The IEC has set 20 and 21 June 2026 as a national voter registration weekend and urges an early election date announcement to ensure voters can register correctly
Chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo urged Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa to announce the election date ahead of proclamation
Mamabolo said his party would get to ‘eat’ the support of the Economic Freedom Fighters and the ANC
The ANC treasurer general suggested companies should rather contribute to the Multi-Party Democracy Fund administered by the Electoral Commission of South Africa
Most people usually simply stay away on voting day
The South African Communist Party is among 192 political parties that had not met the deadline to register with the Electoral Commission of South Africa
Jacob Zuma’s party says oral evidence will assist the court in understanding its ‘technical’ argument
Mmamoloko Kubayi plans to improve access to the courts and deal with their dilapidated condition
Provincial convener Willies Mchunu says the party needs to start building its structures from scratch
The SACP had planned to run in 2024 national and provincial elections but pulled back because of the number of parties funded by white capital
Vusi Mhlongo has been charged with bringing the Moses Kotane Research Institute into disrepute
The SACP appears ready to embrace undemocratic centralism in its search for a new alliance partner
Parties that swore to oust the ANC are keeping it in power – and JSC interviews went ahead
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The party wants the results set aside and a fresh poll to be held
A separate court matter involving the party’s estranged leaders will be heard on Friday
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An analysis of fake news on social media platforms during the 2024 elections identified the concerning narrative that undermined the integrity of the Electoral Commission of South Africa
The party’s failure to provide evidence of election fraud suggests it went to court with the aim of ‘inflaming the passions of the public’, the commission argues
People in the Ekurhuleni area that is named after the MK party’s leader believe it will bring positive change
