Everything you need to know about SA’s elections

A round-up of election news, views and analysis from politicians, voters and commentators

Mmusi Maimane still has support of DA after bruising 2019 poll, says Athol Trollip

The DA confirms Maimane is its leader until the next congress, saying he led a ‘magnificent campaign’

Rebosis Property Fund says its dividend will plummet

The first black owned and managed property group to list on the JSE has warned that its upcoming financial results will be the worst in its history

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Steinhoff 2017 report exposes long list of conflicts of interest

Steinhoff International was run by a board of tight-knit people — too tightly knit, most would say

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MARKET WRAP: JSE has worst week in 14 months amid US-China trade jitters

By the close of trade on Friday the JSE was down 4.31% for the week, falling every day to Thursday

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Rand and bonds push to three-week highs on election optimism

Tentative hopes of a resolution in the US-China trade war, and an election result that is seen as mildly positive, lift local risk assets

ANC retains Northern Cape and North West, despite sharp fall in support

The ANC obtained 57.54% of the vote in the Northern Cape, down from the 64.40% support it received in 2014

ACDP heads the pack of religious parties in the elections

The African Christian Democratic Party, which is against abortion and supports capital punishment, says it will continue exposing corruption

Only six parties in Western Cape get more than 1% of votes

The remaining 28 parties are highly unlikely to get a seat in the Western Cape legislature

Uber now officially a public company after high-profile IPO

The IPO was over-subscribed, but Uber settled for a lower price to avoid a repeat of Lyft’s IPO which priced strongly, began trading up, then plunged

ANC set for worst performance as 60% looks out of reach

Drop in support expected for DA, indicating failure to capitalise on governing party’s problems

Former Interpol head Meng Hongwei charged with taking bribes

Meng, who had served as vice-minister of public security in China, vanished in September during a visit to China from France, where Interpol is based

Fewer than two of every three registered voters showed up on Wednesday

Analysts say the decline in turnout may be an indication that the health of SA’s democracy is deteriorating

Clover says it will return to profits in year to June

The company said trading conditions in the retail and fast-moving consumer goods sectors had worsened in the lead up to the elections

Nkwinti ruling casts doubt on public protector’s competence

Urgent order means President Cyril Ramaphosa cannot act on remedial action ordered against Nkwinti, pending a challenge by the minister to the rationality and ...

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Data subjects, aka humans, deserve over-sight by humans

The Protection of Personal information Act clearly addresses data profiles being made by automated processes, AI and algorithms, writes Ahmore Burger-Smidt

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WATCH: What we know so far in the vote counting process

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GENEVIEVE QUINTAL: Domestos defeats the IEC’s indelible ink

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