# Die Verkiesingskommissie het bevestig dat jongmense en nuwe kiesers die naweek die oorgrote meerderheid van aanlyn registrasie-aansoeke uitmaak. Masego Shiburi van die OVK sê teen gistermiddag is meer as 330-duisend kieserregistrasie-aansoeke verwerk. Ongeveer 300-duisend is op die kieserbestuurstoestelle by stemlokale verwerk, terwyl 30-duisend aansoeke deur die aanlyn platform was. Shiburi sê KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng en […]
# As the Electoral Commission’s voter registration weekend comes to an end today, BOSA leader, Mmusi Maimane is encouraging all South Africans to register to vote for the upcoming local government elections on the fourth of November. Maimane stresses that voting is a crucial democratic right and the primary way citizens can shape the government […]
# The DA has announced that it is so far out-registering the ANC in at least 66 municipalities across South Africa. The party’s Ashor Sarupen says this means that in these Municipalities more DA supporters are being added to the voters’ roll than ANC supporters, making the swing vote in the November election far stronger. He says in this […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie ervaar tans hoë verkeer op sy webwerf met duisende Suid-Afrikaners wat die naweek kieserregistrasiedienste gebruik. Masego Shiburi van die OVK sê dit kan daartoe lei dat die stelsel stadiger is as gewoonlik. Hy sê die kommissie se tegniese spanne is besig om die probleem so gou as moontlik op te los. Shiburi […]
# The Electoral Commission has confirmed that young people and first-time voters make up the overwhelming majority of online registration applications this weekend. The IEC’s Masego Shiburi says by midday yesterday, over 330-thousand voter registration applications were processed. Around 300-thousand transactions were processed on the voter management devices at voting stations while 30-thousand were applications on the online platform. […]
# The Electoral Commission is currently experiencing high traffic on its website as thousands of South Africans access voter registration services this weekend. IEC’s Masego Shiburi says this may result in the system being slower than usual. However, he says the commission technical teams are actively working to resolve the matter as quickly as possible. Shiburi says all […]
# Die president van die ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa, sê Suid-Afrika se Grondwet laat slegs die President toe om ministers in sy kabinet aan te stel. Ramaphosa het kommentaar gelewer nadat die DA-leier, Geordin Hill-Lewis, aan hom geskryf en versoek het dat John Steenhuisen as minister van Landbou verwyder en deur Willem Aucamp vervang word. Ramaphosa […]
# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa’s Constitution permits only the President to appoint ministers to his cabinet. Ramaphosa’s comments come after DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis wrote to him requesting the removal of John Steenhuisen as Agriculture minister to be replaced by Willem Aucamp. He was speaking during the ANC’s voter registration drive in KwaThema, […]
# As the country is on the second day of voter registration weekend, the Forum for South Africa is calling for greater transparency in electoral processes, strict enforcement against electoral fraud and accountability across all political factors. FOSA leader, Tebogo Mashilompane emphasised that the true test of democracy lies not in readiness, but in participation […]
