ANC general manager Fébé Potgieter has written to staff appealing to them to be flexible in implementing their go-slow protest to allow them to complete the processes of selecting candidates for elections. Workers embarked on the go-slow last month in protest against late salary payments. ANC staff members in provincial offices and the national headquarters […]
The Electoral Commission of South Africa’s new facility ran for only two weeks before it asked the constitutional court to delay the elections
The chairperson of the Electoral Commission of South Africa said the Moseneke inquiry found that the elections would not be free and fair if held in October
‘It is not reasonably possible or likely that the local government election scheduled for October 2021 will be held in a free and fair manner’ – Justice Dikgang Moseneke
The electoral commission heard that delaying local government elections will be an assault on democracy and that people’s lives should not be put at risk during the Covid crisis
IEC must stop stringing us along; they have already decided against elections, Party of Action tells inquiry
Inquiry leader and former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke emphasised the need for democratic processes not to falter because of the pandemic.
Submissions to the inquiry into elections under Covid-19 call for local government polls to run as scheduled, or move online
The Electoral Commission has asked the high court to postpone nine by-elections
The hearings will be open to the media and the public, under strict level-three regulations
While the nation is seized with the 10 babies soapie, the third wave is upon us and the country has moved to level-three lockdown
Legally, the local government election must be held this year and the government hasn’t said why they wouldn’t go ahead, says the Electoral Commission of South Africa
The new political party funding law brings changes to allocations – and possibly an end to dodgy donors
ANC NEC maps out guidelines for candidate selection for the 2021 local government elections
There will be one voter registration weekend for local government elections on October 27, because of budget cuts caused by the pandemic
The Act, which regulates political party funding, came into effect on 1 April and aims to make donations transparent.
Everything you need to know about South Africa’s options for holding municipal polls — and the dangers we face.
The electorate needs to know who gives parties money, but the amended Promotion of Access to Information Act and the Political Party Funding Act are in limbo
There’s a backlog of by-elections to get through before next year’s local government elections. Will voters go to the polls even though Covid protocols are in place?
The party seems to have abandoned plans to delay municipal polls as branches shift to election mode
Expectations that the Constitutional Court’s recent ruling on independent candidates may give the majority of voters a stronger voice are premature and largely unwarranted
The ANC and EFF want national, provincial and municipal polls in 2024 but other parties disagree
ANC says Nthateng Maoke is still a councillor after she quit amid claims she is a foreign national
The lockdown has interrupted public consultations on ward demarcations, while 37 by-elections around the country are on hold
Countries must take steps to build young people’s social, political and economic involvement
The electoral commission has stripped Black First Land First of its status as a political party, but rejected an appeal against the ATM
The Durban mayor charged with corruption may, for once, not be at Jacob Zuma’s next court appearance
The Mail & Guardian understands parties are set to receive a presentation on an audit over double votes on Saturday
The Electoral Commission of South Africa is conducting an audit of voting stations where individuals may have voted twice
South Africans headed to the polls on Wednesday to elect the country’s sixth democratic administration
Some 26.7-million voters, 22 924 voting stations, 189 000 volunteers and over 60-million national and provincial ballot papers will be in play
The Electoral commission confirmed in a statement that they have dismissed an official who allowed a party agent to help with moving of special votes