NEWS RELATED TO Local/municipal elections

ANC faces race against time to save 181 election candidates

South Africa

Ramaphosa booked off sick after returning from Brics Summit in India

Elections 2026

Here’s how many more candidates are on the IEC ballot in 2026 despite ANC’s missing submissions

Politics

UPDATE: Electoral Court rules on ANC candidate list battle with IEC

Elections 2026

Ramaphosa declares 4 November 2026 a public holiday for local elections

Elections 2026

ANC denies conflict with Chikane, confirms Lungisa mayoral candidate legal battle

EDITOR'S CHOICE

News Ekurhuleni municipality’s vacant stands valued at R58m fraudulently transferred

South Africa ‘Meyer wasn’t able to turn things around’: Analysts warn of new low amid US visa restrictions

Politics Disabled People SA says Majodina must go now over insult to disabled man

Politics UPDATE: Electoral Court rules on ANC candidate list battle with IEC

South Africa Rubio slaps new visa restrictions on SA officials over ‘race‑based discrimination’

Politics

ATM promises to end looting after announcing Zungula as Joburg mayoral candidate

Opinion

ANC sinks to new depths

Politics

Eastern Cape set for ANC battle as rivals eye political stronghold

Politics

Mpumalanga ActionSA leader Mary Phadi sets sights on mayoral chain

Mbalula hits back at Andile Lungisa’s court challenge as ANC battles candidate-list fallout

Quit the political mudslinging

Elections 2026

‘Stop these murders’: KZN police tells parties to ‘compete without violence’ amid political killings

Elections 2026

Elections on water: Another ‘decade of decline’ in Limpopo as water access tightens

Elections 2026

Ghost of tribalism returns to haunt the ANC’s biggest region in Limpopo

Opinion

A VIEW OF THE WEEK: Broke and broken local governments shouldn’t be given more power

Opinion

When the kitchen gets hot the ANC starts swearing

Elections 2026

Zuma disbands top task team again, removes mayoral candidate amid MK Party election candidate list fiasco

Opinion

Mmusi Maimane’s lifeline is local

Elections 2026

Activists call out political parties for excluding disabled people

Elections 2026

IEC vows strict implementation of fake news code

Elections 2026

Inaccurate and unverified ID numbers found on ANC election candidate lists

Elections 2026

ANC to provide update on IEC court challenge amid candidate list glitch

Opinion

Too late for Coalition Bill to bring stability before November local elections

WATCH: ‘We’re not buying votes,’ ANC’s Mantashe says after RDP housing backlash

Mbalula under fire as ANC candidate list blunder sparks internal backlash

‘No water, no vote,’ say Limpopo residents

WATCH: ‘When it rains, ANC does well’: Ramaphosa defiant amid candidate list crisis

‘We have seen this movie before’: MK party’s warning to the IEC on candidate submissions

Politics

UDF petitions Ramaphosa to postpone elections over Electoral Act

Politics

Mounting concerns over political violence in KZN as IFP councillor dies after being attacked outside his house

Business

Treasury secures R5.6bn loan to improve service delivery in metros ahead of elections