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Intent on governing: EFF leader Julius Malema talking to the media
about the party’s campaign strategy. Photo: EFF

EFF vows to ‘punish’ ANC at polls

Next local government elections will be a decisive test, Malema says as party launches plan of attack

In KwaZulu-Natal, the votes of next week’s by-election will be a test of whether the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party is able to consolidate — at local government level — the electoral gains made on 29 May, when it took 45% of the vote in the province. (Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

MK party set to test electoral gains in 23 by-elections next week

The battered Economic Freedom Fighters has not fielded candidates for any Durban by-elections

DA wannabe premiers line up

DA, ANC hold their wards in latest round of by-elections

There were no surprises at ward level as parties test the waters ahead of 2024

The Economic Freedom Fighters can now take control of the Phokwane local municipality through an opposition coalition. (Getty)

EFF strips ANC of majority in Northern Cape by-election win

The Economic Freedom Fighters can now take control of the Phokwane local municipality through an opposition coalition

Do as I say, not as I do: The ANC launch of its 2019 elections manifesto in Durban in January last year. The party is finding it difficult to implement its clean-up resolutions. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

ANC elective conferences face a second postponement

Covid-19 puts the brakes on the governing party again, as 20 regional and provincial elective conferences need to be rescheduled

Residents of several KwaZulu-Natal wards on Wednesday elected new councillors to replace representatives who had been assassinated in the ongoing political killings in the province. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Assassinations drive by-elections in KZN

Residents of several KwaZulu-Natal wards on Wednesday elected new councillors to replace representatives who had been assassinated in the ongoing political killings in the province

The Electoral Commission has asked the high court to postpone nine by-elections. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

A litmus test for the 2021 election

In this week’s 96 by-elections, the trend was the ANC held its ground and grew, while the DA lost big, with minority parties eating into its voter base

The National Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) is urging businesses and employers to ensure that registered voters can cast their vote on 29 May.

‘Super-Wednesday’ by-elections: all the data and who is contesting what

In this week’s by-elections, the ANC has the highest number of wards being contested. However, the turnout in some communities in areas in the Vaal district has been low — even…

IEC all set for ‘super Wednesday’ by-elections

By-elections on super Wednesday are due to go ahead as scheduled this week. The electoral commission told the media that it is now ready for the elections, which have been put on…

IEC takes a Moseneke smackdown

The IEC’s convoluted legal position means it could leave municipal by-elections free to be stolen, writes Phillip de Wet.

Resistance: André Muller started his own church.

UDM takes Nelson Mandela Bay ward from ANC

The United Democratic Movement has taken Ward 30, which had become vacant on the death of the previous ANC councillor.

Even ANC voters say the ruling party is performing badly

An internal report has revealed that ANC voters believe the party is performing poorly in combating crime and corruption, and in creating jobs.

The landscape of technology-driven elections is fast mutating. With the current deficits, there is a need for adequate digital skills if Africa is to be recognised for effective handling of elections.

Massive by-elections show slow shift in local voting patterns

The DA will have a tough time wresting key Gauteng cities away from the ANC in 2016, if one of SA’s biggest by-elections yet is anything to go by.

As the 2014 elections drew to a close

By-elections: ANC wrests three wards from opposition parties

The ruling party said it was "humbled" by the confidence South Africans showed in the party, after the latest by-election results.

Tens of thousands of ANC supporters have converged on Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit to hear President Jacob Zuma speak.

ANC claims five wards in by-elections

The ruling party has won a majority of wards in the latest by-elections, which were held in nine wards across five provinces, according to the IEC.

The electoral commission and the media need to better explain how the votes work and that the two ballot papers are of equal importance

ANC trumps DA to take back Tlokwe

The ANC has won all six contested wards in the Tlokwe by-elections to take back control of the embattled municipality.

DA, ANC anxiously await Tlokwe by-election results

The DA and the ANC can now only wait for the outcome of Tlokwe by-election voting after a fierce battle for control over the municipality.

Eight independent candidates from Tlokwe municipality have approached the electoral court to contest last month’s by-elections.

ANC’s battle for Tlokwe not over

The ANC will be going all out to win the six outstanding wards where it claims it has majority support.

DA confident of Tlokwe Ward Six win

The Democratic Alliance is confident it will come out on top, despite the ANC winning eight out of nine wards last month

The electoral commission and the media need to better explain how the votes work and that the two ballot papers are of equal importance

IEC credibility in question after Tlokwe judgment

Following a court’s decision to rule in favour of six independent candidates in Tlokwe, the credibility of the IEC has been put under the spotlight.