Negotiating a broad coalition to hold the political centre was perhaps the president’s finest political hour

The ANC chief whip believes the party might be punished in the local government elections over failed services in the capital if it takes power now

The ANC said the prejudice did not end with the May election as it argued for leave to appeal the high court’s dismissal of its trademark case This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail & Guardian is committed to providing all our readers with the best possible experience. Please register your free account now. Your registration is your first step to becoming an M&G community member. Register Registration enables: – M&G newsletters access – notifications – the best possible experience Already registered? Login here Want to subscribe and get even more benefits? Explore our subscription offers

The party has claimed that the president crossed the line into campaigning and broke the law when he addressed the nation three days before the May elections This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail & Guardian is committed to providing all our readers with the best possible experience. Please register your free account now. Your registration is your first step to becoming an M&G community member. Register Registration enables: – M&G newsletters access – notifications – the best possible experience Already registered? Login here Want to subscribe and get even more benefits? Explore our subscription offers

The IEC set a hearing date despite the party’s bid to temporarily withdraw the case

The commission said the African Transformation Movement’s bid to overturn the outcome of the May election is meritless because it has no proof to back its claims

Talks are ongoing but there is movement towards breaking a deadlock between the ANC and DA, sources said This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail & Guardian is committed to providing all our readers with the best possible experience. Please register your free account now. Your registration is your first step to becoming an M&G community member. Register Registration enables: – M&G newsletters access – notifications – the best possible experience Already registered? Login here Want to subscribe and get even more benefits? Explore our subscription offers

Negotiators from the ANC and the DA met on Thursday to try to ease tensions in the GNU

The party argues in court papers that its votes were ‘stolen’ because the IEC manipulated the voting process

The party claims that had it not been for blatant rigging, it would probably have won the elections

The electoral court found that Khumalo was no longer a member of the party, a day after he filed a high court application to claim the right to be sworn in as an MP This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail & Guardian is committed to providing all our readers with the best possible experience. Please register your free account now. Your registration is your first step to becoming an M&G community member. Register Registration enables: – M&G newsletters access – notifications – the best possible experience Already registered? Login here Want to subscribe and get even more benefits? Explore our subscription offers

The party said its MPs would boycott the National Assembly in a bid to rob the chamber of legal standing when it elects the president

The president is attempting to shift the election campaign focus away from the government’s failures towards a promise to deliver more, although its track record suggests it cannot

The court wants the parties’ views, by Tuesday, on whether IEC commissioner Janet Love should have recused herself from the decision on Jacob Zuma’s eligibility

The president told supporters in Kwa-Zulu Natal that Jacob Zuma’s MK party posed no threat to the ANC in next month’s elections