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Action SA set to take the IEC to court over ballot papers
Action SA is planning to take the IEC to court after it failed to undertake to address its concerns over the draft ballot papers for the local government elections
By-elections off as third wave takes hold
The Electoral Commission has asked the high court to postpone nine by-elections
Voting closes for SA expats
Thousands of ballot papers from South Africa’s 116 missions are now being couriered to the Election House in Centurion.
IFAISA objects to Zuma’s presidential candidacy
The Institute for Accountability in Southern Africa has lodged an official objection to Jacob Zuma’s candidacy for presidency in the May elections.
Weekend voter registration exceeds a million, says IEC
With the final voter registration weekend set to close at 5pm on Sunday, the IEC says more than a million people were registered over the weekend.
SMSs from parties on voting day ‘allowed’
The storm in a teacup over bulk SMSs sent by political parties continued on election day, with voters receiving SMSs from the DA.
Mandela to vote at home on Monday
Former president Nelson Mandela will cast a special vote at his Houghton home, north of Johannesburg, on Monday, the IEC said.
IEC: Some candidates non-compliant for election
A number of party and independent candidates wanting to partake in the 2011 local municipal elections were notified of non-compliance.
Stabbed pupil’s mother a top education official
The mother of a schoolboy who was stabbed to death on the weekend is a senior Gauteng education official, the department confirmed on Tuesday. Mfundo Ntshangase, a grade 11 pupil…
Court interdicts Cosas from intimidating pupils
The Johannesburg High Court granted an interdict to the Gauteng education department on Wednesday forbidding the Congress of South African Students (Cosas) from intimidating…