IEC declares 2026 local elections free and fair as coalitions get set to run municipalities
ANC support slid to 30.76% as ActionSA, the DA and MKP led voters to the right.
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Polls close and the counting of votes has begun
The number of voters in the Western Cape is expected to surpass the 2021 local government elections.
Slow start to elections in the Western Cape
Only a quarter of registered voters had voted by noon.
Western Cape police guard voting stations and taxi routes
Police are braced to ensure voters and commuters in the province are safe on voting day.
Buffalo City’s broken houses and decades of empty promises
There is still no plan to rectify the defects, just more promises.
Cosatu to campaign for ANC and SACP
Cosatu will campaign for both its alliance partners, but only if they protect workers’ interests.
Multi-million rand sports facility finally opens in Limpopo
The project took 10 years to complete, conveniently in time for the local government elections early next month.
Austerity under fire as Godongwana pauses fuel levies and low-cost housing
Ahead of the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement by the finance minister, protesters called for a pro-poor budget.
‘End hunger, stop climate harm’: protesters take demands to Parliament
On World Food Day, and with El Niño looming, climate justice activists called for system change.
Memorial service held for victims of the Strand mass shooting
The Strand community held a memorial service for the 10 victims that were killed at a shisanyama last weekend.
Make the wealthy pay: AIDC lays out alternative to austerity
Progressive tax reforms targeting wealth, dividends and corporate profits could raise billions of rands.
Limpopo district hospital ‘filthy’, ‘broken’ and leaderless
Nkhensani Hospital has not had a permanent CEO in 10 years.
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