The DA says the 2024 Budget has no solution to make sure than the lights remain on and to curb the wasteful expenditure of public funds.

South Africa plans to hike taxes and increase spending on social grants as it heads towards general elections in May 2024.

The Electoral Commission has welcomed the announcement that the 2024 general elections will be held on 29 May 2024.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared Wednesday, 29 May 2024 as the date for South Africa’s seventh national elections since 1994.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared Wednesday, 29 May 2024 as the date for South Africa’s seventh national elections.

The 2024 SA national elections coincide with country’s 30-year anniversary of democracy and freedom, says Ramaphosa.

Under ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa, radical socio-economic transformation is as good as dead in the water, says analyst.

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa’s popularity is an advantage for the ANC, says the party’s head of lections Mdumiseni Ntuli.

ANC national spokesperson says they reject the DA’s “fevered speculation” regarding the party’s cadre development policy.

The ANC took three years to hand over the cadre deployment records according to DA and it took the Constitutional Court force the hand over.

UDM new member Mthunzi Mdwaba says he joined the UDM because for many years it has stood on the right side of history,

The ANC has challenged the ‘unlawful’ registration of former president Jacob Zuma’s MK party with the Independent Electoral Commission.

Change Start Now leader Roger Jardine says South Africa is like a country that needs to recover from a major war.

The distribution of food parcels during election campaigns is a tactic that preys upon the vulnerable in society, the AFP said.

Rise Mzansi said Main Street gave it R1m and InJozi Design and Kairo Communications, contributed R160,000 and R559,000 respectively,

South African model Babalwa Mneno, popularly known as Blackbarbielish, has gushed at Economic Freedom Fighters leader Mbuyiseni Ndlozi.

The MK party could attract as much as half of the ANC’s support in KZN province, according to the Social Research Foundation.

The DA is on a rapid decline and losing voters in Johannesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni and Cape Town according to data.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday he was going to stick to the deadline of 15 days and announce the election date.

EFF leader Julius Malema says there’s no justifiable reason for the delay as Ramaphosa announced the 2019 Sona.

EFF leader Julius Malema says former Eskom chief executives Matshela Koko and Brian Molefe are waiting in the wings to be deployed.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says to critics, it doesn’t matter that more people have access to clean running water and healthcare services.

DA chief whip Siviwe Gwarube says Ramaphosa is claiming credit for the successes of his predecessors and not much about his own legacy.

The report says the EFF’s approach to economic freedom relied heavily on populist measures and impractical policies.

Gauteng currently remains the province with the biggest voting population, followed by KwaZulu-Natal then the Eastern Cape.

The IFP says it has pushed for years for the role, powers and functions of traditional leaders to be defined in legislation.

ANC MP Cameron Dugmore says cadre deployment was the only policy to drive transformation in the public sector and the DA is also using it.

Load shedding will be a big talking point going into this year’s elections, opposition parties are using it as an election weapon.

The MK party could reduce the ANC’s electoral support in KwaZulu-Natal in half in the 2024 elections according to latest poll.

The ANC was ordered to hand over all meeting minutes, CVs and Whatsapp discussions relating to cadre deployment overseen by Ramaphosa.

EFF leader Julius Malema says 40% of their candidates selected for Parliament must be the youth and 50% must be women.

The DA and IFP would bring good governance in South Africa because they have experience says Phumlani Majozi.

South Africa’s leading opposition party said on Monday it had asked authorities to charge the country’s deputy president with corruption.

ANC Eastern Cape chairperson Oscar Mabuyane says the party is confident in the work they have done ahead of the 2024 general elections.

The DA says Paul Mashatile’s son-in-law allegedly benefited from state tenders while owing millions to the Gauteng Human Settlements.

The DA’s manifesto will focus on cutting wasteful spending, fixing the electricity crisis through privatisation and economic growth.

Julius Malema has accused the ruling ANC of neglecting the country’s ills as he launched the party’s electoral campaign.

EFF leader Julius Malema says they plan to provide free electricity up to 200 kWh per month to poor households.

EFF leader Julius Malema, laid says our true liberation cannot be postponed any longer; the masses need jobs now.

Thousands of EFF supporters have gathered at Moses Mabhida stadium to hear Malema’s solutions to the many problems facing the country.

The EFF manifesto launch at the Moses Mabhida stadium is expected to draw more than 60,000 supporters on Saturday.

The EFF 2024 election manifesto is expected to promise relief from electricity shortages and unemployment.

Thousands of EFF members and supporters are expected to travel from across KZN and fill up Moses Mabhida Stadium.

Opposition political parties have slammed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2024 State of the Nation Address saying it was full of empty promises.

Numerous opposition parties have been calling on the estimated two million South Africans living, working or studying abroad to register and vote in the upcoming general election.

The EFF may get 18% of the votes in the 2024 elections, according to a poll. Can they become the official opposition?

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said an end to crippling power cuts was “within reach” in a key speech ahead of elections this year.

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday give his most important state of the nation address.

The IFP beat the ANC which came second-place while uMkhonto Wesizwe party won just under one-fifth of the vote to finish third.

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba says the legacy of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s time in office was one of unemployment, crime and load-shedding.

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya, says there was no expectation to make the announcement during Sona.

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Parliament has introduced a new set of joint rules designed to regulate proceedings during Thursday’s State of the Nation address.

With the 2024 State of the Nation Address taking place on Thursday, 8 February, the City of Cape Town has confirmed numerous road closures.

Change is Now leader Roger Jardine says he believed the lack of investment and joblessness were at the heart of the country’s instability.

Chris Pappas doesn’t look like a typical politician in South Africa’s key electoral battleground, the province of KwaZulu-Natal.

The 2024 general elections may be held on Wednesday, 8 May if the previous year’s elections date pattern continues.

The coalition of smaller opposition parties, faith-based and civil society groups will provide lower-end contestation.

The voter’s interest poll found that the ANC would get only 39% of the votes if the elections were held tomorrow.

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Support for the ANC is expected to drop to 48%, from 57% five years ago, according to a survey of 14 analysts.

The IEC has provided a brief of how the second voter registration weekend went ahead of the highly anticipated 2024 elections.

South African politicians were trying to mobilise their supporters on Saturday, the last chance for citizens to register to vote before an imminent announcement of general elections.

The IEC says an impressive 304 221 voters visited voting stations nationwide, of these 55 019 were registering for the first time.

The ANC has suspended the membership of eThekwini Municipality councillor and ANC regional executive member Siphiwe Mpungose.

The Multiparty Charter says people are sick and tired of what is happening in South Africa under the ruled of the ANC.

The IEC will hold a second general registration weekend drive scheduled for this coming weekend 3 and 4 February.

Malema says Ramaphosa must announce the election date for elections ‘so we can plan his democratic removal effectively and immediately’.

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Ramaphosa says talks on basic income grants should continue as South Africa grapples with a 31.9% unemployment rate.

South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma was suspended from the ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Monday.

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Inmates in South African correctional facilities can register to vote in the 2024 elections from Tuesday, 30 January.

IEC chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo says overseas based voters are encouraged to register using the online portal facility.

The Commission says an online registration facility will be used for the first time in South Africa to enable overseas voter to register.

KZN will be a significant election battlefield of the 2024 elections with the EFF, ANC and IFP fighting over votes.

The Electoral Amendment Bill is problematic and a potential threat to democracy says independent electoral analyst Michael Atkins.

The youth is urged to vote in the upcoming elections as it was revealed that over 6 million did not register to vote yet.

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The DA’s Lewis-Hill says the economic legacy of Apartheid is etched into the landscape of every city and town in the country.

THE IEC says a plan is in place to overcome the challenges experienced during November 2023’s voter registration weekend.

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis will be the guest speaker at a function at the London School of Economics on Tuesday, 23 January.

DA says the Multi-Party Charter which will finally deliver enough votes and parliamentary seats to remove ANC and keep EFF out.

BLF president Andile Mngxitama says his party and MK share common ideologies when it comes to radical economic transformation (RET).

The family of the late Peter Dambuza says Jacob Zuma is mischievous and crude in his attempts to distort the late ANC stalwart’s values.

Jacob Zuma’s recent 15 month jail sentence has rendered him ineligible to contest for office for Umkhonto Wesizwe until 2029.

The lack of voter education is excluding black females mainly in service industries and there is no provision by the IEC, according to SARA.