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President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

2019 general elections

READ: President Cyril Ramaphosa's 2020 New Year message

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President Cyril Ramaphosa reflects on a year that brought many challenges and quite a few triumphs to South Africans.

  • FILE: ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa being sworn in as an MP in Parliament on 22 May 2019. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey/EWN

    Parliament review: May election brings significant change in Parly

    The polls saw both the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) lose support to smaller parties such as the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on the left and the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) on the right.

    950 days ago
  • EFF leader Julius Malema. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    SELLO LEDIGA: The EFF is Malema and Malema is the EFF

    In the wake of the EFF's second elective conference where Julius Malema retained his position as party leader, Sello Lediga examines the party's meteoric rise in SA politics and asks if it will survive beyond Malema given the allegations against him.

    961 days ago
  • FILE: Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) founder Mangosuthu Buthelezi. Picture: Eyewitness News

    Mangosuthu Buthelezi: 'IFP has a fair chance of grabbing KZN from ANC'

    The ANC’s support declined in the province to 54.22% during the May elections, while the IFP received 16.34% in voter support.

    1134 days ago
  • Parliament 2019. Picture: Jason Felix/EWN.

    Parliament slowly getting ready for 6th term

    Key meetings have been scheduled for this week, including a meeting of the chief whip's forum as well as the National Assembly programme committee.

    1161 days ago
  • FILE: Chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo gives an update on the voting process at the national results operation centre in Pretoria. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter

    Mamabolo concedes there’s room for improvement going forward

    Mamabolo has conceded that the commission has room for improvement following this year's general elections.

    1183 days ago
  • Members of the ANC listen to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address at the IEC Results Operations Centre in Tshwane. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Black Business Council throws weight behind ANC after election victory

    The council is now calling for the intensified application of transformative socio-economic policies.

    1183 days ago
  • ANC supporters dance and sing at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg before speeches and dignitaries arrive. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Lesufi: ‘Loss of votes in Gauteng shows voters’ disgruntlement’

    Lesufi has raised concern about the split between the national and provincial results for the party highlighting how this shows signs of growing support for the opposition in Gauteng.

    1183 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa after the announcement of 2019 elections results. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN.

    UK PM congratulates ANC’s Ramaphosa over election win

    Taking to Twitter, May has described the polls this week as an "election success" and says she looks forward to working with Ramaphosa and the country to build a better future for the both nations.

    1184 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa makes his acceptance speech at the IEC Results Operations Centre in Tshwane. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Ramaphosa praises IEC for job well done

    President Ramaphosa says the IEC must be applauded for the hard work it’s put in to ensure this year’s elections are free and fair.

    1184 days ago
  • FILE: President, Cyril Ramaphosa celebrates under a shower of confetti after the election results were declared complete. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    It's a wrap: Lights, cameras and blue colours as IEC concludes 2019 election

    Throughout the four days, the IEC had emergency Medical services on standby and catered for meals for everyone involved at the results Centre.

    1184 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa and his wife watch the results on the board above. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Several new political parties headed for National Assembly

    New players, Patricia de Lille’s party-good-is in, and so is Mzwanele Manyi’s African Transformation Movement.

    1184 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.

    1185 days ago
  • FILE: Two ballot boxes sit in the Pinelands Primary voting station as South Africans cast their votes on 8 May 2019. Picture: Bertram Malgas/EWN

    Cope MP, CT ward councillor test allegations of multiple voting

    Cope MP Deidre Carter said she decided to test the system after being told of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) supporters allegedly voting multiple times in the Cape metro.

    1186 days ago
  • IEC CEO Sy Mamabolo at the IEC Code of Conduct pledge ceremony on 20 March 2019. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    IEC happy with process despite sluggish start to voting

    By 11:30 this morning, only 17 of the more than 22,000 voting stations had not opened, and this was due to inclement weather.

    1187 days ago
  • An IEC voting station. Picture: IEC South Africa.

    Rain jackets, plastic packets: Wet weather doesn't stop Khayelitsha voters

    Despite the cold and wet weather residents have come out in their numbers to vote in this year’s elections.

    1187 days ago
  • Department of Home Affairs. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Home Affairs to open doors until 9pm for election day

    Home Affairs says its branches will remain open on election day for voters who need to collect identity documents and temporary certificates.

    1188 days ago
  • FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: @MYANC/Twitter

    Ramaphosa wants Western Cape back in hands of ANC

    While campaigning there on Friday, he told supporters what is done in the rest of the country will be done in the Western Cape.

    1192 days ago
  • Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital entrance. Picture: Louise McAuliffe/EWN

    SA's failing health system in spotlight ahead of vote

    Voting this year will mark 25 years since the end of apartheid rule, but hopes have been dashed that the new era would produce a modern, accessible public health service.

    1195 days ago
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