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South Africa: IEC's Results Centre Ready to Count
SAnews.gov.za, 7 May 2014
The Independent Electoral Commission's (IEC) national Results Operations Centre (ROC) is ready to count the millions of votes that are being cast in the country's fifth democratic… Read more »
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South Africa: Ruling ANC Expected to Lose Ground in Elections
DW, 6 May 2014
Ahead of presidential elections in South Africa, many voters have been expressing dissatisfaction with the performance of the ruling African National Congress (ANC). Analysts… Read more »
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South Africa: Voting Going Smoothly West of Pretoria
SAnews.gov.za, 7 May 2014
IEC officials have reported that voting in Atteridgeville, west of Pretoria, is continuing smoothly with no incidents reported so far. Read more »
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South Africa: Government Urges South Africans to Vote
Govt of SA, 7 May 2014
Government calls on all South Africans, especially young and first-time voters, to exercise their democratic right to vote. Read more »
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South Africa: Voting Gets Off to a Smooth Start
SAnews.gov.za, 7 May 2014
A large number of voting stations have opened across the country without any hiccups, says Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Chief Electoral Officer, Mosotho Moepya. Read more »
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South Africa: Government Welcomes Smooth Start to Elections
SAnews.gov.za, 7 May 2014
Government has welcomed the update provided by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) that shows that the 2014 General Elections are "well organised and proceeding peacefully". Read more »
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South Africa: President Zuma Makes His Mark
SAnews.gov.za, 7 May 2014
President Jacob Zuma has cast his vote at Ntolwane Primary School in KwaNxamalala, near his birthplace in Nkandla, in KwaZulu-Natal. Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa's Elections - a Hollow Victory for the ANC?
Chatham House, 6 May 2014
The African National Congress (ANC) will win a majority in South Africa's presidential and parliamentary elections on 7 May but it will be a hollow victory and usher in a period of… Read more »
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South Africa: Why Some South Africans Are Voting 'No!'
African Arguments, 6 May 2014
South Africans take to the polls tomorrow in the country's fifth democratic elections since the end of apartheid. But, unlike 1994, the mood is far from celebratory - 20 years on… Read more »
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South Africa: South Africans to Vote Wednesday
VOA, 6 May 2014
South Africa's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is fully prepared to administer the national and provincial elections on Wednesday, says Kate Bapela. Read more »
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South Africa: South Africa - Views From the Left
AfricaFocus, 5 May 2014
No one doubts that the ANC will win this week's election in South Africa, as it has the four previous democratic elections beginning in 1994. But it is also clear that… Read more »