While visiting the KwaZulu-Natal IEC results centre a day after the country voted, Minister in the Presidency Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said the ANC had worked hard to ensure it would continue leading.

Twenty people have been arrested in KwaZulu-Natal on allegations of “double voting”.

EWN's Nthakoana Ngatane gives an update on developments from the KwaZulu-Natal results operation centre, where 18.0 % of votes have been counted so far.

IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi cast his vote without his wife for the first time on 8 May. Princess Irene Audrey Thandekile Buthelezi died in March this year. The prince voted in his hometown, Ulundi, in KwaZulu-Natal.

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane says his party is concerned about the integrity of the elections. He was addressing DA supporters in Durban ahead of election day on 8 May.

On the eve of election day, Premier Willies Mchunu went on a tour of the results centre in Durban where he said the deployment of the military in the province was to ensure that South Africans are safe when they vote on Wednesday.

ANC KwaZulu-Natal provincial chairperson Sihle Zikalala said the demands of municipal workers who went on strike last week had been taken to the bargaining council and would be dealt with swiftly.

Ntombifuthi Masinga of the IEC in KwaZulu-Natal says voting continued in areas affected by protests, including in Umlazi where 102,453 applications for special votes were approved.

The IEC in KZN is all set for the two days of special voting that starts on Monday while the eThekwini Metro Police Department is taking no chances and have deployed around Durban's city hall, where the special voting will take place, in their numbers.

The president closed the 2019 Africa Travel Indaba, saying he believes tourism hasn’t yet reached its potential to attract foreign direct investment or to help SMMEs.

EFF leader Julius Malema says the governing party has done nothing for the people of Alexandra. The Economic Freedom Fighters hosted a Workers’ Day rally in Alexandra where thousands flocked to celebrate the day.

Twenty-five years of democracy is a milestone that South Africans are grappling to understand. Eyewitness News spoke to 50-year-old South Africans, who have lived half their lives in apartheid and the other half in democracy, for some perspective. Makhosini Mgitywa is one of those.

Protesting residents in Rabie Ridge intensified their demonstration in Midrand, blocking a road with rocks and burning tyres. It's understood residents don’t want people from neighboring communities to occupy a piece of vacant land. Those who want to build houses said the Economic Freedom told them to occupy the land.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was forced to step down by the military after months of anti-government protests against his decades of iron-fisted rule of almost 30 years.

Alexandra residents marched to nearby Sandton after a week of protest, urging City of Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba to address them on illegal dumping, jobs, and illegal housing.

Former President Kgalema Motlanthe says that the 2019 general elections will be interesting in the sense that majority of voters are the youth as they don’t have sentimental values for the parties they will be voting for.

Eyewitness News reporter Theto Mahlakoana speaks to new Labour Registrar advocate Lehlohonolo Molefe, who confirmed that Samwu had been placed under administration.

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Eskom board chair Jabu Mabuza explain why South Africa reached stage 4 load shedding again at the weekend, and what lies ahead.