Month: May 2024
News24 | ‘Elections are never perfect,’ says IEC after losing ballot box
At a media briefing on Thursday evening, IEC general manager Granville Abrahams said a ballot box went missing in uMhlathuze, KwaZulu-Natal.
Continue ReadingNews24 | PROJECTION | ANC to lose outright majority: A breathtaking 15-percentage-point decline in support
The 2024 general election seems to be delivering on its promise of a potentially explosive outcome. Early projections show that the ANC is on course to lose its outright majority for the first time since 1994 - it is expected to decline to 42.3%.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ACT out: Magashule’s ambitions of taking over Free State a ‘far-fetched pipe dream’
The African Congress for Transformation (ACT), led by controversial former premier Ace Magashule, remains optimistic about taking over the Free State's governance.
Continue ReadingNews24 | WATCH | High hopes, high stakes as parties clash for control of Western Cape
Western Cape opposition parties believe the strong voter turnout in the province will go in their favour and boost their chances of eating into the DA's majority.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Election day violence: North West IEC official allegedly stabs colleague
Voting in the North West was disrupted at a voting station in Itsoseng, Potchefstroom, when an IEC official allegedly assaulted and stabbed a female colleague.
Continue ReadingNews24 | FRIDAY BRIEFING | 2024 elections: Voting for change
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.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Cape Town metro probes origins of one confirmed, another suspected case of rabies in two family dogs
The City of Cape Town is investigating a confirmed case of rabies and a second suspected case in Capri on the Cape Peninsula.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Proteas skipper Markram seeks to build on South Africa’s junior success at T20 World Cup
Aiden Markram has an advantage no other South African cricket captain has had before - he led a team to victory in a World Cup.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SA sprint star Akani Simbine upstages Olympic champ over 100m at Oslo Diamond League
South African Akani Simbine timed a season's best 9.94 seconds to upstage Italy's Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs over 100m at the Diamond League meet in Oslo
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