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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

DA federal council chair Helen Zille. (Photo by Jaco Marais/Die Burger/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Steenhuisen for moonshot president, says Zille

Democratic Alliance federal chairperson Helen Zille is counting on the multi-party coalition

Herman Mashaba. Photo: Phill Magakoe/Getty Images

Herman Mashaba says he trusts the PA more than the DA, but isn’t ‘friends’ with either

The ActionSA leader also said he would not be standing as the party’s Gauteng premier candidate

Businessman Roger Jardine is the leader of the new political party Change Starts Now, which is allegedly funded by a small group of very rich people. Photo supplied

ANC veteran Mavuso Msimang set to join businessman Roger Jardine’s political movement?

The MK veteran said on Friday, however, that he would not join any political party

President Cyril Ramaphosa
 Photo: Sharon Seretlo/Getty Images

Shocks and surprises for Cyril as moonshot lines up its parachute president

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Roger Jardine.  File photo by Jeremy Glyn/Gallo Images

Multi-Party Charter says it didn’t discuss Jardine as  presidential candidate

The MPC has reacted to news reports that the businessman is in talks to lead it ahead of the 2024 elections

No laughing matter: Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi (left) wants his
amaPanyaza not only dressed in green but also to carry weapons and
to be licensed to kill. Photo: Frennie Shivambu/Getty Images

No ceasefire, no vote

Being on the right side of history is as important as fixing the potholes in the street

Former chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng

Mo Miracles calls divine intervention – or insurrection – and says God is giving him the presidency

Did God send Mogoeng a WhatsApp, or did He use a burning bush?

Challenge: Christopher Pappas, mayor of the uMngeni local municipality, is ready to take on the ‘scary’ and ‘difficult’ position of KwaZulu-Natal premier should he be elected. Photo: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images

Fraud claims fly as Pappas hits the KZN campaign trail

The uMngeni mayor says he is up to the ‘mathematically difficult’ challenge

Agriculture Ministure John Steenhuisen. Photo: Dwayne Senior/Getty Images

Big wins for DA as moonshot gets ready to fly

Parties agree on common policy and power-sharing principles ahead of next year’s poll

ANC veterans league president, Snuki Zikalala. File photo

Veterans believe ANC and DA can work together

Veterans league president Snuki Zikalala said it wanted the ANC to terminate its “unethical” coalitions with the EFF and PA

‘The DA will be a tactical ally’ – ANCYL secretary general

Mntuwoxolo Ngudle also said ANC hard hitters, including former president Jacob Zuma, must be part of its 2024 elections campaign in KZN

Democratic Alliance leader, John Steenhuisen. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Pressure mounts for DA to publicly denounce a grand coalition

A meeting of coalition parties this past week put the DA in the hot seat when its coalition partners made heavy demands

Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen. Photo by Lulama Zenzile/Gallo Images via Getty Images

DA FedCo meeting dominated by talk of Malema

John Steenhuisen told party leaders that the 2024 elections would be a fight between the DA and EFF

ActionSA’s Eastern Cape chairperson, Athol Trollip.

Steenhuisen not guaranteed first bite at president position in moonshot pact, Trollip says

The Democratic Alliance’s coalition agreement needs to reach its targeted 51% if it is to have any success in the 2024 elections

DA leader John Steenhuisen. Photo by Delwyn Verasamy/M&G

Date set for DA ‘moonshot pact’ convention

Seven opposition parties will agree on the rules of engagement to unseat the ANC