South Africa

Soweto - Voters have begun queuing at polling stations around historic Soweto in Johannesburg to cast their ballots in the country's fifth democratic elections.

Pretoria – The Independent Electoral Commission’s provincial electoral officer in KwaZulu-Natal, Mawethu Mosery, says the IEC has set up a temporary voting station in Mandlazini near Richards Bay.

Pretoria - All Home Affairs offices across the country will be open today to accommodate those who need the necessary documents to vote.

Pretoria – Voting stations across the country have opened and the long-awaited 2014 general elections are underway.

Pretoria – As the sun rises this chilly Wednesday morning, many South Africans are already out and about, heading to the polls, to exercise their democratic right to elect the country’s fifth government.

Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) says it is in “pretty good shape, ready and prepared” for Election Day which kicks off at voting stations across the country tomorrow morning.

Pretoria – With less than 20 hours to go before South Africans head to the polls in the country’s fifth democratic elections, SAnews explains what to expect at voting stations.

Pretoria – The Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini has called on the international community, the African Union and the Nigerian government to do whatever it can to liberate the 230 school girls kidnapped in Nigeria.

Pretoria - Preparations for the country’s fifth democratic elections are firmly in place with the Free State and the Eastern Cape ready for the thousands of South Africans who are expected to cast their votes.

Pretoria - The Department of Basic Education has noted the court ruling made today at the North Gauteng High Court on the delivery of textbooks in Limpopo.

Pretoria - Political parties registered to contest tomorrow’s general election have between now and midnight to stretch their final electioneering.

Pretoria - The Mpumalanga Department of Education has reached an 80.1% pass mark following the release of the results of the supplementary examinations by Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga.

Pretoria – Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Lechesa Tsenoli has called on South Africans to turn out in their numbers for tomorrow’s general election.

Johannesburg - Former president Thabo Mbeki was among the South Africans who cast their special votes, on Tuesday, at his Johannesburg home.

Johannesburg – Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane has joined many other South Africans in casting their special votes.