How the Tshwane council shapes up 2006-03-06 12:31:45
The new-look Tshwane Metro Council will meet for the first time next week with the ANC still firmly at the wheel despite losing several seats, writes Patrick Hlahla.Full Story...
Electoral officers fired in Ekurhuleni 2006-03-06 09:36:48
Ekurhuleni's city manager and electoral officer, Paul Maseko, says several electoral officers were sacked after various problems at local government polling stations.Full Story...
Oh shucks! There's a movie star on the metro 2006-03-06 06:04:39
Fresh-faced politician Alfred Ntombela - better known for his role as Shorty in several of Leon Schuster's movies - has been elected to represent Ward 14 in the Ekurhuleni metro area.Full Story...
Now it's crunch time for Cape Town... 2006-03-06 06:04:35
The African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance have one week until the Cape Town city council meets for the first time to decide who will rule the metro - and their fate may lie in the hands of two smaller parties.Full Story...
ANC councillor shot dead in KZN hotspot 2006-03-06 14:45:30
Hours after the IEC declared the local government election free and fair, a newly elected ANC councillor was shot and killed in of KwaZulu-Natal's hotspots, Izingolweni, and security has had to be beefed up again.Full Story...
Prince in the cold as ANC, DA reject deals 2006-03-06 12:34:43
The Democratic Alliance would rather team up with the ANC in Beaufort West than put Truman Prince back in power.Full Story...
ANC, DA mum on co-operation talks in W Cape 2006-03-05 16:00:51
The African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance are keeping their options open as to who they will co-operate with in tied municipalities in the Western Cape, most significantly the Cape Town metro.Full Story...
Local elections deserve an Oscar - Mbeki 2006-03-05 11:06:57
Although South Africa may not win an Oscar for the film Tsotsi, it deserved one for the municipal elections, President Thabo Mbeki has said in Pretoria.Full Story...
DA to challenge IEC about Tshwane poll result 2006-03-05 11:09:49
The Democratic Alliance says it will challenge some of the ward election results in the Tshwane Metropole citing alleged irregularities, a party statement has said.Full Story...
Man held for 'plot to assassinate Mbeki' sues 2006-03-05 12:50:11
The man arrested in 2003 for an alleged plot to assassinate President Thabo Mbeki has sued the state for more than R10-million in damages.Full Story...
ANC shocked by councillor's killing 2006-03-05 09:16:41
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has expressed its shock at the killing of a newly elected ANC ward councillor and two other men on the South Coast.Full Story...
ANC won't betray people's confidence - Mbeki 2006-03-04 16:13:26
The African National Congress will not disappoint the expectations of South Africans or betray their confidence in the party after the municipal election, President Thabo Mbeki has pledged.Full Story...
ANC makes clean sweep in Free State 2006-03-04 10:53:23
The African National Congress has taken 24 out of 25 of municipalities in the Free State, getting eighty percent or more of the votes in eight districts after the local government elections.Full Story...
ANC wins KZN after nail-biter 2006-03-04 12:41:59
The ANC has emerged victorious in KwaZulu-Natal in the municipal elections after a nail-biting tussle with its political rival, the Inkatha Freedom Party.Full Story...
De Lille spells it out - no coalitions 2006-03-04 11:05:49
Independent Democratic leader Patricia de Lille has reiterated her party's intention of not forming a coalition government in the Cape Town metropole, even though her party appears to hold the balance of power.Full Story...
ACDP calls for multi-party democracy in Cape 2006-03-04 16:10:54
The African Christian Democratic Party has called for a multi-party governance system in the Western Cape after no single party won an absolute majority in the local government elections in Cape Town.Full Story...
IFP wins KZN 2006-03-03 21:02:42
The Inkatha Freedom Party has won 44.40 percent of votes in KwaZulu-Natal, taking 663 seats after the local government elections.Full Story...
ANC claims Eastern Cape 2006-03-03 21:05:59
The African National Congress has had an easy victory in the Eastern Cape in the local government elections, attracting 81.74 percent of the votes to the Democratic Alliance's 7.64 percent.Full Story...
Resounding win for ANC in Gauteng 2006-03-03 21:07:37
The African National Congress had a resounding overall win in Gauteng in the local government elections, conceding only one council to another party.Full Story...
ANC outright-winner in Limpopo 2006-03-03 18:51:18
The African National Congress won all of the 25 municipalities in Limpopo, taking 16 with over 80 percent of the vote.Full Story...
Leon hails DA's performance in local poll 2006-03-03 17:27:27
The Democratic Alliance was the only opposition political party in the history of post-colonial Africa to improve on its results in election after election, leader Tony Leon has claimed.Full Story...
Landslide victory for ANC in Mpumalanga 2006-03-03 15:49:12
The African National Congress has decisively won the municipal election in Mpumalanga, taking nearly 81 percent of the vote over the Democratic Alliance's 10.43 percent.Full Story...
Khutsong pupils may have to give up holidays 2006-03-03 20:01:17
Secondary school pupils in Khutsong are waiting to find out if the recent protests which have disrupted their education will cost them 10 days of their school holidays.Full Story...
DA weighs its options in the Cape 2006-03-03 14:47:40
The Independent Democrats have refused to form a coalition with Democratic Alliance after it won the hotly contested Cape Town Metropole with too small a margin to run the city – and the DA may now seek to work with the ANC instead.Full Story...
Mushwana re-opens Oilgate probe 2006-03-03 14:04:17
New information has come to light, causing Public Protector Lawrence Mushwana to re-open the investigation into Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya's role in the Oilgate affair.Full Story...
Vote counting heads into final stretch 2006-03-03 14:14:48
Almost 97 percent of the votes cast in the local government election had been counted by noon on Friday, the Independent Electoral Commission said.Full Story...
DA wants to deliver in Cape Town 2006-03-03 15:18:22
Victorious in the Cape Town metro council, the Democratic Alliance has pledged to put service delivery at the top of the agenda.Full Story...
Cape Town faces a hung council 2006-03-03 12:27:39
The Democratic Alliance, with 42 percent of the vote, needs the 11 percent captured by the Independent Democrats to form a coalition government in Cape Town - but this proposal has been rejected by the ID leader Patricia de Lille.Full Story...
DA takes most Cape metro seats 2006-03-03 11:06:51
The Democratic Alliance has taken the most seats in the 210-seat Cape Town metro.Full Story...
ANC takes Pretoria 2006-03-03 11:04:29
The African National Congress has won 56,27 percent of the vote in the Tshwane Metro, with the Democratic Alliance winning 30,69 percent.Full Story...
Innocent passerby dies in Umlazi protest 2006-03-03 12:32:31
A political protest in Umlazi went horribly wrong when police allegedly opened fire on a crowd burning tyres, and fatally shot an innocent passerby.Full Story...
Cape Town comes down to horse-trading 2006-03-03 10:22:23
The ruling African National Congress is set for a crushing victory in local elections but it has lost its grip on Cape Town, where it has been beaten by the Democratic Alliance.Full Story...
North West result might come to a coin flip 2006-03-03 10:16:09
A flip of a coin might determine who gets a seat in the Ditsibotla Municipality in Lichtenburg in the North West.Full Story...
ANC on track for crushing election victory 2006-03-03 07:14:40
The African National Congress looks set to increase its support base by sweeping the board in the majority of municipalities after the local government elections.Full Story...
'Knysna put colour before sanity' 2006-03-03 09:31:15
In a pattern being repeated across the Western Cape, smaller parties and independents hold the balance of power between the ANC and DA in Knysna on the Garden Route.Full Story...
ID holds the key to Cape Town 2006-03-03 10:26:55
With more than 95 percent of the votes counted, the Democratic Alliance hung on to a slender lead over the African National Congress for control and the Independent Democrats emerged as kingmakers in the race for power in Cape Town.Full Story...
Infighting paralyses Cape Town's top team 2006-03-03 10:59:46
The City of Cape Town's top-level Ikhwezi management team is in turmoil, with members reportedly lodging formal complaints against city manager Wallace Mgoqi.Full Story...
Prince's party brings ANC down to earth 2006-03-03 12:12:46
The Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa and the ANC have won three wards each in the hotly contested Karoo town of Beaufort West - raising the question of whether the DA, which won the remaining ward, will form a coalition with one of them to tip the scales.Full Story...
DA seeks answers on alleged Koeberg sabotage 2006-03-03 00:05:49
The Democratic Alliance is planning to submit several parliamentary questions on government statements that the recent problems at the Koeberg nuclear power station in the Western Cape were the result of sabotage.Full Story...
Opposition leads as Cape Town counts ballots 2006-03-03 00:17:12
The official election results from the closely contested Cape Town metro council will be made known early on Friday morning, but the Democratic Alliance appears to be leading the race. Mariette le Roux reports...Full Story...
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