South Africans living abroad wake up to their election day one week ahead of the polls in Mzansi, with almost 10,000 registered voters expected at the High Commission in London alone

Western Cape Premier and Democratic Alliance (DA) leader HELEN ZILLE spills the beans in conversation with Sertan Sanderson in Cape Town

The South African Public Protector makes it on the coveted list of the 100 most influential people in the world, as her recent report on President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla extravaganza seems to have already secured her place in history

All is fair in love and war – and apparently politics, as the ANC blurs party lines and province colours

The SABC has banned a television ad by the Democratic Alliance (DA) citing a contravention against the Code of Advertising Standards of South Africa (ASA). But the DA says the SABC is trying to protect President Zuma.

The DA’s former Cape Town Metro chair joining the ANC is the latest in series of departures from the DA to ANC in run up to the national elections. However, many DA members are celebrating as it appears those departing were simply jumping before being pushed.

The Democratic Alliance wins a court battle against the ANC following allegations of not playing by the rules ahead of the elections.

This is the first South African election in which political parties have used Twitter to bolster their attempts to win over voters. We take a look at what the major players have been tweeting about.

The state-owned lender is attempting to recoup a R82 million loan over a Hartbeespoort development that has failed to materialise.

With criticism amassing against President Jacob Zuma one artist decides to take to the social audio platform Soundcloud.com to vent her frustration

President Zuma also faces impeachment chances

A controversial new amendment to South Africa’s current mining laws is being processed, taking another step towards nationalising the country’s natural resources and scaring investors away

The ANC accuses the DA of playing dirty after another billboard campaign appears across Gauteng blaming the ruling party for the current electricity shortage in South Africa

The short version of events: the ANC wins and the DA loses in a number of by-elections held across South Africa earlier in the week. But the long version of the story rather exposes how neither party can actually claim a major victory or celebrate any success, as the campaign season shifts into full gear

Thousands of ANC and DA supporters barely managed to shy away from violent clashes, as the election year is pushed into gear

As voter registration comes to a close, President Zuma announces 7 May as the date for the general elections – leaving relatively little time for parties to wrap up their election campaigns

Controversial ANC loyalist and former Ekurhuleni Police chief Robert McBride inches his way forward to being appointed the head of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, as critics fear the divisive nomination will plummet the South African Police Service further into corruption.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) denies it came under pressure from its donors to push for the failed merger with Agang SA – but is the same true for Agang?

The former South African President might come back to the National Assembly as an MP – if the ANC let him

In a stunning message this morning the Democratic Alliance announced that its number one seat for the 2014 general elections is reserved for Agang SA leader Dr. Mamphela Ramphele

South Africans have flocked to foreign missions around the globe to register as voters over the last two weeks. But others have complained that locations for registration were too limited – leaving South Africa’s huge community in Perth, for instance, having to drive two 80-hour round trips to register and vote.

Opposition parties have expressed doubt that the South African government will be able to fulfil its promises to create six million jobs, fight corruption and improve education, as detailed in the ANC’s election manifesto unveiled by Jacob Zuma on the weekend

ANC councillor Jimmy Lembede was murdered in his KwaZulu-Natal home last year, and his wife and two children sustained serious injuries. This was viewed as a politically motivated murder to force a by-election in the municipality.

In the aftermath of the Mandela state funeral at Qunu from which Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu was very nearly totally excluded, and which the Nobel laureate was only able to attend after an eleventh-hour intervention, many commentators within and outside of South Africa have expressed doubt about the strength of the link between the spirit of the African National Congress under Jacob Zuma and the living legacy of Nelson Mandela

The week of mourning for Nelson Mandela has seen us reflect on how South Africa has changed in the last 20 years. For some this will mean a renewed sense of loyalty to the ANC — for others this focus on Madiba’s values brings home how out of sync some of our leaders are with his vision