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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.

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.

SA thanked for voting

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

IEC boss: We have done well

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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.

EFF may become official opposition in some provinces

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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.

ANC nets 59.7% of counted votes

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

Parties show off colours at results centre

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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.

ROC geared up for first day of results

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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.

Govt satisfied at peaceful elections

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

ANC takes the lead

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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.

Election results pour in

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