NEWS RELATED TO Local/municipal elections

PODCAST: Can South Africa trust its election results? IEC chief responds

Elections 2026

This is why DON’T VOTE ANC, DA & EFF is trending in SA

Elections 2026

Benoni electioneering gets dirty as councillor targeted in sticker campaign

Elections 2026

Fuel prices could drive voters to the polls

Elections 2026

From ‘dirty votes’ to ancestral prayers: Nomvula Mokonyane under fire as ANC turns to spiritual intervention

Elections 2026

IEC audits election results system ahead of local polls

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Courts ‘All the people who disappeared, Cat Matlala dealings’ – Mr M has files on Sibiya, court hears

Elections 2026 This is why DON’T VOTE ANC, DA & EFF is trending in SA

News Pikitup struggles with ‘reduced operational capacity’ as Morero signs audit pledge

Crime Was Preggy Padayachee’s murder a warning to Feroz Khan?

News Thabo Bester fires lawyers, chooses to represent himself in prison escape trial

WATCH: Election on employment – ‘For young people, the space is almost closed’

DA mayoral candidate in Govan Mbeki Municipality answers our questions

Opinion

Joburg needs passion and purpose, not politics and promises

PODCAST: ‘We need leadership that works with the people’: Yongama Zigebe

Zuma’s MK party set to be eThekwini’s biggest party as ANC struggles

‘Voters will no longer give ANC an automatic mandate’: Mbalula pleads for another chance

Elections 2026

ANC candidate list disputes deepen ahead of ConCourt showdown – report

Elections 2026

Electoral Court questions Operation Dudula’s preparedness as party loses late candidate list bid

Elections 2026

WATCH: EFF leader Julius Malema warns race-based politics will ‘backfire badly’

Elections 2026

Coalition government looms in Lekwa as opposition parties plot ANC-EFF ousting

Opinion

Why ward councillors are set up to fail

Elections 2026

PODCAST: African Royal Rainbow Congress founder Thabiso Mabetwa calls for youth leadership

Politics

Analyst warns about serving cheap tricks after ANC mayor dishes out pap

Elections 2026

Icasa opens airwaves: PEB slots allocated as fierce 2026 local polls loom

Elections 2026

Gayton McKenzie promises residents 3-month break from paying municipal rates

Elections 2026

Moya vs Brink: Mayoral hopefuls make their case to lead Tshwane

Elections 2026

GOOD asks legal team to probe whether Zille is allowed to run as Joburg mayoral candidate

Elections 2026

PODCAST: ACDP councillor Mkhonza takes aim at corruption in Johannesburg

‘Municipal resources don’t belong to the ANC’: ATM calls for jobs-for-votes investigation

Opinion

Is there another Zille for Joburg?

ActionSA defends its candidate list after DA’s legal ‘stunt’

Freedom Front Plus to sit at top of ballot on election day – Here’s why

IEC promises glitch-free elections with faster queues

Zille warns about small parties after McKenzie reveals negotiations to keep DA out of power

Election on water and jobs: Limpopo opposition accuses Mbeki and Zuma of lying to voters

Opinion

Fractious factions: ANC’s local election troubles could shape next leadership race