Politics
ELECTIONS: How South Africa’s local election results will be tracked
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has prepared its National Results Operations Centre (ROC) at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand ahead of the...
ELECTIONS: When will elections results become official?
South Africans will begin following emerging results from the 2026 Local Government Elections on voting day, Wednesday, 4 November, but the official outcome will...
ELECTIONS: How recounts and objections work
Errors in vote counting, alleged electoral misconduct and disputes over election results can be challenged through procedures set out in South African law. The...
ELECTIONS: How the IEC counts, captures and verifies votes
As South Africans prepare for the November 4 2026 Local Government Elections, the IEC’s published procedures on results-system testing explain how votes move from...
OR Tambo would frown upon US, Israel regimes, says ANC Veterans...
The ANC Veterans League has used what would have been late ANC longest serving President Oliver Reginald (OR) Tambo's birthday to reflect on global...
DA drags Ekurhuleni metro to SAHRC over white elephants worth R600m
The Democratic Alliance has lodged a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), accusing the City of Ekurhuleni of violating residents’ constitutional...
ANC made over R1bn in 5 years but won’t pay R40m...
A businessman owed R40-million by the ANC is pressing ahead to seek a court order compelling the former liberation movement to pay up.
After filing...
Reginah Mhaule reveals serving under DA minister in GNU is ‘painful’
Deputy Minister of Basic Education Reginah Mhaule has laid bare the political agony of serving under a Democratic Alliance (DA) minister, warning that the...
Trump digs in on SA’s G20 exclusion despite international appeals
South Africa is shifting its attention away from the dispute over its exclusion from the G20, with ambassador to the United States Roelf Meyer...
Ramaphosa hails Lula’s election as victory for Global South
President Cyril Ramaphosa has described Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s dramatic election comeback as a victory for the Global South. The left-wing...
