# The Electoral Commission has certified 136-thousand-790 candidates to contest the local government elections on 4 November. Major metros, including Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni, will have double-column ballots due to the high number of political parties. The commission’s CEO, Sy Mamabolo, told the media special vote applications will open on 21 September, while political parties […]
# Die DA sê die Verkiesingshof se weiering van die ANC se appèlaansoek oor die laat indiening van kandidatelyste bevestig verkiesing-spertye moet nagekom word en dieselfde reëls geld vir alle politieke partye. Woordvoerder Ashor Sarupen sê die ANC is onder toenemende druk, binne en buite die party, oor wat hy as ‘n ernstige administratiewe mislukking […]
# Kaapstad se burgemeester, Geordin Hill-Lewis, het sy vierde belofte in Rocklands, Mitchells Plain gemaak, as deel van die DA se veldtog vir die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing, naamlik om te verseker noodsaaklike dienste bly betroubaar en bekostigbaar. Hy sê die party het in sy vorige termyn vier keer meer rioolpype vervang en tot 100-kilometer per jaar […]
# The DA says the Electoral Court ruling dismissing the ANC’s appeal over the late submission of candidate lists upholds election deadlines and ensures the same rules apply to all political parties. The party’s Ashor Sarupen says the ANC is facing mounting internal and external pressure about this major operational failure. He says the court […]
# Die ANC het sy saak in die Verkiesingshof teen die Onafhanklike Verkiesingskommissie verloor rakende die laat indiening van kandidatetlyste vir ses munisipaliteite voor die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing. Die hof het die ANC se betoog verwerp dat die besonderhede van die 181 betrokke benoemings steeds as finale kandidatelyste aanvaar moet word. Die hof het die DA […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis launched his fourth pledge as part of the DA’s local government election campaign, to keep essential services reliable and affordable. He launched the pledge in Rocklands, Mitchell’s Plain, today. Hill-Lewis says in the last term the city quadrupled sewer pipe replacement to 100-kilometres a year and doubled fresh-water pipe […]
# The ANC has lost its Electoral Court challenge against the Electoral Commission over the late submission of candidate lists for six municipalities ahead of the 4 November local government elections. The court rejected the ANC’s argument that details of 181 affected nominations should still be accepted as final candidate lists. The court granted the […]
# Die DA sê die ANC se interne operasionele mislukkings moenie ʼn verskoning wees wat die party toelaat om die reëls vir indiening van kandidaatslyste voor die November-verkiesing te buig nie. Minstens 181 ANC-kandidate se name is nie voor die sperdatum van 28 Augustus op die Verkiesingskommissie se stelsel gelaai nie. Die party blameer ʼn […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het 4 November 2026 as openbare vakansiedag verklaar. Altesaam 546 politieke partye sal op dié dag aan die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing deelneem. Meer as 140-duisend kandidate is reg oor die land benoem om tien-duisend-526 raadsetels te betwis. Ramaphosa moedig alle geregistreerde kiesers aan om die vakansiedag te gebruik om hul demokratiese reg en […]
