General Elections 2014

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Interview with Media Monitoring Africa director William Bird. on Elections 2014 media coverage.

IEC chairperson Pansy Tlakula has handed over the lists of designated members to the national and provincial legislatures to Chief Justice Moeng Moeng at a ceremony Constitution Hill in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. The ten lists comprise 830 people - 47 per cent women and 53 per cent men. The eldest member is 85-years-old and the youngest 32. The Chief Justice will swear in members of the National Assembly at the first sitting of South Africa's fifth Parliament on Wednesday next week.

EFF North West Charperson Alfred Motsi says that the party will work in getting rid of corruption in the North West.

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Deputy Chairperson Terry Tselane says that the ballots papers that were dumped in different areas had already been counted and captured in the IEC system.

EFF North West Charperson Alfred Motsi says that the ANC has been arrongant and have not been listening to the North West residents.

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Deputy Chairperson Terry Tselane says that the commission is left with five % of the vote counting for the 2014 general elections

Political analyst Professor Susan Boysen says she is convinced that the CSIR predictions will be true.

African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general, Gwede Mantashe says the ruling party will get beyond what many experts have predicted.

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) national spokesperson, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, says they remain optimistic that they will get more than 15 seats in Parliament.

Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) National Senior Manager of Electoral Operations Granville Abrahams says that the IEC will only know after the results how potential issues impacted voter turnout.

Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) National Senior Manager of Electoral Operations Granville Abrahams says that the IEC has dealt with party complaints.

Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) National Senior Manager of Electoral Operations Granville Abrahams says that the shortage of ballot papers in some polling stations was caused by people voting at polling stations where they are not registered.

IEC Chairperson Pansy Tlakula has thanked the voters for their patience during the 2014 general elections.

The DA says it will not retract the sms it sent about that President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla upgrades.

IEC CEO Mosotho Moepya says that they are dealing with the issue of security of materials

IEC CEO Mosotho Moepya says that the IEC is ready for Wednesday cast

IEC CEO Mosotho Moepya says that the IEC is dealing decisively with the people implicated in the Gugulethu burning of a polling station

Speaking on AM Live on Tuesday morning, Faull says the new kid on the block Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the DA are likely to capitalise on those voters who will not vote for the ruling party in this province.

Adi Eyal of Code for South Africa talks about the use of APIs for the 2014 General Elections.

On Friday, Sadtu hit back at the IFP following an objection made with the IEC to prevent Sadtu officials from being deployed as electoral officers at next week’s election.

The State Security Department and the South African Police Services are visiting areas identified as crime hotspots ahead of the May 7 general elections.

Nearly half of adults in South Africa think that voting is meaningless. A survey by the HSRC has found that 43% of people agree with the statement that voting is meaningless because no politician can be trusted. However 79% of respondents agree that it is the duty of all citizens to vote.

Most of the South Africans eligible to vote in the special vote held in Zimbabwe were able to do so, according to the officials. 32 people had voted out of the 40 registered, when polling ended at 9pm last night. After the vote, embassy officials packed the ballot envelopes into a courier bag destined for the IEC in Pretoria. Officials described the early election as a success despite five people being turned away after their names were not found on the special voter's register for Harare. They had apparently failed to alert the IEC they intended to vote in Harare by the February deadline.

Political parties in KwaZulu-Natal have engaged with members of the blind and deaf community to hear about their daily challenges. Leaders from the ANC, the ACDP, the DA, the MF and the NFP faced questions on job equity, voting arrangements and healthcare access among others. Sixty-five percent of deaf South Africans are currently unemployed. Deaf SA's Odette Swift says the issue of accessibility does not start and end at the front door.

Professor Steven Friedman says South Africans' obsession with leadership (as a core driver of democracy) is problematic because it overly simplifies things.