The Weekend View

At least six political parties have written to Chief Justice Raymond Zondo asking him to appoint a retired judge to facilitate talks on the formation of a Government of National Unity. The UDM, ACDP, ATM, PAC, UAT and BOSA say the 18 political parties that secured one or more seats in the National Assembly should be allowed to decide the make-up of government after no party garnered enough votes t...

As consultative talks to set up the 7th administartion under a government of national unity continue THIS WEEKEND, some political parties have expressed support for the ANC proposed idea while some have outright rejected the suggestion and announced they will not be part of the project. ANC alliance partner, COSATU, has openly opposed any coalition that involves the DA. To hear what the other fede...

Over 20,000 runners from South Africa and other parts of the world have set off in the 85-km Comrades Marathon, regarded as the richest race on the African continent. The cash price for this year's race is over R4 million. .. This year's Up Run started earlier THIS MORNING at Durban's City Hall and will end at the Hollywoodbets Scottsville Racecourse in Pietermaritzburg. It usually takes a year fo...

As a way of laying the ground for a stable and sustainable GNU, the ANC has also called for a national dialogue to help rebuild social cohesion. To help us understand what the national dialogue would hope to achieve Bongiwe Zwane spoke to political analyst, Dr Ongama Mtimka 

As consultative talks to set up the 7th administartion under a government of national unity continue THIS WEEKEND, some political parties have expressed support for the ANC proposed idea while some have outright rejected the suggestion and announced they will not be part of the project. .The Democratic Alliance (DA) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IPF) say they're not opposed to the idea of a governmen...

INTRO: On FRIDAY Bafana Bafana secured an important point with a 1-1 draw against bitter rivals Nigeria in their World Cup Group C match at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo. The Super Eagles,  initially favourites in Group C, had draws in their first two qualifiers against Lesotho and Zimbabwe. Hugo Broos' side began with a win over Benin but suffered a surprising defeat to Rwanda. Meanwhile th...

For the first time in history, a cricket World Cup starts on American soil today after America and West Indies won the joint bid to host the event in 2021. Action begins when the United States host Canada in Dallas and will conclude with the final on the 29th of June at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. The Proteas' opening match takes place tomorrow at 16:30 (SA time) when they face Sri Lanka at t...

Political parties can raise objections but threats to the IEC are unproductive: Analyst

As talks on establishing coalition governments will soon start between political parties, some are expressing concern that the disfunction experienced in municipalities dogged by unworkable coalition arrangements will soon filter to provincial and national government. For their perspective on this issue we spoke to Zukiswa Kota, Head of Monitoring and Advocacy Programme at the Public Service Accou...

Writing on the wall for political parties as vote counting nears conclusion

So what process awaits in Parliament after all votes have been counted, declared and seats allocated? To tell us more we are joined  by Advocate Modibedi Phindela, Secreatry to the National Council of Provinces, NCOP.

#HOPE4SA is a small political party launched ...months ago and participated in the 2024 election. The party, which campaigned on the hope and a promise for change in South Africa's political landscape, has so far garnered  just above 26 000 votes or 0.17% of the national vote. To tell us about their experience we spoke to #HOPE4SA National Secretary, Dianne Kruger...

The Elders group of world leaders has said "no country is above the law" and Israel's "unlawful approach" to its war on Gaza cannot continue following the ICJ's order to halt military operations in the Rafah area. This comes as the ICJ on FRIDAY called on Israel to end its operation in Rafah. Over the last two weeks, Israel has reduced entire neighborhoods in Rafah to rubble and forcefully displac...

The Department of Justice says it will hold engagements with officials in India following the arrest of Ajay and Anil Gupta on Friday for their alleged involvement in the death of a man in that country. Speaking to journalists at YESTERDAY's ANC rally at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola clarified that Gupta family members had indeed been arrested in India, but they were...

The drive to Wednesday's national and provincial elections goes a gear up with over 1.6 million voters who applied for special votes casting their ballots TOMORROW and TUESDAY. According to Electoral Commission of South Africa - IEC -, a little over a million special voters will visit voting stations where they were registered, while the remainder will be visited by the IEC's officers at their hom...

Part of the folklore of politics is that being first on a ballot paper is worth at least some extra votes in any general elections. Nkosikhulule Nyembezi , Policy Analyst and Researcher at Election Monitoring Network says for decades, specialists in voting mechanics have studied whether the order in which voters see candidates on the ballot impacts election results and that they have long recognis...

THIS WEEK South Africa triumphantly returned to the world's greatest floral exhibition, the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show in London. The country not only secured a Gold medal from the judges but also won the "Best Exhibit in the Pavilion" and the "Best New Design" awards -  a first for South Africa. The last time the country competed at the Chelsea Flower Show, described as the O...

Some political parties are holding their final weekend campaign rallies TODAY in a last push to woo voters ahead of the national and provincial elections on Wednesday. Among them is the ANC which holds it's SIYAQOBA rally at the 95 thousand seater FNB stadium in Johannesburg. The Red Berets will have their TSHELA THUPA campaign rally at the 46 thousand seater Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane. The...

INTRO: It's Africa Month and today is Africa day. This is a time when the continent commemorates the founding of the Organisation of African Unity. While we reflect on what it means to be African as well, let's speak about another part of us that is often under scrutiny. This is monarchs. Is there still a place for them and given modernisation, how do they fit into modern democracy. Lets speak to...

Sudan has been engulfed in civil war since fighting erupted on last year in April.  Fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has seen more than 15,000 killed and many more displaced. According to humanitarian aid groups , the violence has worsened an already precarious humanitarian situation.  Last week the the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human...

Sixty-one years ago TODAY, 32 African nations came together in Ethiopia to establish the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which is now known as the African Union. Since 1963, Africa Day has been celebrated annually, on May 25, as a commemoration of this historical unification of African countries. But as we celebrate Africa Day, there is a loud crack of discord and disharmony across the contin...

With over 3500 registered voters, Canberra in Australia was the third largest overseas voting station after the UK and Netherlands. Udo Carelse spoke to who was among the thousands who cast their ballots there  YESTERDAY  

The election support organisation, Ground Work Collective, this weekend dispatched their independent election observers to voting stations in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Switzerland. The election observation as part of its X_Change campaign and has seen thousands of South Africans volunteer to observe elections both at home and abroad. Udo Carelse spoke to Ground Work Collect...

Over 1200 South Africans cast ballots at three polling stations in the United States, well below the more than 4200 eligible to cast ballots in the national poll in that country. 635 ballots were cast in New York, far less than the 1700 expected in the Big Apple. Only 226 votes were cast ballots in Los Angeles while Washington D.C. issued more than 400 ballots. Voters traveled from all over the re...

Search and rescue efforts are still continuing for 11 fishermen who went missing after their fishing trawler sank off the coast of Cape Town n Friday afternoon. The National Sea Rescue Institute, the NSRI, says it is still hopeful that the missing 11- fishermen will be found as a debris field where the fishing trawler went down has been located . For the latest Udo Carelse spoke to  The National S...