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Lizeka Tandwa

Lizeka Tandwa is a political journalist with a keen interest in local government.

Former President Jacob Zuma greets supporters after voting at Ntolwane Primary School on May 29, 2024, in Nkandla. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

Zuma is back to haunt the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal as MK party secures parly seats

The former president’s political resurrection has thrown the other parties’ pre-election coalition plans into disarray

Some elections show signs of progress — youth-driven political transitions and active citizen involvement — others reveal systemic problems, including political manipulation and disenfranchisement. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

IEC expects higher voter turnout than in 2019 elections

Snaking queues of voters throughout Wednesday came as a welcome surprise to political parties

Speaking at the national election results centre on Tuesday evening, IEC chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo said there had been arrests in Mpumalanga related to the elections, with two people detained for interfering with IEC material. File photo

D-day for political parties as South Africans decide who will govern

Electoral Commission of South Africa head Sy Mamabolo said there is an orchestrated effort to destabilise the elections

Cyril Ramaphosa during the Siyanqoba rally. Credits: Delwyn Verasamy

Ramaphosa concerned by threats to elections

Ramaphosa used the better half of his address to the nation to campaign for the ANC

Bearing grudges: Marshall Dlamini. Photo: Phill Magakoe/Getty Images

Malema wants party secretary general Marshall Dlamini as KZN premier

EFF leader appeals to the youth for votes at final rally

EFF leader Julius Malema. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Malema: EFF not concerned about possible MK party threats to elections

The Economic Freedom Fighters leader political parties must secure their votes on 29 May and refrain from complaining after the elections

EFF leader Julius Malema. (Leon Sadiki/Getty Images)

Malema calls for calm amid ‘ANC provocation’ attempts

The EFF leader condemned the violent scenes that played out between party supporters and the ANC

Watershed: Jacob Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa at the ANC’s 54th national conference in Johannesburg in 2017. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Getty Images

Zuma and Ramaphosa: A tale of two presidents

As Jacob Zuma’s new party gains momentum, it could damage the ANC’s results in the elections and even destroy Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency

Former Democratic Alliance federal council chair James Selfe.

Veteran politician and pioneer in South African opposition politics James Selfe dies

Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen called Selfe an unsung hero who dedicated his life to liberating South Africans

Former president Jacob Zuma at the uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) party rally at Orlando Stadium in Soweto. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

Zuma: I am fighting thieves when I should be retired

The former president said those within his MK party who wished to be part of its national executive committee, would not become ministers

Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), during the party’s manifesto launch in Durban, South Africa, on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. Photo: Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Give us land, we will vote for you, Phoenix residents tell Malema

The Economic Freedom Fighters leader criticised the NHI Act, arguing that the government was outsourcing its responsibility

Poll tactics: ANC veterans, such as Tokyo Sexwale (above, in the beret), have been campaigning in Soweto in a bid to boost support for the party. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)

ANC is confident of Gauteng

In-house studies show that the party could still get over half of the vote in the elections

Former ANC chairperson and past speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete said former president Jacob Zuma “has gone crazy”.  (Photo by Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Baleka Mbete denies protecting Zuma during his presidency, calls him ‘crazy’

The former speaker of the National Assembly said she was doing her job at the time and, if needed, she would have protected FW de Klerk

ANC parliamentary chief whip Pemmy Majodina. (David Harrison/M&G)

Majodina: Don’t panic, NHI bill can be amended after Ramaphosa signs it into law

The ANC chief whip denies the health law is an election ploy as court challenges loom and the DA dismisses it as a ‘populist lever’ This content is restricted to registered users…

ANC Eastern Cape secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi
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Ngcukayitobi: ANC should have listened to the Eastern Cape and suspended Zuma a long time ago

The provincial secretary said the people of the Eastern Cape had rejected Zuma and his new MK party ahead of the elections

Former president Thabo Mbeki. Photo: Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo Images

Mbeki to boost ANC Eastern Cape’s ambitious 80% election target

The party’s provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi believes that reaching this target and helping the party retain its national majority are high

Jacob Zuma addresses members of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party outside the high court in Johannesburg on April 11, 2024. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET / AFP)

IEC fears election outcome can be challenged if Zuma is on MK party list

The Electoral Commission of South Africa has argued that the former president’s standing would erode the foundations of the constitutional order and the rule of law

Implicated: The office of the secretary general, Fikile Mbalula, has been linked to the manipulation of national and provincial lists submitted to the Electoral Commission of South Africa. Photo: OK Koloti/Gallo Images

Mbalula’s office tied to elections list fiddling, Motlanthe reports

ANC officials have called for an investigation after the report by electoral committee head Kgalema Motlanthe found that the party’s list submitted to the IEC had been altered

Songezo Zibi, Rise Mzansi National leader. (Photo by Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

LISTEN | Songezo Zibi – Donors, not Steenhuisen’s DA, are the architects of the moonshot pact

The leader of Rise Mzansi said the Democratic Alliance leader was not credible or capable of becoming South Africa’s president

Former president Thabo Mbeki has laid the blame for South Africa’s energy crisis at the feet of his successor Jacob Zuma (Photo by Kyodo News Stills via Getty Images)

‘Zuma a wolf in sheep’s clothing’ … Mbeki lays into his successor on campaign trail

The ANC veteran says his previous apology for the Eskom crisis was not appropriate, instead pointing a finger at the Zuma administration and the utility itself This content is…