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IEC orders recounts in five wards as election objections mount
The Electoral Commission of South Africa has ordered recounts in five wards across Tshwane and Mangaung as it handles nearly 200 objections ahead of Sunday's final results…
A historic election for South Africa
Fed up with widespread service delivery failures and unstable municipal coalitions, millions of South Africans took to the polls in a pivotal local government election defined by…
We don’t fear the ANC, says IEC chair
The IEC insists it does not fear the ANC following a Constitutional Court ruling reinstating 181 councillor candidates, extending the same reprieve to 32 other political parties.
ANC exults at IEC reprieve
The Constitutional Court has handed the ANC a crucial victory, ordering the Electoral Commission of SA to reinstate 181 excluded councillor candidates ahead of the upcoming…
546 political parties to contest 2026 local government elections
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has confirmed that 546 political parties and over 142,000 nominated candidates will contest the upcoming local government elections…