Young people make use of online portal and women account for more than half of the total registered
Cosatu meets to deliberate on its support for the governing party in the upcoming local government elections
The apex court’s dismissal of the Democratic Alliance’s application to declare reopening candidate registration unlawful came as no surprise
Local government is about cutting the grass and filling potholes, not about the death penalty and prayer in schools
Moving the national senior certificate exams forward also allows matrics who are old enough to cast their ballots on 1 November
Deputy secretary general Jesse Duarte ordered that they come to the party headquarters to ‘sit with the registration teams and go over their lists’
Voters can register on the weekend of 18 and 19 September – or they can do it online
The governing party will call off political activities in areas of KwaZulu-Natal where threats are detected ahead of time
The governing party faces legal hurdles thrown up by the Democratic Alliance — and its own members
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma calls for Covid-19 caution as she gives political parties the green light to canvass for votes
It is still unclear how discontent with politics, and the effects of Covid-19, will affect voter turnout, according to research company Ipsos
Governing party denies lobbying the IEC or the Constitutional Court ahead of the announcement that candidate registration would be reopened
The ANC president said the basic income grant should be cost effective and subject to long-term affordability
DA threatens court action over the reopening of the candidate nomination process
The ANC will be the hardest hit by the order having failed to register with the Electoral Commission of South Africa its candidates in no less than 93 municipalities
Branches in several provinces will go to court to challenge the ruling party’s final choice of councillor candidates for the local government elections
The party is in danger of losing five KwaZulu-Natal municipalities over a registration flop, but counts the absence of political murders as a win
The ANC in Johannesburg says charges against a ward councillor accused of instigating last month’s looting and violence are trumped up
The DA announces its mayoral candidates for this years local government elections while the ANC and EFF hold their cards close to the chest
Court challenges loom as ANC branches cry foul over the culling of popular candidates
Far from an election being a more risky environment, ongoing anger without an election is more dangerous
The party has removed members facing charges in terms of the step-aside resolution, including Newcastle’s mayor and eThekwini former mayor
Fielding councillors charged with corruption, along with Zandile Gumede, would bring the party into disrepute.
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 IEC has accepted former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke’s recommendation to postpone the vote to February, but still needs Constitutional Court approval to do so
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
This Constitutional Court ruling comes at an inconvenient time for the Ramaphosa faction. Magashule’s strength is waning, but Zuma still wields significant support
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.