David Everatt News Today

Johannesburg - Talks to form South Africas first national coalition government are expected to begin this week after the governing ANC party lost i

In this week's Friday Briefing, we reflect on the transition the country is about to undergo as results flow from the Electoral Commission of South Africa's Results Operations Centre in Gallagher, Midrand.

Ruling African National Congress party could lose majority for first time since apartheid ended 30 years ago

In this week's Friday Briefing, we ask whether we can expect more of the same behaviour from the ANC if it remains in the Union Buildings after the 2024 elections.

Nearly 28 million South African registered voters will go to the polls on 29 May to elect more than 800 representatives to the national assembly

The country, which goes to the polls on May 29, made widespread improvements in its first 15 years of majority rule. The past 15 have been another story.

On the Gauteng election campaign trail, the writing on the wall for the ANC-EFF post-election agreement is straightforward.

In the heated prelude to South Africa's pivotal elections, the opposition's internal conflicts are intensifying.

Indications suggest that the DA majority is in trouble in the Western Cape and is at risk of losing its long-held, yet declining majority.

The EFF said it was time for South Africans to put an end to the “misery” they have suffered under the ruling party.