The UDM said the public is yearning for political parties that can bring solutions to South Africa’s problems.

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

COPE says SA must be careful of conflict with foreign countries and should thread carefully at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

Since 1996, the ANC has witnessed a number of breakaway parties being formed in South Africa to contest elections.

According to Steenhuisen, the African Christian Democratic Party, newly formed Xiluva, and the UDM “rejected the plea for cooperation”.

The ANC recently released a statement regarding opposition parties’ social media comments on the question time of President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Tweeps call out UDM president Bantu Holomisa for involving the late Shona Ferguson’s name in his Milpark hospital story.

The United Democratic Movement (UDM) has written to Ramaphosa asking for a multi-party committee to address township issues.

The wife of deceased former Nelson Mandela Bay mayor, Mongameli Bobani who was a UDM member, has now joined the ANC.

Tributes in honour of Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini poured in on Twitter following the news of his death on Friday morning.

The UDM says President Ramaphosa is “out of touch with the realities on the ground and that of the future”.

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the resolutions taken during the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC), as a measure to counter corruption

Bantu Holomisa suggests a caretaker government made up of civil society, be established until the 2024 elections to fight ANC corruption.

The United Democratic Movement Youth Vanguard (UDMYV) said the NCCC should go back to the drawing board regarding its lockdown regulations.

Following two brutal student killings at the University of Fort Hare in just one month, Udemwo has called for an urgent imbizo.

Maimane quit as the DA’s leader but would continue his work as an MP in parliament.

The matter has been postponed indefinitely.

Bobani says he’s being targeted for refusing to clear dodgy tenders.

The feisty Holomisa would not take a lashing from Berger laying down.

Politics in Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) is off the wall at the moment. Now, Mayor Mongameli Bobani is being accused of lying about an armed confrontation.

The ultimate test awaits Mboweni at the podium of the national assembly.

Members and supporters gathered at the Isaac Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth for the Manifesto Launch ahead of the 2019 elections.

The Isaac Wolfson stadium at KwaZakhele in Port Elizabeth has been chosen to accommodate members and supporters today.

These are the names of those who may have to answer for their involvement in looting VBS Mutual Bank.

The new mayor spoke at an Integrated Development Plan (IDP) meeting at the Nangoza Jebe Hall in New Brighton.

“You are illegitimate” – A brief statement from Athol Trollip on Mongameli Bobani has turned heads for its sheer brutality.

Maimane says the ‘coalition of corruption’ between the EFF and ANC is an attack on South African values.

Speaking at a press conference, organised to address issues with Trollip’s removal, Maimane labelled the motion of no confidence a ‘sham’, supported by a ‘coalition of corruption’.

Eastern Cape DA leader Nqaba Bhanga has explained why the vote to oust Athol Trollip simply shouldn’t be allowed to stand.

Opposition councillors have a combined 61 seats compared to the Democratic Alliance’s 59, and they are dead-set on having Trollip removed.

South Africans love to take things to the next level.

General my general!

Bad blood runs deep between the pair.

Now this seems very fair…

Bantu Holomisa believes the wheels are in motion for an unscrupulous power change

Two very divided camps are waiting on one very momentous decision. It could all end in tears…

The tension in the metro seems to finally have reached boiling point.

Finally, what will the court do?

Many think Monday is “D day”.

Say what now?

In a small initial victory, the Constitutional Court has granted the UDM access to argue that a secret ballot vote can be allowed in the National Assembly, but the timeline conflicts with next Tuesday’s scheduled debate and vote of no confidence in Zuma.

If at first, you don’t succeed…

Opposition parties were left scratching their heads following the announcement that el presidente had been granted a loan by on VBS bank to pay for the non-security upgrades to his Nkandla home.

The Democratic Alliance might have lost out on a coalition with the Economic Freedom Fighters, but that didn’t stop them from making a similar arrangement with several other parties.

The EFF donated R1m to the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union’s (Amcu) Marikana trust fund, EFF leader Julius Malema announced during the Marikana commemoration in the North West on Tuesday.

Almost all opposition parties have decided to stay away on Zuma’s second consecutive day in parliamentary, which might suit him just fine as there’ll be no one to ask him any difficult questions.

Roelf Meyer, who served as Minister of Constitutional Development and Provincial Affairs in Nelson Mandela’s cabinet, has said that the Economic Freedom Fighters are the biggest beneficiaries of Zuma’s refusal to call it a day.

For the first time since the end of the struggle, opposition parties are banding together for a common purpose; the removal of a disgraced ANC leadership.

Campaigning is in full swing across South Africa and some believe that the 2016 LGE will be a game changer for both the ruling party and opposition… take our poll and let us know who’s got your vote.

The results from the votes are coming in, and while they may hold some small surprises for new players like the EFF it looks like much of the next five years is going to be business as usual

The ANC might just be the all-out winner as well as the biggest loser of the upcoming national election in South Africa on Wednesday. But to what extent are voting patterns likely to change or remain the same in what commentators have called the most exciting election in twenty years?