# The South African Local Government Association calls for tougher action against political violence ahead of the local government elections in November. The call follows a series of deadly attacks over the weekend in Cape Town, Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape and the West Rand in Gauteng, in which a by-election candidate, a ward councillor […]
# Die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, sê ‘n aanval op politieke verteenwoordigers of ondersteuners, ongeag hul party-verbintenis, is ‘n aanval op die demokratiese regte van alle Suid-Afrikaners. Dit volg na ‘n vlaag vermeende politieke moorde tydens die afgelope naweek se kieserregistrasieveldtog. ‘n DA-tussenverkiesingskandidaat is in Kaapstad doodgeskiet, terwyl ‘n ANC-wyksraadslid in Gqeberha vermoor, […]
# Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia says an attack on political representatives or supporters, regardless of party affiliation, is an attack on the democratic rights of all South Africans. This follows a spate of suspected political killings during this past weekend’s voter registration drive. A DA by-election candidate was killed in Cape Town, while an […]
# Die voorsitter van die ANC-verkiesingskomitee en gewese president, Kgalema Motlanthe, het volgens berigte die party se uitvoerende streekskomitee in Johannesburg opdrag gegee om ʼn spesiale vergadering te belê om burgemeesterskandidate te benoem. Hy het in ʼn uitgelekte brief gesê vorige prosesse om burgemeesterskandidate te benoem voor November se munisipale verkiesing, was gebrekkig en teenstrydig […]
# ANC Electoral Committee chairperson and former president, Kgalema Motlanthe, has reportedly ordered the party’s Johannesburg Regional Executive Committee to reconvene a special meeting for the nomination of mayoral candidates. In a leaked letter, he has indicated that the previous processes for nominating mayoral candidates ahead of November’s local government elections were flawed and inconsistent […]
# KwaZulu-Natal recorded the highest number of voter registration transactions over the weekend. IEC data shows the province led with over 690-thousand registrations, followed by the Eastern Cape and Gauteng. In a media briefing, the Electoral Commission CEO Sy Mamabolo said the strong turnout reflects high public engagement in the electoral process, with many voters […]
# The Electoral Commission says it’s encouraged by the strong participation of young people during the voter registration weekend. The IEC says youth aged between 16- and 29 made up a significant share of both new registrations and overall activity ahead of the local government elections in November. The commission’s CEO, Sy Mamabolo, told the […]
# KwaZulu-Natal het die afgelope naweek die hoogste aantal kieserregistrasies aangeteken. Inligting deur die Verkiesingskommissie toon die provinsie loop voor met meer as 690-duisend registrasies, gevolg deur die Oos-Kaap en Gauteng. In ‘n media-inligtingsessie het die uitvoerende hoof van die kommissie, Sy Mamabolo, gesê die sterk opkoms weerspieël hoë openbare betrokkenheid by die verkiesingsproses, met […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie sê hy is bemoedig deur die sterk deelname van jongmense die naweek tydens kiesersregistrasie. Die kommissie sê jeugdiges tussen 16 en 29 het ‘n beduidende deel van nuwe registrasies en algehele aktiwiteit uitgemaak in die aanloop tot die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing in November. Die uitvoerende hoof van die kommissie, Sy Mamabolo, het aan […]
