Category: News

Reading Time: < 1 minute The United Democratic Movement (UDM) has written to the Electoral Commission to query its formula of allocating seats in the National Assembly. This after the commission announced which parties will be represented in the seventh National Assembly following Wednesday’s general elections. The UDM was allocated two seats. However, the party’s Secretary-General Yongama Zigebe says that according to the…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Dr Ongama Mtimka With election results firmly putting the ANC at just above 40%, well below the 50% mark last weekend, the stage is set for the formation of a coalition government. Fierce debates and discussions among political parties can be expected. There is a lot at stake as parties consider…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Business leaders have urged political parties to accept the 2024 election results and work towards forming a stable coalition that puts the country first.  This African National Congress (ANC) has embarked on coalition negotiations with opposition parties after losing its parliamentary majority for the first time since 1994. The ANC’s votes have fallen to just over…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The civil society organisation, SA Harvest, says that the incoming government needs to address food insecurity and hunger affecting millions of South Africans. South Africa faces challenges ranging from high unemployment and poverty; to the energy crisis and rising cost of living. These negatively affect the security of food, which becomes expensive…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Free State African National Congress (ANC) Provincial Executive Committee has nominated the party’s chairperson Mxolisi Dukwana, deputy secretary Dibolelo Mance and ANC Women’s League’s treasurer-general Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae as premier candidates. The names will be forwarded to the national executive committee. The ANC has lost three seats in the provincial…

Reading Time: 6 minutes The Democratic Alliance (DA) retained its outright majority in the Western Cape in the 2024 elections and will remain the ruling party in the provincial legislature while the support base of the African National Congress (ANC) in the province dropped even further than in 2019. One of the big stories in…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Political Analyst Enoch Maponya says the current electoral system makes it difficult for independent candidates to succeed in an election. All 11 independent candidates who contested in this year’s general elections failed to obtain a seat in the general assembly and legislatures. The Electoral Amendment Bill, signed last year by President…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The country’s most arguably contested election is over and it’s now business as usual in most communities. Many, including the youth turned up in their numbers to uphold the right to vote in the country’s seventh democratic elections. But for 33-year-old Lebo and Lebogang Munyai, this was their first experience.…

Reading Time: < 1 minute There are some provinces that will also have to discuss coalitions over the next fortnight following the general elections. The final results were announced last night in Midrand. The African National Congress (ANC) has a majority in the North West, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Free State, and Eastern Cape. The Democratic Alliance…

Reading Time: 2 minutes KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube has called on political parties to prioritise residents’ interests as they make important decisions following the elections. Speaking in Durban after the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) announced the provincial election results, Dube-Ncube emphasised the need for collaboration. The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK) won in KwaZulu-Natal…