South Africa

Pretoria - Counting in the national and provincial elections has passed the halfway mark on the first day of counting.

Pretoria – Government has thanked South Africans for casting their votes on Wednesday in what it has described as a successful 2014 General Election.

Pretoria – Just weeks before South Africans were to cast their votes, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) was faced with a potential crisis when its chairperson Pansy Tlakula was embroiled in a tender controversy which ended up in court.

Pretoria – The Congress of the People and IFP are likely to be the biggest losers in the 2014 General Election and Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters may become the official opposition in few of the country’s provinces, a political analyst is predicting.

Pretoria - By 9am the African National Congress was leading in the votes with over 2 870 576 (59.72%) nationally.

Pretoria - Politicians showed off their party colours at the National Results Operations Centre in Pretoria this morning as the focus shifted from voting to the results of the country’s national and provincial elections.

Pretoria - The national Results Operation Centre (ROC) is a hive of activity early on Thursday, the first day following the country’s fifth democratic elections.

Pretoria – Government says it is satisfied that the 2014 General Elections were peaceful and took place in an atmosphere of political tolerance.

Pretoria – The African National Congress is still leading with over two million votes as election results continued to come in at the IEC results centre in Pretoria.

Pretoria - Ten hours after voting stations closed in the fifth democratic election in South Africa, over 28 percent of the votes have been counted.

Pretoria - The national Results Operation Centre (ROC) is a hive of activity early on Thursday, the first day following the country’s fifth democratic elections.

Pretoria – The results of the 2014 general elections have started pouring in at the National Results Operating Centre in Pretoria.

Pretoria – Vote counting in the 2014 general election has begun, with the polls having closed at 9pm on Wednesday.

Pretoria – Voting stations around the country have closed after millions of South Africans took part in what many have billed as the most exciting election since 1994.

Pretoria - Voting is proceeding smoothly at the country’s 22 363 voting stations, Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) chairperson Adv Pansy Tlakula said on Wednesday.