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
There is not enough transparency and the funds would be better spent on health and education
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
The party claims that had it not been for blatant rigging, it would probably have won the elections
In forming a new government, the ANC needs to ensure its partners can improve governance and service delivery
The party said its MPs would boycott the National Assembly in a bid to rob the chamber of legal standing when it elects the president
The party’s national executive committee will decide who it will partner with – and how – on Thursday
Earlier this year, the ratings agency warned that a significant increase in the government’s debt-to-GDP ratio could knock its credit rating
Sources have suggested there is an in-principle agreement between the two biggest parties that they will work together
The former president is demanding that the announcement of the final result be delayed to allow the MK Party to lodge objections
A survey conducted on the day of the elections found fewer than half of people were confident that their votes would be counted accurately, down from 60% in the previous poll
Our last election demand must now be to the politicians who will decide the country’s future in the coming 14 days
A total of 131 assassinations in 2023 were related to organised crime, the minibus taxi industry, political assassinations and personal killings
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