Independent electoral commission
IEC encourages eligible voters to register for by-elections
Voter registration started on Saturday for the 96 municipal ward by-elections scheduled to take place across the country next month.
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ActionSA says IEC decision not to register it as political party irrational
The organisation said the election watchdog's move was based on a perceived similarity with another political party and the use of the South African flag in its logo.
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Merging SA’s elections could pose a logistical challenge, warns IEC
The commission said it would need to print some 130 million ballots and vote counting could be more complex and possibly go beyond the current stipulated seven days.
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Limited funds thwart IEC’s plans to pilot electronic system in local govt polls
The Independent Electoral Commission said it wanted to test the system with a plan to roll it out for the 2024 elections but their request for funding was not granted.
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Concerns raised over time period set for Parly to amend electoral laws
The Constitutional Court gave Parliament exactly two years to fix the anomaly forbidding independent candidates from standing for Parliament.
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Electoral Court postpones by-elections over COVID-19 outbreak
The Independent Electoral Commission approached the court with an urgent application seeking a postponement.
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IEC seeks postponement of by-elections due to COVID-19
The commission said it was concerned about the spread of the virus given the close physical contact between its officials and members of the public during the voting process.
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IEC's global conference focuses on potential pitfalls of social media
Experts were expected to address the influence of fake news on election integrity, amongst other things.
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IEC warns more than 100 political parties to register or face the chop
Some of these parties were started more than two decades ago but few of them have been seen in the public while most of the newer parties have become one-man shows.
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Questions over Tom Thabane’s citizenship amount to 'incitement'
Eyewitness News established that Tom Thabane was head of elections in Bloemfontein during the first democratic elections in 1994.
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Sheila Senkubuge was already an SA citizen when elected as Tshwane MMC – IEC
The IEC said Senkubuge was a citizen during the 2016 municipal elections.
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IEC: Parly should develop a suitable electoral system for SA
The IEC briefed Parliament's home affairs oversight committee on the high-level panel recommendations on electoral reform on Tuesday.
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Botswana to hold national and local elections on 23 October
The poll will elect 57 national assembly and 490 local government representatives, IEC spokesman Osupile Maroba said in a statement.
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Ngcukaitobi: Electoral Act goes against international laws SA subscribes to
Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi represented the New Nation Movement that wanted that provision of the Electoral Act to be declared unconstitutional.
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Calls for review of certain provisions of Political Party Funding Act
While some parties and organisations support the draft regulations making party funding more transparent, others have raised technical concerns.
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Public hearings on Political Party Funding Act set to start
The hearings come after My Vote Counts won a Constitutional Court application in June last year forcing political parties to publicly disclose their funders.
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BLF vows to fight their deregistration
The Independent Electoral Commission has ruled in favour of the Freedom Front Plus and deregistered Andile Mngxitama's party as an official political party.
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Malema urges IEC to modernise voting systems to avoid future crisis
The commission on Thursday confirmed that the Statistician-General found there was a negligible risk of multiple voting during last week’s elections.
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Ramaphosa under pressure to make right choices for his Cabinet
The list of candidates for the National Assembly handed to Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has given President Cyril Ramaphosa a set pool from which to choose members of his Cabinet.
