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Small parties committed to work with ANC

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Pretoria – Although some small political parties are disappointed about the outcome of the election results, they have committed themselves to work with the ANC, in changing peoples’ lives.

Three new parties make it to Parliament

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Pretoria - Results streaming in at the Independent Electoral Commission's (IEC) Results Operations Centre, indicate that three new political parties will take up seats in Parliament, following the 2014 General Elections.

Political parties await final results

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Pretoria – As the voting results continue to trickle in at the national Results Operations Centre (ROC) in Pretoria, party representatives are waiting patiently for the final results on how their parties had fared.

ANC holding on to victory

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Pretoria - The ANC has garnered 10 287 024 of the votes cast in the country’s fifth democratic elections, bringing its percentage of the votes to 62.50% early on Friday.

President Zuma visits IEC results centre

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Pretoria – The national Results Operations Centre (ROC) was a hive of activity when President Jacob Zuma, the leader of the African National Congress (ANC), did a walkabout through the elections nerve centre on Thursday night.

Steady progress made in ballot counting

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Pretoria – Results for 70% the country’s voting districts are now in, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) announced on Thursday evening.

Vote counting: Political parties hold cards close to chest

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Pretoria – By lunchtime on Thursday – after the IEC had announced that half of all votes had been counted – analysts and political party leaders were still keeping their cards close to their chest on how they thought their parties would fare once the last votes get counted.

ANC satisfied with results in W-Cape

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Pretoria – As preliminary election results show a landslide victory for the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Western Cape, its rivals the ANC, has conceded defeat in that province, with the party saying, it could have done more to win the hotly contested province.

Home Affairs issues over 47 800 IDs

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Pretoria - A total of 47 809 green bar-coded IDs were issued during the voter registration weekends in November 2013 and February 2014, says the Department of Home Affairs.

Armed robbers cornered in Limpopo

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Pretoria - Election-centred police operations in Limpopo, which ensured a safe voting environment for communities, have resulted in the arrest of five armed robbers who have been on the police’s radar for the past few months.

IEC pleased with vote rate capture

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Pretoria - With 7.55 million votes having been counted so far, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Thursday afternoon said it was happy with the rate of vote capture.

Premier applauds voters for taking part in elections

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Pretoria - North West Premier Thandi Modise has applauded voters who came out in their numbers to exercise their democratic right in the national and provincial elections held on Wednesday.

Vote counting expected to be completed today

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Pretoria – As the results of the 2014 General Elections continue to trickle in at the National Results Operating Centre (ROC) in Pretoria, the provincial results centres are optimistic that all the votes would be captured and audited by the end of the day.