Politics

The KZN ActionSA chair has revealed that the party did not contest all municipalities in the province so that the IFP and NFP had space to remove the ANC in Northern KZN.

King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo made it clear that he wanted the AbaThembu to vote for the EFF, but the nation ignored his instruction as the ANC continued to dominate the Eastern Cape.

DA leader John Steenhuisen has probably never heard of Qhanqo Village in KwaBhaca in the Eastern Cape.

The ANC's poor performance in this week’s local government elections have revived calls to install MEC Nomsa Dube-Ncube as the new provincial chair.

Never one to let a court hearing get in the way of a good party, Magashule celebrated his birthday outside Bloemfontein High Court after appearing on charges of corruption.

The Lekwa Community Forum (LCF), a local civic organisation, has clinched a major victory over the ANC in the Lekwa local municipality (LCM) in Standerton.

Julius Malema of the Economic Freedom Fighters promised voters they would hand out RDP houses in the rich suburb of Sandton.

A perception that the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal was at odds with Zulu Monarch King Misuzulu kaZwelithini may have cost the party dearly at the polls.

The IFP has made a huge comeback in many ANC-led municipalities and districts in KZN which they lost under former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma.

The ANC’s campaign to ensure thousands of voters in East London and the surrounding townships made it to the voting station has paid off, with the party winning a majority vote in the Buffalo City Metro.

The ANC continues to lead in the Gauteng cities of Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekhurhuleni, but the ruling party could find themselves in coalition talks as the EFF and ActionSA have made significant wins.

A civic organisation, the Namakwa Civic Movement, has surprisingly unseated the Democratic Alliance as the official opposition party in the Northern Cape municipalities.