Preliminary Election Results: ANC Leading The Way

The day finally arrived and the voters voted in a poll widely regarded as free and fair and without violence in most areas. The day after election, most people were focussing on the results and indications are ... Read more »

Pre-election Dramas

This was literally the last day before the Election Day in South Africa and as can be expected, there were a lot of dramas that were reported on Tuesday. A residing officer in the Independent Electoral Commissi... Read more »

Final Rallies – Anti-climax to the Election Campaign

As parties finalized their election campaigns with their last rallies on the weekend before the May 7 elections, it is all systems go for the body running the election, the Independent Electoral Commission. The... Read more »

The Fight for the Control of South Africa Intensifies as Election Day Draws Near

As the day grows closer, the fight intensifies for the control of arguably Africa’s longest standing economy. We carry on with our round up of the activities or lack thereof of the different stakeholders ... Read more »

Three days to go before the elections – The gloves are finally off

  As we approach the election on Wednesday, it appears that the gloves are slowly coming off, and instead of intensifying the campaign of convincing the electorate, most parties are focusing on trying to p... Read more »

ANC Majority Used to Muscle the Work of the Nkandla Committee

In a show of their increasing awareness of the use that could be put of their majority status, the ANC has vetoed the work of the Nkandla Committee and put on hold its deliberations until fifth parliament is co... Read more »

Freedom Day – The Different Party Perspectives

Sunday was the twentieth Freedom Day celebration and it came barely a fortnight before the arguably most contested election since the demise of apartheid in 1994. Across the width and breadth of the country, th... Read more »

We Have not Read the Nkandla Report – ANC MPs

President Jacob Zuma seems to be getting off the hook as regards the Nkandla Saga. This emerged recently when the members of the committee that was set up to look into the president’s response to the Thul... Read more »

The ANC is the Most Popular South African Political Party on Social Networks

The elections are upon us and this is arguably the hottest contested election in South Africa this side of 1994. The 7 May elections are also among the few in the world and certainly in Africa, with new parties... Read more »

ANC vs DA: The Nkandla SMS and the Ayisafani Advert

  While it can be argued by all and sundry especially in the ANC that the timing of the Nkandla report which was released last month by the Public Protector Thuli Madonsela was tailored to coincide with th... Read more »