South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) suffered some setbacks in Wednesday's local government elections, with early trends showing its supporters may have stayed away, with Nkandla, President Jacob Zuma's local ward, shockingly falling to Inkatha Freedom Party.

Tens of millions of South Africans braved the winter chill to post their ballots in the country's local elections, widely seen as a litmus test for the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and its corruption-tarnished leader Jacob Zuma.

A group of South African lawyers has joined the lobby trying to force President Jacob Zuma to resign following a damning court ruling that condemned his failure to repay public funds, saying the judgement must be respected.

South African President Jacob Zuma has come under renewed pressure from civil society and some veterans of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to resign, days after the opposition failed in its bid to impeach him.

South Africa's Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled that President Jacob Zuma must pay back money used by government departments to upgrade his rural home, reigniting calls by opposition parties for him to step down.

South African President Jacob Zuma was on Tuesday made to make some concessions that a parliamentary and government report on upgrades to his private home were not legally binding and he should have abided by recommendations of the Public Prosecutor.

An unapologetic President Jacob Zuma declined to entertain questions on money spent on developments on his private home, defiantly telling South Africa's parliament that he had already answered the question.

After weeks of public attacks from ANC politicians, South Africa's Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela has broken her silence, saying she is disappointed and surprised that Parliament refused to ask her to explain or consult her on the report on President Jacob Zuma's private homestead, Nkandla.

South African opposition, the Democratic Alliance, say they want a report by the police minister looking into President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla homestead's upgrades be declared null and void and still demand that Zuma pay back some of the money spent.

Six years after it was constructed at a cost of millions of rand to the taxpayers, President Jacob Zuma's private homestead Nkandla in Kwazulu-Natal continues to raise the ire of opposition political parties with more damning evidence emerging showing that the president personally gave instructions for some of the upgrades in 2009.

South Africans fed up with the growing corruption in the country are planning simultaneous marches in two major cities next month.

South African President Jacob Zuma finally had his moment in Parliament after an absence of several months and did not disappoint.

Members of South Africa's parliament are preparing for yet another showdown this week as parliamentarians are to respond to President Jacob Zuma's state of the nation address (SONA).

South Africa's Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is meeting several opposition parties on Tuesday in a bid to ease the tension in parliament following an eruption of chaos in the house last week.

To judge by the reaction of the ruling African National Congress, the militant tactics of Julius Malema and the EFF are hitting their targets. In this exclusive interview, Malema explains why he is pressing President Jacob Zuma to repay state funds spent on his Nkandla homestead.

South Africa's opposition on Tuesday, in an unprecedented move, called for a motion of no confidence on the Speaker of Parliament.

South Africa's opposition parties are putting pressure on Parliament to ensure President Jacob Zuma answers some burning questions on the millions of rands spent on his rural homestead.

South Africa's Public Protector has released a report revealing improper use of public money on the upgrades to President Jacob Zuma's private home, saying the president may have contravened executive ethics code.

South Africa's opposition have criticised President Zuma's "good news" state of the nation address this week with some using the ongoing debate to call for his impeachment.

A commission of enquiry on Sunday said no public money had been used in the extensive renovations of South African President Jacob Zuma's private homestead in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal.