NEWS RELATED TO Local/municipal elections

‘They have forgotten we exist’: Limpopo entrepreneurs frustrated ahead of November polls

Politics

‘The person who will kill the ANC is not born yet,’ says Mbalula

Election on crime: What major political parties are saying about policing and violence

Another ANC candidate seeks reinstatement

‘We’ll make space for your children’: Nomvula Mokonyane on illegal foreigners ‘getting RDPs’

Concerns over ANC ward candidate due to GBV record

Opinion

The DA’s choking curse

PODCAST: Joburg needs more than pothole politics, says Rise Mzansi mayoral candidate

Politics

New Limpopo mayor’s legitimacy questioned after SACP membership issues

Politics

Zuma’s possible absence could reshape SA’s political landscape

A VIEW OF THE WEEK: Why can’t the ANC just bench drama queen Nomvula?

Much still needs fixing in KuGompo and Makana, Eastern Cape, ahead of 4 November elections

TikTok, IEC unveil Election Centre to tackle misinformation

Opinion

ANC’s internal squabbles dampen hopes

Sewage flows past homes and schools in Wesselton

Steenhuisen dismisses poll predicting MK Party majority in Durban

Chris Pappas: Apartheid is not coming back [VIDEO]

Coalition confusion: Voters need education on alliance phenomenon, expert says

News

Jacob Zuma gets clean bill of health after hospitalisation reports

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

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

Benoni electioneering gets dirty as councillor targeted in sticker campaign

Fuel prices could drive voters to the polls

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

IEC audits election results system ahead of local polls

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

ANC candidate list disputes deepen ahead of ConCourt showdown – report

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

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

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

Opinion

Why ward councillors are set up to fail

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

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

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

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

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

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

PODCAST: Ntsiki Mazwai takes aim at Joburg’s problems as Land Party mayoral candidate

‘They don’t want fair competition’: DA takes parties to Electoral Court over candidate lists

Politics

Joburg’s Mayor Morero says more talking can solve the city’s problems

Use your cents wisely at poll

ANC fields eight candidates for mayor in this municipality

Opinion

The web Fikile Mbalula weaves

ANC pushes back as DA opens cases

Malema: ‘Stop saying you are voting for Mandela’

ANC faces race against time to save 181 election candidates

South Africa

Ramaphosa booked off sick after returning from Brics Summit in India

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

Ramaphosa declares 4 November 2026 a public holiday for local elections

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

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

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

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

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