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Friday, 23 July 2021

The Electoral Commission has carefully considered and resolved to adopt the final report of the ‘Inquiry into Ensuring Free and Fair Elections during COVID-19’ by former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke. The Commission accepts the rational and the central

Tuesday, 20 July 2021

The Electoral Commission today received the final report of the Inquiry into Ensuring Free and Fair Elections during Covid-19 from former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke. The Commission will urgently study the report and its recommendations before making 

Wednesday, 14 July 2021

The Electoral Commission has today launched an online voter registration facility allowing new voters to register and existing voters to update or amend their registration from the ease and convenience of their homes or elsewhere. The online voter

Wednesday, 07 July 2021

The Electoral Commission has postponed the voter registration weekend by two weeks in the light of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic currently sweeping the country. At a special meeting today, the Commission resolved to reschedule the

Wednesday, 30 June 2021

The Electoral Commission welcomes the decisions of the Electoral Court to postpone eight by-elections scheduled for today,  Wednesday 30 June 2021 . The Electoral Court this morning authorised the postponement of the by-elections for a period not exceeding

Monday, 28 June 2021

The Electoral Commission will urgently approach the Electoral Court to postpone eight by-elections scheduled for Wednesday 30 June 2021 following the implementation of level 4 lockdown restrictions. The Electoral Commission took the decision to seek the court’s

Monday, 28 June 2021

The Inquiry into Ensuring Free and Fair Local Government Elections During COVID-19 (“Inquiry”) is tasked with an assignment of immense constitutional importance. In order to facilitate its work, the Inquiry invited key stakeholders to make written submissions and the

Monday, 28 June 2021

1. The Inquiry will hear oral submissions from invited stakeholders in the week commencing Monday, 28 June 2021 . The Inquiry will be hearing from numerous key stakeholders, including the Electoral Commission, medical experts, electoral monitoring bodies, civil

Thursday, 24 June 2021

Eight (8) municipal ward by-election will take place in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu–Natal, Northern Cape and Western Cape on Wednesday, 30 June 2021. The by-elections will be contested by forty (40) candidates from fourteen (14) political parties, and

Monday, 21 June 2021

The Electoral Commission has invited public comment on the proposed rates of election deposits for the upcoming Municipal Elections 2021. This follows the publication on Friday in the Government Gazette by the Chief Electoral Officer of proposed deposits

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