Elections 2019

The latest news from Elections 2019

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Use our interactive maps and results table to see how South Africans are voting in the 2019 National and Provincial ...

All the leaders in this year's election

Leaders of the political parties. Parties in alphabetical order. From left (Row 1): African Alliance of Social ...

WATCH | My wife is in labour, but I'm voting

The first person to queue to vote at East London City Hall was 32-year-old Jalil Abbas, who arrived there at 5.30am, ...

Timeline: Cope's floundering founder Mosiuoa ...

Could Mosiuoa Lekota be falling and his political system collapsing?

By Unathi Nkanjeni

'I'm still IFP president and I'm returning to ...

IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi has confirmed that he will return to parliament as an MP in the newly-elected National ...

By ANDISIWE MAKINANA

WATCH | 'I take full responsibility for the outcome of this election': ...

DA leader Mmusi Maimane has taken full responsibility for the party’s poor showing at recent general elections.

By Andisiwe Makinana

Post-victory showdown looms for ANC

An emboldened President Cyril Ramaphosa will face off with detractors in the ANC tomorrow at a special meeting of the ...

By RANJENI MUNUSAMY and QAANITAH HUNTER

14 of the 48 parties that contested the elections to serve in National ...

Despite a record of 48 parties contesting the national elections, only 14 of them will serve in the National Assembly.

By Qaanitah Hunter

IEC will ‘vigorously’ oppose legal action by disgruntled parties

The Electoral Commission (IEC) says it will "vigorously" oppose any legal action aimed at interfering in the conduct of ...

By TimesLIVE

Eastern Cape election results


OPINION

Storm disaster an acid test for Bhisho

This week thousands of people, particularly in the impoverished rural areas of this province, will be trying to clean ...

By ADRIENNE CARLISLE

Stats SA stands by jobless data as calls for review mount

Capitec and Primaresearch spark debate by suggesting employment in informal sector may be understated

Kabelo Khumalo
Companies & Markets Editor

Mthatha’s deteriorating stadium stands at a crossroads

South Africa made history 15 years ago when it became the first African country to host “the biggest spectacle on ...

By CHERI JAMES

Answers needed from municipalities on irregular expenditure

Recurrent irregular, wasteful and fruitless expenditure in municipalities is no longer news.

By DISPATCH CORRESPONDENT

Fumbling Safa leadership in sharp contrast to success on the field

SA football again hogged the headlines for all the wrong reasons when its leadership was grilled in parliament for a ...

By MESULI ZIFO

National election results 2019

THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE

A limited podcast series exploring the data behind the elections, pulling out the stories we didn't know were there. In this episode we take a closer look at gender and the so-called gender divide in the electorate:


With SA elections around the corner, make sure that you are registered and ready. Unsure about some things? Here are some of the most-asked questions answered by Business Times reporter Mudiwa Gavaza!