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The African National Congress won the fifth democratic elections with a reduced majority, mustering 62.16 percent, according to preliminary results released on Friday. The party received 11,436,654 votes, which was less than the 11,650,748 votes

 Three witnesses were called by Oscar Pistorius's defence team yesterday to testify in his murder trial in the High Court in Pretoria. Head of anaes-the-siology at Wits University, Christina Lundgren, was brought in to give the court her

The government has thanked the millions of South Africans who have voted in the country's fifth democratic elections. Acting government spokesperson, Phumla Williams, says the demonstration of active citizenship and patriotism was also visible

  The African National Congress has described its lead in the elections as a good start and hoped for improvement. Secretary general Gwede Mantashe said at the national results centre in Pretoria a short while ago that the party was

  The African National Congress passed the million vote mark early this morning in the fifth democratic election in South Africa. The early results showed the ANC had 1 100 000 votes, the Democratic Alliance 623 000 votes and the Economic

  Two rhino poachers have been shot dead by field rangers in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in Kwazulu Natal. Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife said on Tuesday that the incident happened early on Sunday evening after rangers heard gunshots. Upon

 The Department of Home Affairs says it will open all its offices across the country tomorrow from 7am to 9pm. It says this is in line with voting hours declared by the Independent Electoral Commission to assist citizens with the necessary

  The High Court in Pretoria has heard that murder-accused Oscar Pistorius was "broken" shortly after his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was shot dead in his Pretoria home on Valentine's Day last year. The Blade runner's murder trial

 The trial of murder-accused Oscar Pistorius resumes in the Pretoria High Court on Monday. Proceedings ended a fortnight ago after prosecutor Gerrie Nel and defence counsel Barry Roux, SC, concluded their questioning of defence witness Roger