2021 LGE News flashes

The Independent Electoral Commission has announced that by 12:30 today, 3.5 million voters had turned up at voting stations to...

The Presiding Officer or Counting Officer at the voting station must follow up on all objections.

Acting ANC Secretary-General, Jesse Duarte, says the party is encouraged by the growing queues at voting stations around the country...

The Independent Electoral Commission has asked voters to make sure that their ballot papers are stamped by electoral officials before...

Objections to the voting and counting process may be lodged with the Presiding Officer at the voting station. Voters, party...

ADCP leader Kenneth Meshoe says he is very concerned about reports that the ink used to mark voters' fingers after...

The Independent Electoral Commission has once again warned voters not to go to their voting station without wearing a mask....

The Independent Electoral Commission says if a voter has incorrectly marked a ballot and realises it before placing it in...

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is currently running sentiment analysis on social media data surrounding the Local...

The new technology is making it easier to monitor progress, and according to IEC chairperson Glen Mashinini, 3,5 million people...

20 voting stations in KZN were closed for 2 hours, and 19 in the Eastern Cape did not open on...

IEC Chairperson Glen Mashinini: "We wish to share with you the good start to the 2021 elections. Over 99% of...

A dispute over the ballot paper led to a halt to voting in Bergville Monday morning, with police called in...

A presiding officer in the eThekwini Metro was arrested after allegedly stuffing marked ballots into a ballot box. The issue...

Former president Jacob Zuma has cast his vote at his home in Nkandla. Surrounded by security guards and singing fans,...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has been answering questions from the media, after casting his vote at Hitekani Primary School in Chiawelo...

IFP president Velenkosini Hlabisi has cast his vote. In Barberton in Mpumalanga, deputy president David Mabuza addressed the media after...

DA leader John Steenhuisen has cast his vote in Durban. Former president Thabo Mbeki has made his mark in Houghton...

The IEC will give its first briefing at 13:00 CAT on the local government elections' voting progress, after polls opened...

Protests have prevented the opening of 22 voting stations in the Eastern Cape. In Gauteng, a voting station remained closed...