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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.

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

The Electoral Commission reports that Day Two of the Registration Weekend is progressing well. 

The Electoral Commission is pleased to report that Day One of the registration weekend has gone well, with a high turnout. At the close of registration today, a total number of 488 670 had registered at our 23 151 voting stations for the forthcoming Municipal Elections.

The Electoral Commission thanks the thousands of South Africans who have responded to the national call to register for the 2021 Municipal Elections.

The Electoral Commission declares that it is ready to receive potential voters at registration stations across the country over the weekend. A total of 23 151 registration stations will be in operation from 08h00 until 17h00 on both Saturday

The Commission is pleased to publicly release the 2021/22 first quarter Party Funding Disclosures Report. This public pronouncement is in terms of the Political Party Funding Act 6 of 2018 and its supporting regulations. This being the first report

The Commission has already taken measures to ensure that it complies with the orders of the Constitutional Court relating to the conduct of municipal elections by 1 November 2021. Although the orders were handed down without a reasoned judgement

The Electoral Commission notes the order handed down by the Constitutional Court in which it dismissed an application by the Commission to defer the upcoming general Local Government Elections scheduled for 27 October 2021. The implications of the

In line with the Electoral Timetable, the first stage of the candidate nomination process concluded last night. The deadline for the submissions was 21h00. There is currently work in progress to collate all the nomination information. The preliminary figures indicate the total number of candidates standing at 59 272, including those captured through the Online Candidate Nomination System, as well manually in the local office of the Commission.