Voter Registration
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IEC adds 754 000 new voters over two registration weekends
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has significantly boosted the national voters' roll, adding 754,000 first-time voters during its June and August registration…
IEC defends its VMD system as registration balloons to 2.9m
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has defended the performance of its voter registration technology after nearly three million voter registration transactions were…
Voter education made easy
All voter education must include democratic civic education, an understanding of key aspects of democracy, including the Constitution, human rights, democratic moral values,…
IEC calls for early election date announcement
The IEC has set 20 and 21 June 2026 as a national voter registration weekend and urges an early election date announcement to ensure voters can register correctly
Electoral Commission of South Africa sets out 2026/27 local election schedule
Chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo urged Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa to announce the election date ahead of proclamation
SA citizens complain about voting abroad
They have grumbled about having to travel long distances and poor communication by the IEC
The youth must vote if they want change
Participation in our fledgling democracy at all levels is the best way forward
Register to vote to determine the future you want
Voters should ponder about what their vote means for the future of South Africa
Mzwanele Manyi: The Zindzi Mandela of our time
If Jacob Zuma is our Nelson Mandela, what does that leave Mzwanele Manyi?
Almost two million voters register for local elections
Young people make use of online portal and women account for more than half of the total registered
Ramaphosa hits the right notes as he urges Cosatu to continue to support the ANC
Cosatu meets to deliberate on its support for the governing party in the upcoming local government elections
Frustration grows over possibility of local elections being postponed
IEC must stop stringing us along; they have already decided against elections, Party of Action tells inquiry
Can South Africa conduct electronic elections?
Submissions to the inquiry into elections under Covid-19 call for local government polls to run as scheduled, or move online
IEC says Covid-19 won’t stop 27 October elections
Election campaign and voter mobilisation launched on Wednesday as IEC gears up to host local government elections during pandemic
IEC gears up for its ‘most challenging’ elections
There will be one voter registration weekend for local government elections on October 27, because of budget cuts caused by the pandemic