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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Electoral Court will today hear the urgent application of the founder of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party against the Electoral Commission. Jabulani Khumalo was expelled from the party earlier this year. He is asking the court to set aside the commission’s decision to remove him as the leader of the…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The advocacy group Defend Our Democracy says the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) can draw lessons from the 2024 national elections. Despite some administrative issues, the group found no major cases of disruption, intimidation, or violence, deeming the elections largely free and fair. Spokesperson Moss Nthla says, “This overall determination…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has criticised the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) for not postponing the announcement of the election results. Despite objections from numerous political parties, the IEC released the national and provincial election results yesterday. The ATM lodged 200 objections related to last week’s elections. National Spokesperson…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The founder of the MK Party and the man who registered the party with the IEC, Jabulani Khumalo will challenge the IEC’s decision of former President Jacob Zuma as the leader of the party in the Electoral Court sitting in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg. LIVE STREAM: 

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…