1994 Elections News Today

When South Africa had its first democratic elections 30 years ago this weekend, it defied doomsayers who feared that apartheid would end not in a fairer, more peaceful dispensation, but in a bloodbath.

Outgoing ANC MP Boy Mamabolo says he is not discouraged after losing the first stage of his legal challenge against the governing party, accusing it of illegally removing his name from its parliament list.

EFF leader Julius Malema says MP Naledi Chirwa's significant drop on the party's parliament list was the democratic outcome of a selection of national candidates by the party's leadership.

During his eulogy to the late prince on Saturday, Ramaphosa applauded Buthelezis decision to participate in the 1994 elections, saying it reduced tensions in the country and contributed to peace.

A panel discussion looking into the newly signed electoral bill by President Cyril Ramaphosa that allows for individual candidates to stand for elections.

There was so much anticipation behind Giuliani's decision that TV stations interrupted regularly-scheduled programs to broadcast his press conference.

14 January 2021 - 15:37 Ugandans began voting in a tense election on Thursday under an internet blackout and heavy security. According to MTN Group, Uganda’s communications regulator ordered telecoms operators in the country to cut off all internet gateways until further notice a few days before election day. According to Reuters, Museveni claims the decision was taken because Facebook removed accounts that backed his political party, the National Resistance Movement. Political tensions ...