NEWS RELATED TO Local/municipal elections

IEC officials ambushed at voting station in Mpumalanga

Celebs And Viral

Celebs on election day: Sizwe Dhlomo, Pearl Thusi provide the analysis no one asked for

Mpumalanga likely to stay ANC stronghold as provincial IEC declares ‘successful’ polls

Opinion

Local elections: Low voter turnout is a serious worry

Opinion

Too many ‘ordinary’ politicians extraordinarily gifted at looting and stealing

Local election results and voter statistics: 2021 versus 2016

Elections 2021 live: With 40% of the vote declared, ANC still below 50%

Infrastructure one of the burning issues in Ekurhuleni

Power cuts, workers’ go-slow hit voting day

South Africa

Daily news update: Election results trickle in, huge fuel hike

Local elections: ‘No change, no vote’ – South Africans share their views

Opinion

EFF made the most bizarre promise of this local government election campaign

Election results 2021: Here’s how votes are counted

Elections 2021: ActionSA ‘takes white votes in Johannesburg’

‘At least try to act frail’: Smiling, healthy-looking Zuma raises renewed scepticism about medical parole

Change party changes its tune, accepts IEC apology

IEC says they’re not to blame for low voter turnout

Limpopo ballot box ‘in quarantine’ after being tampered with

Change Party claims sabotage, but will wait for IEC investigation

ANC and DA share smiles and food in Ekurhuleni as exhausted political parties mobilise voters

Festive election in Reiger Park

Chaos as Helen Zille dragged out of voting station by man in police uniform

‘It’s a mess’: Voters turned away after voters’ roll ‘mix-up’

Malema ‘confident’ majority of youth will vote for EFF

Disturbingly low voter turnout recorded across all nine provinces thus far

Long queues in Boksburg couldn’t dampen voters’ spirit

‘Most important thing is the ANC’, says Zuma after casting his vote

eThekwini presiding officer arrested for allegedly stuffing box with marked ballots

Tempers flare in NW, as voting stations are 5 hours late in opening

Voters having a hard time finding ActionSA on their ballots

Ramaphosa: ANC will ‘do the best’ to deal with ‘difficult and complex’ problems

‘No one deserves our votes’ – Why some are boycotting the polls

Election day weather: Stormy and sunshine – and not just the politics

‘Stop the elections!’ – Change party up in arms over wrong name on ballot

Election fraud to be dealt with severely, says Steenhuisen

2021 Local Elections: Here are the IEC lists of candidates

Elections 2021: Don’t forget your pen and umbrella

Last-minute popularity surge for Steenhuisen, online sentiment shows

Police ready for ‘any eventuality’ as local elections kick off

Elections 2021: Independent candidates good for democracy, but ‘not a solution’

Opinion

Voting is your constitutional responsibility, make your mark

Where do I vote? What time do stations close? Your election FAQs answered

Elections 2021: ‘Gripes may be taken to the streets, not ballot box’

Elections 2021: Some existing political parties will be in the firing line

South Africa

Daily news update: Special votes day two, Ramaphosa to vote in Soweto and DJ Sbu Sars bill

Images of thin, sickly-looking BLF leader Andile Mngxitama shock SA

Elections 2021: Voters not allowed to take photos of marked ballot papers

Elections 2021: Special voting closes as police launches probe into rigging

Elections 2021: Ramaphosa to brave hostile Soweto to cast vote

ELECTION LIVE BLOG: Special votes day two comes to an end

DA councilor accused of rape still on voting ballot for tomorrow’s elections

Police presence ramped up as hotspot voting stations increase from 9 to 15

Elections 2021: Ramaphosa shuts down possibility of ANC entering any coalition

Elections 2021: Some voting stations experience service delivery protests

Elections 2021: IEC highly satisfied with start of special voting

Elections 2021: Why a great deal hangs on the outcome

Elections 2021: It’s no longer a race between the big three

Politics

No good news for ANC from numerologist

Opinion

ANC in for a nasty surprise?

Politics

No party will be immune from voters’ lack of interest

Opinion

All’s not fair on campaign trail

Watch: Sangomas say spirits predict bad day at polls for ANC, success for DA, IFP

Opinion

Using vaccine at the polls is good news

South Africa

Party hopper Lufuno Gogoro par excellence

Election 2021: DA and ActionSA go to twar on eve of polls

Opinion

Here’s how to weaponise your vote for the good of your community

Malema says ANC plans to use load shedding as cover to rig elections

Elections 2021: Get ready for more coalitions as citizens scatter their votes

Without economic growth, ANC’s election promises will ring hollow, warns Mbeki

Political parties urged to be cautious in last push before election day

Cast your vote and get your vaccine in one day

Deployment of soldiers for elections is not unusual, says expert

AIC mayoral candidate wants to grow economy through cooperatives

These are the main political parties in SA’s 2021 local government elections

Politics

‘It’s an assumption’: Duarte clarifies ANC’s claims of sabotage at Eskom