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Reading Time: < 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa has made an impassioned plea to political parties to work together for the good of the country. The African National Congress (ANC) achieved just over 40% of the votes, followed by the Democratic Alliance (DA) with almost 22%, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK) secured over 14% and…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The national police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe has explained why the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK) leader Jacob Zuma was denied access to the Electoral Commission’s Results Operations Centre (ROC) at Gallagher Estate in Midrand, Johannesburg yesterday. She says at the time Zuma arrived, President Cyril Ramaphosa was already speaking at the…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the party has heard South Africans’ frustrations. The Electoral Commission’s officially declared election results show that ANC achieved just over 40% of the votes, followed by the Democratic Alliance (DA) with almost 22%, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK) secured over 14%…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has described the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK) leader Jacob Zuma as a force to be reckoned within the country’s political landscape. The MK party which was launched in December 2023 managed to garner 14.5% of the national vote in last week’s election. It has replaced the Economic Freedom…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Patriotic Alliance (PA) Leader, Gayton McKenzie, remains hopeful that the party will win more than 20 seats in Parliament in next week’s elections. McKenzie stopped by Kimberley in the Northern Cape during his election tour to reassure his supporters to remain optimistic about change. He has identified Northern Cape as one…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Electoral Commission (IEC) says up to 90 million ballots have been printed in preparation for the general elections on May 29.  According to the Commission, a total of 5 600 800 votes were cast at 111 foreign missions around the world this past weekend.  Over 5 000 observers from…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MP, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, has clarified the party’s stance on immigration. Ndlozi’s comments come amid criticism from South Africans that the EFF endorses an open border policy. The former EFF national spokesperson says that the EFF’s stance includes that of regional integration which includes a collaborative effort…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The eThekwini municipality has placed service delivery units on high alert for voting day on the 29th of May, to prevent the disruption of electricity and water supply to voting stations. The Durban metro has the highest number of eligible voters in KwaZulu-Natal. Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda says rapid response measures…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The 2024 elections will see one of the biggest contingents of civil society observers going out to voting stations across the country on the 29th of May. This was revealed at a media briefing held by the Civil Society organisation Defend Our Democracy (DOD) in Parktown, Johannesburg, on Thursday. DOD reveals their…