Politics

IEC prepares for ballot counting as voting enters final hours

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) is preparing to begin counting ballots across the country as voting in the 2026 Local Government Elections...

Mokgosi promises support and training for new NW municipal councils

North West Premier Lazzy Mokgosi has pledged to help newly elected municipal councils establish stable administrations, train councillors and strengthen municipalities struggling to deliver...

Agoa exclusion not the end of the world for SA, says...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) as a one-way arrangement that benefits only the US. Ramaphosa said, therefore, there...

WATCH | Loyiso Masuku says ANC is gunning for outright Joburg...

Joburg Deputy Mayor, Loyiso Masuku, urges South Africans to vote for the ANC in the 2026 Local Government Elections. Masuku says the ANC is...

DA leaves door open to ANC coalitions, but no chance for...

DA Johannesburg candidate Helen Zille has left the door open to a possible coalition arrangement with the ANC, saying the party will consider all...

Election 2026 | Mashatile reminds young people not to take rights...

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has called on South Africans, particularly young people, to turn out in large numbers to vote in the local government...

Elections 2026: MKP candidate wants ANC to forfeit Taung special votes...

An uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party candidate wants the African National Congress (ANC) to forfeit special votes cast at a Greater Taung voting station in...

Elections 2026 | Nearly half of approved special voters fail to...

Nearly half of the 2.66-million South Africans approved for special voting failed to cast their ballots during the two-day process ahead of Wednesday’s local...

Elections 2026: IEC declares ‘war on long queues’ ahead of polls

The Electoral Commission has declared “a war on long queues” as 29.2-million registered South Africans get an opportunity to elect new municipal councils on...

Elections 2026 | MKP members in KZN implicated in election misconduct

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has raised the alarm over election-related misconduct by political party supporters, specifically implicating uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP)...