Elections 2026

ANC using social grants to ‘blackmail poor people’ to vote for them, claims Zille

IEC called to order: Not voting doesn’t take away your right to complain

Soldiers could be deployed to assist police on voting day, says Bheki Cele

EFF welcomes ruling on poster battle, slams DA-led Cape Town’s ‘draconian’ by-laws

Why cops can’t stop Covid-19 election super spreaders

Bloem residents have Ramaphosa ANC campaign visit to thank for ‘fixed’ potholes

Malema reiterates support for land grabs while campaigning in the Free State

ActionSA answers five questions about what makes them ActionSA

Steenhuisen vows he’d rather be in opposition than rule with EFF

WATCH: Dancing Steenhuisen dubs himself ‘John Vuli Gate’

Avoiding jeers in township of his birth, Cyril cheered in Ace’s ‘stronghold’

WATCH: Malema pleases the crowd by dancing with Fifi Cooper and co

Malema promises electricity and houses, implies the ANC doesn’t care for its people

Bad week at DA office for Mazzone as party sentiment takes a dip

Vaccines at voting stations? That’s what Covid-19 advisory body wants

‘The king has always been above politics’: Political parties warned not to use photos of Zulu king

SA political parties’ anti-immigrant election promises nothing but hot air

ANC doesn’t want councillors who work to line their pockets, says Ramaphosa

‘Our track record speaks for itself,’ IFP’s Hlabisa tells Soweto

Opinion

Alternative opinion: Steenhuisen must put back those posters!

Western Cape remains the last bastion of apartheid, says ANC’s Paul Mashatile

‘I won’t apologise’: Defiant Steenhuisen maintains DA’s Phoenix election posters have been ‘misinterpreted’

Watch: McKenzie says PA will deal with ‘illegal foreigners’ on 2 November

BEE stands for ‘Black Elite Enrichment’ and must be stopped, says FF+

WATCH: Good Party wants to bring jobs back to Cape Town

News

Being homeless in one of SA’s metros is hard work

DA backs down on controversial election posters in Phoenix

ActionSA gives IEC deadline over missing party name on ballot papers

‘We influenced the DA from behind’: Malema says EFF put opposition in power

‘Shameful and fascist’ – ANC slams DA election posters in Phoenix

Elections 2021: IEC ‘unlikely’ to add ActionSA’s name to ballot list

‘Let’s go and vote’: Zuma urges South Africans to vote for ANC in local elections

Applications for special votes close today. Here’s how you can apply

‘We’ll teach white landowners how to live with people,’ Malema says

Election fables: The ‘Big Three’ focus on service delivery in SA

Confident IEC ‘surging ahead’ with elections prep as parties pledge to play nice

Mpumalanga ANCYL threatens to make province ungovernable over ‘corrupt eldership’

One man, four political parties: Who is Loyiso Nkohla really?

Job opportunities, safer communities, free basic services: The ANC’s offer to voters

Mpho Phalatse on what she will do for Joburg as its mayor

‘Who’s fooling who?’ ANC roasted for ‘breaching’ lockdown regulations

Anti-Disinformation Project begins voter education phase

Full text: Ramaphosa asks voters for another chance

Ramaphosa wishes Zuma ‘speedy recovery’ to cheers at ANC manifesto launch

Mashatile’s church cash handout in Limpopo a non-issue, says Mbalula

ANC must humble itself and own failures at local government, says analyst

Could local elections bring Covid-19 fourth wave closer?

GOOD party manifesto: A plan to ‘fix SA’

Election season: ANC last of ‘big three’ to launch manifesto

Municipalities in the spotlight as parties launch election manifestos

President Cyril Ramaphosa goes ‘door-to-door’ in Ekurhuleni

EFF launches local government election manifesto, new headquarters

DA aims to ‘get things done’ as it launches election manifesto

30,000 WhatsApps a day – the life of an opposition councillor

ANC ropes in mini Madiba magic in attempt to make Western Cape inroads

DA makes ‘moo point’ in disaster regulation ‘warning’ to EFF

ANC slams report about Mbalula’s ‘R50m’ budget as ‘sensational’

IFP says it’s ready for local elections, with over 2,000 candidates registered

Mashaba vows to tackle service delivery, illegal immigration, corruption if elected

Can’t-pay-salaries ANC to spend R50 million on elections campaign – Mbalula

ANC boasts diverse list of youth, women as councillor candidates for elections

DA members held at gunpoint while campaigning in Richmond

EXPLAINER: Here’s a rundown of the elections timetable ahead of voting day

Elections: Candidate nomination closes today – Will the ANC be ready?

DA accepts ConCourt loss, maintains IEC favoured ANC over registrations reopening

Elections 2021: Citizens can still register online until midnight

Ramaphosa: Communities must be served consistently – not just before elections

Over 600k registered in successful voter registration weekend

ConCourt to rule on reopening of candidate nominations

WATCH: ‘Intolerant’ ANC members try to bar Malema from KZN voting station

Soweto, Cyril, and empty promises

‘Tsek!’ – Naledi residents tell campaigning Ramaphosa and ANC to buzz off

IEC’s technical glitches are ‘voter suppression’, says EFF

Battle for Gauteng metros kicks off ahead of final election registration week

Home Affairs can’t promise glitch-free system ahead of voter registration weekend