Thirty-five of the 48 parties who contested the elections are not happy with the electoral process and they have called for the results not to be declared until the matter has been resolved to their satisfaction.

Guest: Nyaniso Jeku, ATM Gauteng Provincial Spokesperson

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has launched a training programme that will benefit unemployed graduates and about 995 students will undergo training in various skills disciplines.

Guest: Dr Randal Carolissen NSAFAS Administrator

Prior yesterday’s general elections, many commentators have been saying that this year’s election is going to test the ruling party’s strength given numerous challenges besetting the party. As you may know this year’s election follows a decline in the ANC vote from just under 70% in 2004 to around 54% in 2016 municipal elections. Can they do better than 2016?

Guest: Professor Somadoda Fikeni, Political analyst, advisor to the principal and director for special projects at UNISA

On why she was wrong about Caster Semenya. She says as a female athlete she thought high testosterone was a problem but now she realises that this is an outdated and indefensible position.

Guest: Madeleine Pape, PhD sociology candidate in the United States

Yesterday former president Jacob Zuma told journalists and reporters that deeper questions should have been asked of smaller political parties. South Africa had a total of 48 registered political parties contesting the elections, some of which were unknown to South Africans. Therefore this raises the question of what the media’s role is during elections, particularly when it comes to political party coverage and reporting.

Guest: Thandi Smith, Head of Policy Programme @Media Monitoring Africa

Yesterday was a hectic day for the department of Home Affairs. In support of the general elections, Home Affairs extended operational hours at front offices in a drive to assist eligible voters to collect identity documents they had applied for, or to apply for IDs or temporary identity certificates.

Guest: Siya Qawe–Spokesperson, Department of Home Affairs

What is the role of small political parties in South Africa and do we really need them? This year we had 48 political parties who contested yesterday’s election.

Guest: Professor Andre Duvenhage, Political analyst based at the North West University, Potchefstroom Campus

Following allegations of two possible double voting incidents in the general elections, the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has assured voters of the overall integrity of the electoral process. If such discrepancies turn out to be true, could it be time that South Africa considers moving away from a manual voting system to one that is solely biometric? Joining us on the line for this conversation is Grant Matterson who is a Senior programme manager of Governance Institutions and Political Processes at the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa.

Guest: Grant Matterson - Senior programme manager of Governance Institutions and Political Processes at the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa

UDM says it has registered complaints to the electoral commission over a number of issues. One of the objections raised by UDM is the removal of the indelible ink from voters thumbs.

Guest: Thandi Nontenja, Treasure General of the UDM

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research is predicting that the ruling African National Congress is going to win 57.3% of the national vote and will drop below 50% in Gauteng. Reene Koen.

Guest: Reene Koen, Researcher at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research