108 Almost 14.5 million South Africans cast their vote in the 2026 local government elections. The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) confirmed the figure after voting stations closed at 9pm on…
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Political leaders vote as local government elections get underway
103 Political leaders across South Africa have cast their votes in the 2026 Local Government Elections, calling on eligible voters to participate in the electoral process and help shape the future of…
ANC went the extra mile after 2024 humbling, says Mokonyane
117 The ANC had to go the extra mile in this election because of the hard lessons it learnt in the 2024 national elections. That was the admission from ANC deputy secretary-general…
MKP preparing formal complaint against IEC as Duduzane Zuma declares results will speak for themselves
117 The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) is preparing to lodge a formal complaint against the Electoral Commission (IEC) over incidents that took place during special voting and on Election Day on Wednesday….
Ballot theft rocks eThekwini as IEC scrambles to protect election day vote
140 The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) confirmed on Wednesday that unmarked and unused ballot papers were taken from a voting station in Ward 2 in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal. Speaking at a press briefing…
Mashatile shrugs off ANC obituaries, predicts victory as he votes in Kelvin
123 Deputy President Paul Mashatile walked into St Johannes Lutheran Church in Kelvin on Wednesday morning to cast his vote, and walked out with a warning for everyone already burying the ANC:…
Lesufi casts his vote in Tembisa: ANC has no fear, but water sabotage is sinister
145 Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the ANC has no fear going into these elections, insisting the outcome must be left in the hands of the people. Lesufi, who cast his vote…
‘It is now or never’: Voters desperate for change as coalition politics threaten municipalities
150 South Africans are heading into Wednesday’s local government elections with a growing appetite for political change, but the record number of candidates could leave municipalities even more fragmented and vulnerable to…
'Coalition galore' looms for KZN councils, says expert
150A UKZN governance expert says no party is likely to win outright in eThekwini and several other big KwaZulu-Natal municipalities.
ACDP cries foul as election posters vanish in Bryanston, warns of criminal sabotage
181 The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) in Johannesburg has accused unknown perpetrators of sabotaging its election campaign after its posters were stripped from lamp-posts in Bryanston just days after going up,…