General elections 2024
From breaking news to hard-hitting analysis and multimedia content: we bring you everything you need to know about South Africa's upcoming general elections
LATEST NEWS
SABC won't flight DA's advert depicting a burning South African flag
The SABC's decision is detailed in a letter to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) signed ...
ANC’s historical dominance in KZN can’t be attributed to Zuma: Mantashe
The ANC’s historical dominance in KwaZulu-Natal cannot be solely attributed to the party’s former leader Jacob Zuma.
Jabulani Khumalo distances MK Party from Zuma ConCourt case amid forged ...
Khumalo says neither Zuma ‘nor his representatives’ have authority to litigate on behalf of the party
I’m no ANC member, says Doctor Khumalo after being spotted on campaign ...
'Campaigning is like luring and telling people to vote for a particular party and I was not doing that,' says Doctor ...
Lebo M lambastes DA for 'distasteful' advertisement: 'It’s difficult to ...
"I find it disgusting there has been no apology from anyone to the people of South Africa."
POLL | Will the IEC vs Zuma MK Party ConCourt battle be concluded before ...
Will the ConCourt deliver its judgment in the IEC vs MK Party and Jacob Zuma matter before May 29?
Rise Mzansi marches in Durban over water crisis
Rise Mzansi KwaZulu-Natal premier candidate Nonkululeko Hlongwane says the party will not work with the ANC should it ...
'I am a born again,' MK Party's Bonginkosi Khanyile says as he puts brakes ...
A month after the MK Party removed Bonginkosi Khanyile as interim youth leader when he threatened disruption of the May ...
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla on MK Party: 'My father is the head and I am the ...
With Jabulani Khumalo ousted as Jacob Zuma’s second-in-command in the MK Party, attention is being focused on his ...
Eastern Cape ANC leaders help bolster party’s fight in Western Cape
Delegation visits province to engage with communities, taxi bosses as well as Khoi and San leaders
Research explores how disillusioned ANC supporters might use their vote
Negative attitudes towards the ruling party have depressed its vote tallies, increased abstention and widened potential ...
Ramaphosa says 30-year Review Report will help SA achieve NDP vision
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the 30 Years of Democracy Review Report was produced as a tribute to the people who ...
ConCourt order on Zuma's parliament eligibility vital for free & fair ...
The Electoral Commission of South Africa says a timely judgment by the Constitutional Court on Jacob Zuma's eligibility ...
ActionSA confirms leaders found safe hours after hijacking
ActionSA Gauteng chair Funzi Ngobeni and the chair of the party's youth forum, Hluphi Gafane, have been found safe ...
ANC has many 'potholes' to fix, says Sexwale
The former Gauteng premier says he is aware of the blunders the party has made, both in government and within its ...
ANC will come out of elections victorious like a ‘wounded tiger’, says ...
The party’s first deputy SG cast doubt on the validity of polling that forecasts a drubbing for the ruling party on May ...
Treasonous & despicable, says Ramaphosa as 'DA burns national flag'
President Cyril Ramaphosa has labelled the DA campaign advert depicting a burning South African flag as “treasonous and ...
Zizi Kodwa wants to take steps against DA for its 'burning flag' TV ad
Sport, arts and culture minister Zizi Kodwa says he is considering further steps to take against the “abhorrent and ...
Mbalula says R350 SRD grant will be converted to basic income grant
As election campaigning reaches fever pitch, the ANC has committed to converting the R350-a-month social relief of ...
Police top brass warn cops to be ‘apolitical and neutral’ during elections
With just three weeks to go before the hotly contested elections, KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla ...
Nelson Mandela Bay mayor not missing, chief of staff confirms
Chief of staff says Gary van Niekerk has been busy with service delivery projects
LISTEN | Vote, don’t sip: Malema says no drunkards on May 29
EFF leader Julius Malema says voters should not be tempted by alcohol on election day but prioritise the polls.
ANC is in trouble, all leaders must help: Tokyo Sexwale on campaign trail
ANC veteran and former Gauteng premier Tokyo Sexwale joined the ANC election campaign in Katlehong, Ekurhuleni, on ...
Zuma's daughter — 'Jabulani Khumalo has declared himself an enemy'
The rejection of MK Party founder Jabulani Khumalo's proposal to mend fences with former president Jacob Zuma has ...
DA seeks to allow importation of cheap used cars
Opponents say this would destroy vehicle manufacturing in South Africa and cost thousands of jobs.
The right of a person to vote freely in democratic elections, to express him or herself without hindrance, to gather and associate as one wishes, to move freely in one’s land – these are precious freedoms that lift the human spirit and give expression to our God-given rights.Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
OPINION & ANALYSIS
OLIVER DICKSON | Both the ANC and DA are stoking fires that burn SA's ...
Not quite a brilliant campaign but the message is quite clear — our dreams are up in flames
TOM EATON | The ANC channels its inner Baldrick and has a cunning plan
From roping in Thabo Mbeki to asking diplomats to break the law, this too shall pass
Time of dead snakes, wolves and sheep
You know a battle is really on when ANC head honchos start talking of each other in animalistic terms.
MAT CUTHBERT | A revitalised, nonracial DA is set to catch voters
The DA circa 2019 was trying to out-ANC the ANC, playing the dangerous game of identity politics rather than setting ...
EDITORIAL | Dialogue has saved our country before, and can do so again
The post-1994 national arrangement has come under increasing strain, affecting social cohesion and jeopardising the ...
Mampara of the week: Makhosi Khoza
This week’s Mampara was once highly regarded as an anti-corruption crusader who resigned from the ANC in protest ...
LINDIWE MAZIBUKO | Young new voters need to see ticks turn into jobs
Young new voters need to see ticks turn into jobs, writes Lindiwe Mazibuko.
BARNEY MTHOMBOTHI | Ramaphosa has appeased Zuma for years, allowing the ...
And now he’s turned the guns on them, so to speak, delivering some of the most telling blows of any ANC critic, writes ...
PETER BRUCE | The fear factor and a desperate hunt for friends
As is the case everywhere, South African politics hover between a triad of indifference, confidence and, mainly, ...
MMUSI MAIMANE | Bosa is the umbrella under which all can unite and thrive
Vision, ideas and needs are central, not identity, writes Mmusi Maimane.
TOM EATON | Eskom’s sudden generosity might be the ANC’s light at the end ...
The past five weeks may brighten the ANC’s prospects of dragging itself over to 51%
BHEKISISA OP-ED | Should your party save you from floods? Some voters ...
With 4.2-billion people in 50 countries — almost half the world’s population — voting for their next governments this ...
LUCKY MATHEBULA | What should we make of the uMkhonto we Sizwe trademark ...
The MK Party victory, from whatever angle you choose to relate with it, is the subversion of RSA heritage trapped in ...
TOM EATON | Illuminati or just nutty? Five weeks until the polls and it’s ...
Whether politicians have spoken to God or secret societies, peculiar beliefs will flourish
TOM EATON | KZN voters need to choose wisely — they face the possibility ...
Predicting the outcomes of elections is difficult unless they’re happening in Russia or Zimbabwe
ONKGOPOTSE JJ TABANE | The IEC is endangering the upcoming poll
Why is the IEC testing fate and in the process endangering an election as historic as the May 29 poll?
TOM EATON | Fly your flag, Msholozi — I want to see who salutes
Zuma and the MK party present a perfect opportunity to check whether liberal assumptions about the popularity of ...
TOM EATON | Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake
The DA has unintentionally invited the ANC, EFF and MK to join it in wrenching the election away from the calm ...
EDITORIAL | Give Hlabisa a chance, let him be on all IFP campaign material
IFP seems to be struggling in these elections to move on from founder Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi
TOM EATON | Trying to swallow the alphabet soup of political parties
Every party to its own, the lead up to the elections promises different strokes for different folks
JJ TABANE | Can the DA rescue SA and free itself from its white-party ...
John Steenhuisen has opened the door for the ANC to partner with the EFF, resulting in the very ‘doomsday scenario’ he ...
EDITORIAL | Our forefathers fought hard for the privilege to vote, don’t ...
If you are unhappy with where you find yourself in South Africa today, use your vote to send a message
TOM EATON | Stand by for strange, unhinged statements ahead of the ...
Anyone who believes the EFF could administer a R100bn sovereign wealth fund for the good of all South Africans is ...
On May 29, we cannot allow ourselves to fall silent. This is the day South Africa will go to the polls for the 2024 national and provincial elections, as announced by the presidency on Tuesday, after consultations with the Independent Electoral Commission. It is the day on which every South African 18 and older should make their voice heard.TimesLIVE Premium Editorial
LISTEN ARTICLES
LISTEN | Vote, don’t sip: Malema says no drunkards on May 29
EFF leader Julius Malema says voters should not be tempted by alcohol on election day but prioritise the polls.
LISTEN | Western Cape led by 'witches', says Mbalula, 'give ANC a chance'
Western Cape must vote ANC or miss out on ANC-government benefits, says party's secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula.
LISTEN | Let's get criminals out of the ANC: Mbeki has not buried the ...
Former ANC president Thabo Mbeki says he has not put his grievances aside with the party, which “will have to get the ...
LISTEN | Malema changes tune on vote rigging as elections loom
EFF leader Julius Malema claims load-shedding will be implemented when vote counting starts and votes will be stolen.
PODCAST | Zuma is out for revenge and has nothing to lose
Zuma feels wronged by corruption allegations, is out for revenge against his successor and will wreak havoc, we hear in ...
LISTEN | 'Whoever becomes president must not have a bloated cabinet' — ...
Chris Hani's widow Limpho says whoever becomes president after the May 29 general elections should not have a bloated ...
LISTEN | Malema prepared to offer EFF votes to ANC but with one condition ...
With less than two months to go before the May 29 elections, EFF leader Julius Malema says he is prepared to give the ...