Voters in the Merafong City Local Municipality will be able to choose from a wide variety of political parties.

This is just some of the interesting information provided by the IEC.

According to the IEC, a combined total of 24 parties and independent candidates will contest in Merafong City. Voters can choose from the following parties and independent candidates: ActionSA, African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), African Independent Congress (AIC), African Transformation Movement (ATM), Afrika Mayibuye Movement (MAYIBUYE), Azanian Ground Forces (AGF), Build One South Africa (BOSA), Democratic Alliance (DA), Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Economic Liberators Forum South Africa (ELF- SA), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), Labour Party of South Africa (LABOUR), Merafong Agents of Change (MAOC), One Merafong Organisation (OMO), Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC), Patriotic Alliance (PA), South African Communist Party (SACP), True Reformation Party (TRP), Umkhonto Wesizwe Party (MKP), United Africans Transformation (UAT) and Vryheidsfront Plus/Freedom Front Plus (VF +/FF +).

Meanwhile, Ayanda Tobo will stand as an independent candidate in Ward 20, while Tshepo Isaac Motloi will stand as an independent candidate in Ward 12.

Merafong City has 77 voting stations across the municipality. A list of voting stations is publicly available for voters to check. Alternatively, voters can use the IEC Voting Station Finder to locate their voting stations.

Three wards in Merafong, Wards 8, 19 and 27, were assimilated into other wards by the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) since the previous election.

In the 2024 National Provincial Election, the registration population was 96,604.

Based on the 2024 National and Provincial Election, the registration population has increased by 2 034 voters.

Voting will take place on November 4 from 07:00 to 21:00 at voters’ registered voting stations.

If a voter votes outside their registered ward, they will not be able to vote as they are not registered in that ward.