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2021 Municipal Elections

South Africa's municipal elections will be held on 01 November 2021 to elect councils for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the country's nine provinces.
These will be the sixth municipal elections held in South Africa since the end of apartheid in 1994 – municipal elections are held every five years.

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  • Cut-off date: Compilation of lists of parties contesting the election, certification of party lists and making available those lists (s15)- 29 September 2021
  • Cut-off date: Compilation and certification of list of ward candidates for each ward and making available those lists (s18)- 29 September 2021


  • Issue of certificates to party list and ward candidates (s15;s18)- 1 October 2021


  • Closing of applications for Special Votes (Reg 28C 1) - 4 October 2021 (17h00)


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  • 4 October 2021

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Monday, 20 September 2021

Political parties and independent candidates intending to contest the Local Government Elections scheduled for 1 November 2021 have until tomorrow to submit their nominations and prescribed election deposits.

Monday, 20 September 2021

20 September 2021 The Electoral Commission is pleased to report that over 1.7 million voters registered during the special two-day registration weekend which took place from 18 to 19 September 2021. This registration yield is

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