Johannesburg - With around two-thirds of the votes in South Africa's general elections counted on Friday, the ruling African National Congress of Jacob Zuma had a commanding majority of around 67 percent.

Results from Wednesday's national and provincial elections were still trickling into the central election centre in Pretoria, two days after voting.

The Independent Electoral Commission said all the votes had been counted but that the verification and data entry was still ongoing.

Johannesburg  - The ruling African National Congress (ANC) was leading in South African national elections after votes were counted at 21 per cent of the polling stations, South African radio said Thursday.

The ANC was receiving 60.6 per cent of the vote, followed by the Democratic Alliance of Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille with 21.88 per cent. Coming in third was the Congress of the People (COPE), founded by disaffected ANC members last year, with 7.63 per cent of the vote.

Johannesburg - Feathers were flying between popular South African chicken restaurant chain, Nando's, and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) on the eve of the country's fourth democratic general elections Tuesday.

The Youth League of the ANC has vowed "militant action" against Nandos for satirizing its controversial leader, Julius Malema, in a television and radio advertisements.

Nando's, known for its spicy "peri-peri" chicken, has a long history of poking fun at politicians through its ads.

Johannesburg  - South Africa's ruling African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma said Tuesday he was gunning for a whopping majority in Wednesday's elections, despite competition from a new party of ANC dissidents.

"All we are looking for is an overwhelming majority," Zuma told reporters on the eve of the country's fourth national and provincial elections since the end of apartheid.

Johannesb

Johannesburg - A visiting Indian cricket team was full of praise for South Africa on Saturday after a big stash of cash the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) team left behind in a room was returned untouched.

A cellphone company boss stumbled across 450,000 rand (50,000 dollars) in the safe of a hotel room in the southern city of Port Elizabeth earlier this week.