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Wednesday, 18 May 2022

Voter registration will be held this weekend for four (4) municipal ward by-elections scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 6 July 2022. Voting stations in the wards listed below will be open this Saturday, 21 May

Thursday, 05 May 2022

During the by-elections contested yesterday in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, and North West, the African National Congress (ANC) retained two seats, the Democratic Alliance (DA) retained one seat, and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) won one seat.

Friday, 22 April 2022

The 2022 School Democracy Programme – a joint project between the Electoral Commission of South Africa and the Department of Basic Education to promote electoral democracy among learners – was launched in Ga-Segonyana, Kuruman in the Northern Cape, today.

Thursday, 21 April 2022

Centurion – In the four by-elections that took place in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, the Northern Cape and Western Cape yesterday, 20 April 2022, an independent won a seat over the African National Congress (ANC), the ANC retained a

Wednesday, 20 April 2022

Voter registration will be held this weekend for two (2) municipal ward by-elections scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 15 June 2022. Voting stations in the wards listed below will be open this Saturday, 23 April 2022

Wednesday, 13 April 2022

Four municipal ward by-elections will take place in Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Cape and Western Cape on Wednesday, 20 April 2022. The twenty candidates from ten political parties and two independent candidates will contest the by-elections. 

Thursday, 07 April 2022

Voter registration will be held this weekend for five (5) municipal ward by-elections scheduled to take place on 1 June 2022. Voting stations in the wards listed below will be open this Saturday, 9 April 2022, and

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

The Electoral Commission and the University of Witwatersrand have launched a unique partnership with the youth at tertiary institutions to grow youth participation in electoral democracy and encourage them to register to vote.

Thursday, 17 March 2022

Voter registration this weekend for wards to be contested in Municipal By-elections on 04 May 2022. Voter registration will be held this weekend for four (4) municipal ward by-elections scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 04 May 2022.

Thursday, 17 March 2022

During the by-elections contested yesterday in the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga, the African National Congress (ANC) retained three seats and the African Unified Congress (AUM) won one seat. The new councillors for the ANC are as follows

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