Category: Live Blog
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PAC blames poor election performance on lack of resources
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Pan African Congress (PAC) has attributed its poor showing in the 2024 elections to a lack of resources. With almost 50 percent of the votes tallied, the PAC has yet to secure a single seat in Parliament. However, Deputy President Victor Serakalala expressed hope that they will triple their seats…
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Electoral Court to hear Khumalo’s urgent application against IEC
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Electoral Court will hear Jabulani Khumalo’s urgent application against the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) next Monday. Khumalo, the founder of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK), was expelled earlier this year. Khumalo is asking the court to declare the IEC’s decision to remove him as the leader of the…
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IEC confirms website is back online
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) leaderboard and website are back online after experiencing interruptions, the Commission confirmed. Despite the issues, the IEC has assured South Africa that the counting process has not been compromised. The website shows that over 55% of voting districts have reported results. The African National…
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MK Party may surpass projections in KZN: Analyst
Reading Time: < 1 minute Political Analyst Lukhona Mnguni says the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK) may exceed earlier projections of 500,000 votes in KwaZulu-Natal. The MK party has made significant gains, surpassing the ANC and IFP in the province. Vote counting continued yesterday into the early hours of this morning, after South Africans participated in…
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60% of votes declared in SA’s general election
Reading Time: 2 minutes With 60% of votes declared in South Africa’s general election, the ANC is just under the 42% mark, followed by the DA at 23%. The newly-formed MK party is currently the third-largest in the country, with just under 12% of the vote. The EFF is fourth at 9.5%, followed by the…
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VIDEO: IEC media briefing
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Electoral Commission (IEC) briefs the media on the results capturing progress. Live stream below:
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Electoral Court to hear MK Party ‘founder’ Jabulani Khumalo’s case
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Electoral Court will today hear the case of the man who registered the uMkhonto weSizwe Party, Jabulani Khumalo, and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). Khumalo wants the court to declare invalid the commission’s registration of Jacob Zuma as the party leader. According to Khumalo, the court must compel the commission to register him as…
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National Assembly’s five-year term expires today
Reading Time: < 1 minute The National Assembly’s five-year term will expire at midnight today. However, the House will continue to operate until May 28, on the eve of the elections. In 2019, the Assembly had to pass a motion that the late former African National Congress (ANC) Chief Whip Jackson Mthembu had brought to…
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2024 Election campaign solid: DA
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it is convinced that it has conducted a solid election campaign. With eight days remaining before South Africans choose their national and provincial leaders, the main opposition party is preparing to make its last appeal to citizens. The DA will hold its final election rally on…
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DA alleges attack on members while putting up election posters
Reading Time: < 1 minute The DA says its members have been attacked while putting up election campaign posters in Atteridgeville west of Pretoria. The party’s Katlego Makgaleng says one of the members was injured after falling during the attack. He says they have opened a case at the Atteridgeville police station