth League has accused the media of waging a "concerted effort" to create a crisis around President Kgalema Motlanthe.
The ANC Women's League has kicked off its "60 Days of Electioneering Non-Stop" campaign, hoping to assist the ANC win the elections by more than 70%.
The ANC election manifesto focuses on work, health, education, crime and rural development, ANC Gauteng chairperson Paul Mashatile said on Sunday.
Senior African National Congress policymakers are warming to the idea of major electoral reforms, the Mail & Guardian has been told.
Allies of Jacob Zuma seem prepared to stop at nothing to save their man after the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that he should stand trial.
The ANC and Jacob Zuma are expected to spill the beans about other corruption in the arms deal when they make representations to the NPA.
The new political year inaugurated by Judge Louis Harms has made one thing clear: Jacob Zuma must decline to be the ANC’s presidential candidate.
Former Cape Town mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo has been removed from her position as convenor of the ANC's national executive committe task team.
Cope is in favour of reinstating the Scorpions in line with the recommendations of the Khampepe commission, the party said on Thursday.
The ANC plans to ensure that the practice of “jobs for pals” is something of the past and said it would review the government tendering system.
After his first 100 days in office, President Kgalema Motlanthe speaks about the Congress of the People, the sacking of Vusi Pikoli and Zimbabwe.
Police in Mpumalanga had to be called to restore order at a Congress of the People meeting in Mbuzini after ANC members stormed the venue.
kilps @ Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:43:33why the 2/3rds issue is not so safe - http://commentary.co.za/archives/2009/04/26/a-defacto-two-thirds-majority/ #saelections
FranSA @ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:13:33What! Helen Zille won't be mayor of Cape Town anymore! http://tinyurl.com/cearrh sacrilege! #saelections
alanmills405 @ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:56:53Zapiro on OBAMA & ZUMA http://www.mg.co.za/zapiro/fullcartoon/2097 #saelections #barackobama
LatestSAnews @ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:45:36All in all could not have hoped for a better #saelections outcome. Western Cape=DP, no 2/3 ANC majority. Zuma being rather presidential...
hennopjan @ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:48:22"No surprises in new SA govt" says president-in-waiting Jacob Zuma http://bit.ly/gTWPW #saelections
bergenlarsen @ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:36:14Malema found this offensive? http://is.gd/uDvU #SAElections I think that it is scary people vote this party in.
hennopjan @ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:27:17For those who didn't catch the final election results: Here 't'is again http://bit.ly/C3yty #saelections
alanmills405 @ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:11:17ANC overcame ‘Zuma gevaar’ http://tinyurl.com/d5gap6 #saelections
BecauseI @ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:20:10@helenzille are the number of votes counted crossref with the amount of voters that have voted? #saelections
stevematthewson @ Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:30:44@alanmills405 Indeed. Much reason for caution, concern. Several hopeful signs. #saelections
yaarik
effectuator @ Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:59:25@royblumenthal Try News 24 at http://is.gd/uwTp for provincial results #saelections
royblumenthal
patrickburnett @ Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:28:35#saelections News reports Fri said DA will form coalition, even if they get majority: Interesting to see if they'll work with Boesak.
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