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FILE: Former Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils. Picture: AFP

2019 elections

Ronnie Kasrils: SA's peaceful elections shouldn't be taken for granted

By Radio 702

702’s Eusebius McKaiser spoke politics with veteran ANC politician Ronnie Kasrils following the 2019 general elections.

  • Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng receives the lists of designated members of Parliament and members of provincial legislatures from IEC chairperson Glen Mashinini. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter

    Chief Justice Mogoeng receives MP candidate lists

    Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng is received the candidate lists for Members of Parliament from the IEC.

    1191 days ago
  • MPs stit in the House. Picture: YouTube

    What you need to know about the newcomers headed to Parliament

    Election results have been announced and parliamentary seats have been allocated. South Africa’s sixth Parliament will see a record number of 14 parties represented in the National Assembly, with three parties making their debut. Here’s what you should know about the newcomers.

    1192 days ago
  • FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives outside Luthuli House where the ANC held a post-election celebration. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    GALLERY: 'Ons het hulle geskop' - Ramaphosa thanks supporters for election win

    Thousands of ANC supporters gathered outside Luthuli House in Johannesburg where President Cyril Ramaphosa thanked them for voting the party back into power for the sixth term.

    1193 days ago
  • ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa greets supporters outside Luthuli House in Johannesburg as the party celebrates its 2019 elections victory. Picture: @MYANC/Twitter.

    ANC celebrates elections victory in Johannesburg

    Scores of supports and members have gathered outside Luthuli House on Sunday afternoon to celebrate the party’s triumph.

    1194 days ago
  • An Independent Electoral Officer (IEC) opens a ballot box as counting begins at the Addington Primary School after voting ended at the sixth national general elections in Durban, on 8 May 2019. Picture: AFP

    Over 1,000 voting stations to undergo audit, says IEC

    The IEC, however, did not specify when the audit would take place by the statistician general.

    1195 days ago
  • Members of small parties brief the media at the Pretoria Results Operations Centre on 10 May 2019 on how they say irregularities within the voting process have compromised the electoral process. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Smaller parties question integrity of 2019 elections

    Small parties, who feel that there has been negligence by the IEC in conducting free and fair elections, publicly objected to the results of the 2019 elections at the IEC results operations centre in Pretoria.

    1196 days ago
  • FILE: Thousands of EFF supporters gather at the Philippi Stadium near Cape Town on 30 March 2019 for the party's Western Cape manifesto rally. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    EFF didn’t expect major win in WC but delighted with growth

    EFF provincial chairperson Melikhaya Xego said the party had been realistic about its chances in the province but was happy that its support base has grown.

    1196 days ago
  • Over 800 people have cast their vote at the Hector Peterson Library in Lwandle, Cape Town. Over 2000 people are expected to vote at this station today. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN.

    ANC, DA: Ballot paper shortages in WC could cost us votes

    The two biggest parties in the province have been engaged in a final desperate push to get supporters to voting stations before they close.

    1197 days ago
  • FILE: A voter placing her marked ballots into the local and national ballot boxes on 8 May 2019. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    Voting proceeds smoothly in NC despite violent clashes

    Residents protested at a voting station in Holpan, a town just outside Kimberly.

    1197 days ago
  • Elderly voters cast their special vote on 06 May at Soweto Home for the Aged. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    No secret vote here! The elderly cast their ballots

    Elections kicked off with thousands voting in a special vote on 6 and 7 May while the rest of South Africa will be granted the opportunity on Wednesday, 8 May. EWN visited Soweto Home for the Aged where elderly voters let us in on who they gave their vote.

    1199 days ago
  • Susie Williams, one of the first residents of Blikkiesdorp on the Cape Flats. Picture: Bertram Malgas

    Blikkiesdorp and Wolverivier: The forgotten communities

    With only days until the 2019 national elections, EWN went to hear from the residents of Blikkiesdorp, a temporary relocation area on the Cape Flats.

    1199 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    ANC Siyanqoba 2019: What you need to hear from Ramaphosa’s final speech

    With just two days to go before election day, this is what the ANC is promising South Africans should they claim the 2019 national vote.

    1200 days ago
  • African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Ace Magashule visits the home of a Khayelitsha resident during his door-to-door campaigning in the area. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    'This is our base' - ANC's Magashule campaigns in the Western Cape

    ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule conducted door-to-door visits in Khayelitsha as part of the ANC's election campaign.

    1205 days ago
  • South Africans living abroad vote in the 2019 general election on 27 April 2019 at Trafalgar Square in London. Picture: Supplied.

    SA flags, Bok tops & a lot of ‘gees’: Voting process abroad 'smooth sailing'

    Thousands of South Africans living abroad cast their ballots this past weekend.

    1207 days ago
  • DA leader Mmusi Maimane at the party’s election manifesto launch at Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, on 23 February 2019. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Maimane promises voters more jobs if DA elected to power

    The bill, if passed, will make job creation easier and offer incentives for business who create jobs.

    1208 days ago
  • Picture: @IECSouthAfrica/Twitter

    Voting goes smoothly for South Africans living abroad

    The Independent Electoral Commission says there were no major logistical issues at the different voting stations.

    1208 days ago
  • A large South African flag is moved across the crowd as President Ramaphosa enters the Joza Sports Grounds and the majority of the crowd erupt in ANC songs. Picture: Carien du Plessis/EWN

    Freedom Day celebrations start in Makhanda as President Ramaphosa arrives

    Freedom Day celebrations officially started in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape with the arrival of President Cyril Ramaphosa.

    1209 days ago
  • DA Leader Mmusi Maimane (right) and Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille (left) addresses the media on 5 August 2018. Picture: Bertram Malgas/EWN

    Patricia de Lille, DA public spat continues

    De Lille says the Electoral Commission's order is enough proof of the DA lies, while the party says she should focus on the serious criminal charges against her.

    1209 days ago
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