The deputy secretary general of the ANC warned that not voting would be a setback to resolving issues such as electricity, housing and water

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Opposition parties complain that the proposed amendments go far beyond regulating and facilitating the inclusion of independent candidates in the electoral system

Rise Mzansi led a picket on Tuesday at the labour and employment department in Pretoria.

MK party member Visvin Reddy says he is ready to fight charges brought against him for allegedly inciting violence in a recent social media post.

We sent questions to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi

NPA declines to comment on next steps as it denies special treatment allegations.

Busisiwe Mkhwebane, a member of the justice portfolio committee, participated in the interviews for deputy public protector last month despite objections from the DA and concerns raised by the ANC of a potential conflict of interest.

Build One South Africa leader Mmusi Maimane has announced his party’s Gauteng premier candidate.

We the People executive director and 30-year-old activist Lindiwe Mntambo says elections are not rigged and those insinuating that are misinforming the public.

Mkhondo residents live among piles of rubbish, as illegal dumping is pervasive and the local municipality is seemingly incapable of dealing with refuse removal. Residents say they are looking to vote differently on 29 May, in hopes of a change in their situation.

South African legislators not returning to Parliament after the elections are set to cash in on subsidised medical aid, free flights and more than R20 000 for furniture removals – all bankrolled by the taxpayer.

The National Assembly has passed the controversial General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill, which provides for changes to the National Strategic Intelligence Act, the Intelligence Services Act, and the Intelligence Services Oversight Act.

Various political parties on Sunday took their Easter political campaign to Richards Bay.

With just two months to go before the elections, the DA in KwaZulu-Natal says its premier candidate Chris Pappas, partnerships and party lists bode well for wooing the electorate.

The former president and his personnel are unscathed after an accident on Thursday

President Cyril Ramaphosa has appealed for prayers for the government, for peaceful polls and the IEC ahead of the May 29 elections.

Former president Jacob Zuma was involved in a car accident but suffered no injuries, it was reported on Friday morning.

DA leader John Steenhuisen’s assertion that new political parties are political mercenaries displays his arrogance – the same arrogance that has cost the official opposition dearly in past elections, say analysts.

Former president Jacob Zuma faced two major setbacks when he was ruled out of the 2024 general elections and when he suffered his sixth legal loss in his bid to privately prosecute prosecutor advocate Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan.

The Electoral Commission of South Africa upheld an objection against former president Jacob Zuma’s candidature in the upcoming elections.

The speaker’s attempts to stall her arrest resulted in the state revealing the damning charges she faces

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