NEWS RELATED TO Local/municipal elections

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

A day in the life of a politician on election day

Need an ID for elections? Home Affairs to extend operating hours

Opinion

Don’t ignore small parties, they are the kingmakers

‘Broken Joburg can be fixed,’ says DA mayoral candidate

Parties ramp up the tempo in a final dash for votes

Politics

It’s ‘imperative to change local governance now’

Politics

Race is on between DA and ActionSA

Politics

Voter turnout will be dominated by elders, Ipsos

South Africa

SANDF to be deployed for elections

Only a third of voters expected to turn up on Monday, research shows

Politics

Eskom ‘affronting’ our election manifesto with ramped-up load shedding – ANC

Revolution happening at local government level as elections loom

South Africa

Even Mabuza’s crossed fingers couldn’t stop more load shedding

Opinion

South Africa is not poor, just poorly managed

Politics

Mashaba to limit ANC’s access to public purse ‘they continue to dine on’

Politics

Spotlight falls on Gauteng metros ahead of elections

Politics

Phalatse’s threats to shut down e-toll gantries ‘shameful’, ‘misinformed’

South Africa

Charred human remains found in vehicle missing NFP councillor was driving

Municipal election results to be announced three days after voting day, says IEC

Phalatse vows to cut off power to e-toll gantries if she becomes Joburg mayor

Three terrible local election campaigns

‘It was a setup’: Zille backtracks on DA-ANC coalition statement

Institute of Directors SA urges voters to ‘turn out in their numbers’ on election day

ANC’s electoral fortunes may hinge on women’s faith in Ramaphosa – study

Ward 118 independent candidate wants to enforce bylaws and ensure better services

EXPLAINER: How are local elections conducted in South Africa?

Government ‘confident’ all security measures in place to ensure free, fair elections

King Dalindyebo urges subjects to vote for EFF to ‘teach the ANC a lesson’

Ramaphosa: Without accountability, trust in government is broken

Rev Chris Mathebula: Aiming to take power back to the people

Elections 2021: SA’s voters sentenced to death by yawning

‘ANC is f***ing up’ SA, but EFF, PA no better, says Joburg mayoral candidate

WATCH LIVE: DA holds final rally before local elections

Meshoe’s ACPD wants to close the tap of fraud and corruption after elections

‘Vote for small party if you want Change’

Politics

ANC municipality sets Grade 11 standard for its managers

ANC using social grants to ‘blackmail poor people’ to vote for them, claims Zille

Politics

Change party hopes to transform society

Opinion

IEC should stick to watching polls

Politics

EFF, ANC gun for Western Cape

IEC called to order: Not voting doesn’t take away your right to complain

Politics

IEC ‘unfair’ on ActionSA, says party’s advocate

Courts

Court reserves judgment in ActionSA case against IEC over ballot paper omission

Politics

Election gimmick: ANC ‘cutting ribbons for votes’

Opinion

Elections 2021: The promised land still far away