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.
Standing on the lawn of the Union Buildings on 27 April 2014, President Jacob Zuma proudly said it had been 20 years since the dawn of freedom and democracy. As he addressed the crowd on the occasion of this year’s Freedom Day celebrations, thoughts inevitably turned to the momentous happenings of 27 April 1994, when South Africans came out in their millions, forming long queues in villages, townships and suburbs, to cast their votes for the first time.
Pretoria - As millions of voters around the country will queue to cast their votes on Wednesday, the South African Weather Service has predicted fine weather conditions for the day.
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will send three ministers to represent South Africa at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa Summit, the Presidency said on Monday.
Pretoria - Government has welcomed the various international election observer missions in the country ahead of the 2014 National and Provincial Elections, scheduled for tomorrow.
Pretoria - Security force deployments will over the next two days intensify to ensure that the 2014 general election takes place peacefully and safely.
Pretoria - Today’s start of special votes at voting stations and home visits had been a good systems and readiness check which had gone very well, says IEC Chairperson Advocate Pansy Tlakula.
Pretoria - The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has printed and distributed 62.8 million ballot papers for May 7 General Elections, IEC Chairperson Pansy Tlakula announced on Monday.
Pretoria - The country’s 22 263 voting stations will open on schedule at 7am on Wednesday in anticipation of 25.39 million voters, who have registered to vote, says IEC Chairperson Advocate Pansy Tlakula.
