The 2021 Local Government Elections have proved that multi-party politics is flourishing in South Africa and that everyone has an equal chance and opportunity to run for public office, President Cyril Ramaphosa says.The sixth Local Government Election …

The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) says its preliminary report has found no evidence of any gender-based discrimination during the 2021 Local Government Elections.The Commission has sent at least 50 observers to represent it at voting stations an…

After three days of ballot counting and capturing results, the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has confirmed that almost 90% of the votes have been calculated as of Wednesday evening.Addressing the media, Chief Electoral Officer, Sy Mamabolo…

The Electoral Commission (IEC) has announced that vote counting for the 2021 Municipal Elections has been completed.“At the level of capturing, 96.9 percent of results are already in the system awaiting scanning and auditing. This means of the 64 502 r…

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is determined to complete at least 90% of the vote counting this evening.IEC Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo said this during a media briefing on the commission’s progress in capturing the results of the 2…

With the first day of vote counting still underway in the 2021 Local Government Elections, more than 50% percent of the votes have been counted.According to the Electoral Commission (IEC) dashboard at 19:19 on Tuesday, 51% of the national vote count ha…

Updates earlier figuresWith at least 74% of the Local Government Election results completed in the Northern Cape, indications are that parties with a traditionally smaller base of supporters are garnering more votes than they did in the 2016 elections….

The Electoral Commission (IEC) in KwaZulu-Natal has announced that result counting at voting stations has been completed, with capturing and auditing of the results on the system currently underway.The Commission said a total of 13 943 results are expe…