What is the future of South Africa’s democracy?
State Capture Commission chair, Raymond Zondo’s recommendation that South Africa moves to directly elect its president is flawed. Political analyst,…
Category: Elections 2021
Icosa Receives Backlash After Rape-Convicted Mayor Gets Re-Elected
Promoting a child rapist to the position of mayor is a slap in the face of voters and all gender-based…
Cracks Emerge in JHB Coalition deal
The Democratic Alliance has been accused of failing the coalition process. ActionSA, Freedom Front Plus, UDM, and ACDP were responding…
WC Announces First Coalition Government after Nov 1 Polls
The African National Congress (ANC) has lost out in the Cederberg Municipality, as the Democratic Alliance (DA), Freedom Front Plus…
Cape Metro Recount Yields same Results
The recount of municipal election votes in 14 voting districts in the Cape Metro has yielded the same results. IEC…
How to Hold Councillors to Account?
With the municipal elections behind us, voters now have a responsibility to hold councillors and their municipality accountable. Before the…
DA Loses Support in City of Cape Town
The DA has taken a knock in Cape Town as new parties make inroads. According to the municipal election results…
Councillors Told to Listen to Communities – Ramaphosa
With a record 66 hung councils emerging from the 2021 Local Government Elections, President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on political…
CCC satisfied with its prominence in its first election
Contesting an election for the first, the Cape Coloured Congress secured a resounding 2.87% of the vote, coming in fifth…
2021 Local Government Elections Declared Free & Fair
The 2021 local government elections have been declared free and fair. IEC Chairperson Glen Mashinini expressed his satisfaction with the overall…
LIVE Local Government Elections Results Announcement
The Independent Electoral Commission(IEC) is set to release the results of the Local Government Elections 2021 at 18h00 today. Watch…
Storm Brewing as Parties Consider Cape Election Re-Run
The Al-Jamaah Party’s leader, Ganief Hendricks says that the IEC in the Western Cape has harmed the country’s electoral democracy.…
Coalition Governments Are A Betrayal To Voters
Coalition governments are a betrayal to South African voters. Political analyst Dr Ntsikelelo Breakfast contends that before the political elite…
Provincial IEC Accused of Failing Electorate
There’s been a call for a re-run of the municipal elections. This as members of the Democratic Independent Party and…
Several Elements Behind Local Government Poll Bungles
The highly contested municipal elections resulted in many glitches that took place on voting day. Radio 786 reporters on the…
Minority Rule Could be Good and Bad
Minority governments are becoming more pronounced at a municipal level in South Africa. This as a growing number of citizens…
Constitutional Obligations of Municipalities
The country’s dysfunctional municipalities are a drag on investment, a strain on the fiscus, and pose a critical sovereign risk.…
Free and Fair Elections Come at a Cost
The budget cuts that the IEC had to enforce have played a significant role in the facilitation of this year’s…
Only 12.2 Million People Voted In The Municipal Elections
Just over 12.2 million people voted in the local government elections. This figure is unprecedentedly low, considering the 26.12 million…