South Africa elections

South Africans voted in national and local elections on 29 May, exactly one year after Nigeria inaugurated its current president. Since 1994, this election ...

South Africa's election has decided little, other than the African National Congress that liberated the country from apartheid in 1994 has lost its 30-year ...

This marks a watershed feet in the journey of our inclusive and participatory democracy as espoused by the Electoral Amendment Act 1 of 2023. The completion of ...

South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has secured 159 out of 400 seats in the National Assembly in the country's 2024 general elections, ...

“These elections stand as testament to our vibrant and dynamic constitutional democracy and affirms our faith and confidence in our open democratic processes,” ...

South African President Ramaphosa has warned against violence and instability after the elections where ANC lost it's 30-year majority.

In 1994, the world watched with bated breath as South Africa emerged from the shadows of apartheid to embrace a new dawn of democracy.

The party of Nelson Mandela received 40% of the vote, losing its absolute majority. Poor performance and competition from breakaway parties forced the ...

JOHANNESBURG, June 3 (Reuters) - South Africa was on tenterhooks on Monday for the African National Congress to signal whom it will choose as a partner to ...

South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) party will not consider any demands from possible coalition partners that President Cyril Ramaphosa step down ...

Voters told the ruling party it can no longer rely on its revolutionary credentials and past accomplishments.

South Africans voted in national and local elections on May 29, exactly one year after Nigeria inaugurated its current president. Since 1994, this election ...

South Africa's ruling ANC will try to form a coalition after official election results confirmed it lost its majority.

The party brought to power in South Africa 30 years ago by Nelson Mandela has lost its mandate. Here's why, and what comes next.

Having dominated South Africa's political landscape for 30 years, the ANC now faces having to do a deal with its rivals.

As South Africa concludes a set of historic national elections, questions remain on how its democracy will fare in response to a new set of challenges.

Keshi, in an interview with ARISE NEWS on Monday, reported that the “ANC had lost its 30-year majority and dominance of South African politics since the end of ...

Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission for "Justice and Peace" of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Southern Africa (which brings together the ...

Having dominated South Africa's political landscape for 30 years, the ANC now faces having to do a deal with its rivals.

South African President and President of the African National Congress (ANC) Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his remarks in the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) ...

Alternatively, the ANC could work with two radical parties that broke away from it - former President Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party or Julius ...

Mohamed Cassimjee explores the outcome of South Africa's recent election, and the implications for the UK as the nation moves away from the ANC after 30 ...