Elections 2026

Few political parties launch manifestos as election looms

‘Are you well in the head? Malema asks people who still vote ANC

Steenhuisen pleads with Joburg residents to give DA outright majority in local elections

Numsa’s political party ‘deeply sorry’ for sitting out local elections

EFF survives on money from Parliament, IEC and party levies, says Malema

If we want a better country, we must change it ourselves

Politics

EFF joins DA in court bid to oppose reopening of candidate registration

No South Africans, no business, says Mashaba in election campaign

‘Broke’ ANC declares R10 million as IEC releases party donations report

South Africa

Daily news update: New date for elections, North West hospital and hotel on fire and more trouble for Hamilton Ndlovu

Dlamini-Zuma proclaims 1 November as new date for local elections

‘Bending to the ANC’: DA fires salvo at IEC over reopening of candidate registrations

ConCourt Judgment on elections brings back hope

‘If ANC wins elections, it will deploy right people,’ says Duarte

Politics

Parties urged to ‘think out of box’ for polls

‘No special treatment’: ANC rejects claims it influenced IEC to reopen registrations

Parties gear up to deliver kill shot to ‘wounded’ ANC in local elections

Local Government elections: A seasonal change in our hands

IEC throws ANC a lifeline – DA to oppose reopening of candidate registrations

Local elections: IEC to reopen candidate registration process

WATCH LIVE: IEC briefs media on ConCourt elections ruling

Van Damme joins anti-disinformation project ahead of elections

Local elections: IEC to announce the way forward, after ConCourt ruling

Electoral process unlikely to start over, says expert

Opposition can celebrate ANC’s dashed hopes, but voters are fed-up

Zille says DA will ‘interdict IEC, ANC’ if candidate registration reopens

Politics

Will ANC ever reveal candidates with elections set to proceed?

Elections must go ahead as planned, ConCourt rules

ANC NEC’s weekend headache: Elections, cashflow problems on the agenda

How long will it take before the ANC pays the price?

Elections without ANC would be ‘disastrous’, says political expert

‘You had ample time,’ IEC tells ANC

Will ANC’s risky bet on postponement of local elections pay off?

Poll delay will benefit ailing ANC

Let’s make elections count for change and uplift the poor

Local elections: ANC KZN backs Duarte over reopening of IEC registration window

ANC’s ‘flimsy excuse’ for missing deadline an attempt to hide party divisions

ANC to approach Electoral Court to force IEC to reopen candidate registration

Tshwane ANC accused of trickery involving candidates list submitted to IEC

‘There is no longer lockdown for EFF’: Malema says they won’t follow ‘nonsense’

Local elections: EFF promise ‘formidable fight’ in all 257 municipalities in SA

Mayor Matongo wants to clean up Joburg’s streets and governance

Politics

IEC slips into gear despite hoping for ConCourt postponement

Matongo preparing to hand over Joburg’s reins to first woman mayor

Politics

Local government elections: DA, GOOD and IFP announce mayoral candidates

Politics

ANC will not be drawn into DA’s ‘mind games’ and reveal mayoral candidates – Duarte

DA willing to work with any party in SA but with conditions, says Steenhuisen

Deadline looms for parties to submit candidate lists for local elections

DA announces mayoral candidates, challenges ANC to reveal their list

ConCourt reserves judgment on whether elections can be delayed

Courts

ANC says IEC was asleep at the wheel, after changing its own mind

ConCourt asks why IEC didn’t approach Parliament to postpone elections

ANC claps back at parties opposing IEC application for elections postponement

Local govt elections: Covid-19 not a good enough reason for postponement

Politics

Ahead of local polls, Ekurhuleni’s Masina concedes that coalitions will persist in SA

Politics

Maimane joins DA in opposing IEC’s application to postpone elections

Politics

IEC pushing for election postponement to cover its tardiness, claims Zille

ANC to join IEC’s ConCourt bid to postpone local elections

How IEC has made it difficult for Concourt to reject an election delay

My Vote Counts wants threshold for political party funding reduced

IEC to launch urgent ConCourt application to postpone local elections

Election proclamation has implications, says IEC

Politics

Update: NDZ officially gazettes elections for 27 October

IEC agrees with Moseneke report: 2021 local elections won’t be free and fair

Could postponement of elections rob SA of chance to purge corrupt politicians?

How SA’s slow vaccine rollout threatens free and fair elections

Voter registration postponed, but delay may not be ideal for Covid-19 cases to decline, says IEC

Postpone elections, say top doctors, but little consensus at Moseneke commission

Malema pleads EFF’s case: October local elections ‘will not be free and fair’

Opinion

There’s little time left for ANC before elections

News

Covid-19 could halt local elections as it has with by-elections, say experts

Electoral Court postpones today’s by-elections for 120 days

Local elections in the balance in the face of level 4 lockdown

IEC denies claims it is hellbent on elections at all cost

It will cost parties more than R400K to contest local elections