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Greatest AfricansAfricaEducationJoburgSouth AfricaGreatest AfricansOn the eve of South Africa’s sixth democratic elections on 8 May, thousands of young people took to Twitter to state reasons for why they had no intention to cast their votes. They used the hashtag #IWantToVoteBut.The trending topic at t...
·almost 5 years ago
Voter registration will be held this weekend for forty (40) municipal ward by-elections scheduled to take place in the Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces on Wednesday, 19 May 2021. Voti...
·about 3 years ago
The general election in South Africa in May conveyed mixed messages: one was that democracy is maturing, the other that it is failing. The good news was that this was very clearly an outcome of a discerning electorate displaying a nuance...
·over 4 years ago
Cogta Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has announced that the local government elections will be held on 1 November 2021.The voter registration weekend will go ahead on 18 and 19 September. On Friday, the Constitutional Court dismiss...
·over 2 years ago
The grip of money on South African politics may be so tight that it could be impossible to govern – or seek to govern – unless you are beholden to private money. Can a new law change that? The Political Party Funding Act was signed into ...
·over 4 years ago
Special significance is often attached to by-elections. They are regarded as barometers of change in the political mood of a country. For parties, they can be early indicators of possible new trends in public opinion. In South Africa ...
·over 3 years ago
The Electoral Commission has appointed former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke to lead a process to evaluate the impact of Covid-19 on conditions conducive for the holding of free and fair elections later this year.
·almost 3 years ago
The Electoral Commission says it is pleased to announce that it is “All systems go!” for the Political Party Funding Act (6 of 2018) which came into operation on Tuesday midnight. The implementation of the Act introduces a new era o...
·about 3 years ago
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the way elections are conducted across the world. South Africa, too, is faced with an unprecedented situation of having to decide whether to postpone its municipal elections, scheduled for 27 October. ...
·over 2 years ago
The DA accepts the decision of the Constitutional Court today, and its ruling that the IEC may re-set the candidate registration deadline for the 2021 election. The DA had challenged the IEC’s attempt to re-open the candidate regis...
·over 2 years ago
Dr Motsoaledi told the committee that there was massive mobilization against the Bill by organisations who believed that there was something grossly wrong with it
·over 1 year ago
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) chief electoral officer, Sy Mamabolo said that it would file papers on Wednesday afternoon in its application to the Constitutional Court for a postponement of the 27 October local government el...
·over 2 years ago
The DA applied to be joined to the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) application to the Constitutional Court, in which it seeks a postponement of the October 2021 election to early 2022. The deadline for our submission is today, a...
·over 2 years ago
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has extended the deadline for parties to submit their payments and nominations to 9pm on Monday. The IEC says that any political party or independent candidate that fails to pay the election dep...
·over 2 years ago
The Electoral Commission declares that it is ready to receive potential voters at registration stations across the country over the weekend. A total of 23 151 registration stations will be in operation from 08h00 until 17h00 on both Satu...
·over 2 years ago
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has confirmed that it's resolute and ready to take the country to the general polls next year.
·6 months ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Janet Yetta Love as a Commissioner of the Independent Electoral Commission.
·7 months ago
The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), Sy Mamabolo has announced that the national voters’ roll has, for the first time, surpassed the 27 million mark.
·3 months ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa has in accordance with section 49(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, read with section 17 of the Electoral act of 1998, determined 29 May 2024, as the date for the 2024 General National and ...
·2 months ago
The IEC has revealed that people who may need a special vote for the upcoming elections were expected to make their applications before May 2024.
·about 2 months ago
More than in previous elections, South Africa’s Electoral Commission (IEC) will be tested to the hilt in this year’s national and provincial elections on 29 May 2024.
·30 days ago
The Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has confirmed its decision to uphold an objection against former President Jacob Zuma's candidature in the upcoming elections.
·29 days ago
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has emphasized the importance of approaching the upcoming polls with peace and tranquillity while adhering to the electoral code of conduct.
·22 days ago