Alan Winde was re-elected for a second term as premier of the Western Cape on Thursday. He received 26 out of 42 votes. The ANC's candidate, Muhammad Khalid Sayed, received 14 votes. Two ballots were spoilt. The election of the premier took place by secret ballot. Winde's election followed the swearing-in of members of the provincial legislature, who took their oath to serve the public. Winde thanked the chamber after his election and promised to serve the province's citizens.

The health department says a second person has died of Mpox less than 24 hours after minister Joe Phaahla provided an update on the spread of the infectious disease. The latest death was a 38-year-old male patient from KwaZulu-Natal. In Gauteng a man living with HIV tested positive for Mpox on Wednesday. This brings the total number of positive cases in the country to six and two deaths in five weeks.

Reneiloe Seemane, better known as Whistle Girl, is now grown up. She has a BA and is completing an LLB.In 2020, a video of Seemane dancing while blowing a whistle went viral on social media. This won the hearts of many South Africans as some dubbed it as an “iconic” moment for amapiano. She was 19 at the time. In 2024, Seemane is 23 and has a BA degree and working towards an LLB. Speaking to TimesLIVE, Seemane said she wants to make education fashionable and the reason she decided to study law was because of the video in 2019.

ActionSA says some parties who form part of the Multi-Party Charter of SA, previously known as the moon-shot pact, have breached their agreement by going into coalition talks with the ANC. The party says it has withdrawn from the charter for this reason. This was announced on Thursday during a briefing by the party on the outcomes of a two-day ActionSA senate meeting. Party leader Herman Mashaba says one of the commitments when entering the MPC agreement was not to entertain negotiations with the ANC.

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the protest outside the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg is based on disinformation. The ANC is holding a national executive committee meeting at the hotel after the elections outcome. The party dropped to about 40%, losing its outright majority in parliament.

What was meant to be a simple pretrial hearing in the Thabo Bester matter turned into a lengthy outburst from the man at the centre of the saga when he used the proceedings as a platform to raise issues around his case.

Associate professor and voting behaviour specialist, Collette Schulz-Herzenberg of the department of political science at Stellenbosch University, says the decline in participation is a concern. The national average stood at 58.6%.

Also weighing in is political expert Asanda Ngoasheng also weighed in, saying another reason some citizens didnt vote is that opposition parties have not convinced them enough that they are a good alternative. 

A low voter turnout was also cited as a challenged for ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula, who party got below 50% for the first time in 30 years.

The state has reconsidered its decision to charge a second accused person to join former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula in the dock.

Mapisa-Nqakula stood alone in a bright blue dress when her matter returned before the Pretoria magistrate's court, where a second accused was expected to be charged with her. She could head to trial alone as the state has decided not to charge any other accused persons.

ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula says the party is not afraid to sit on the benches of parliament following the party's results in the 2024 general elections.

The MK Party has called for a rerun, not only a recount, claiming voting irregularities in the 2024 election process. This was announced during an impromptu media briefing at the IEC’s national results operation centre on Saturday evening. More than 20 parties are also contesting the elections alongside the MK Party.

Party leader and former president Jacob Zuma, as well as party members addressed the media.