ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba was speaking at his party's final elections rally on Thursday ahead of Monday's elections.

ActionSA's Western Cape leader Vytjie Mentor was addressing supporters at the party’s final rally in the Johannesburg CBD on Thursday.

The 40,000 new voter management devices (VMDs) will be able to conduct live verifications against the population register.

Chief electoral officer, Sy Mamabolo, said that these elections had to be organised faster than ever before.

Chief electoral officer Sy Mamabolo said 26.2 million people had registered to vote in these elections, whereas 26.3 million were registered to vote in the 2016 local government elections.

The poll showed that the DA's support in Gauteng has waned but reveals that the party’s former mayor, Herman Mashaba, could be making inroads.

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John said collapsing municipalities were not only bad for those who live there, but they also held no hope for the future.

DA leader John Steenhuisen has painted a picture of the party as the only rational choice for the 1 November local government elections.

The DA is the first of the big three parties to have its final rally ahead of the 1 November local government elections.

The party protested outside the Bloemfontein High Court on Tuesday where suspended ANC secretary general Ace Magashule's corruption case was postponed.

Ace Magashule appeared in the Bloemfontein High Court on Tuesday morning where his corruption case was postponed to November for the pre-trial hearing.

Ace Magashule and his co-accused face over 70 charges of corruption, theft, and money laundering related to a R255 million asbestos eradication tender.

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa was in the Mangaung metro on Monday where there has been some unhappiness about local government leaders.

An ANC Youth League convenor, who only identified herself as Eunice, said that she was confident about an ANC win in the Mangaung metro.

Residents of Phuthaditjhaba aired their grievances loudly when African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa led an election campaign in the area. They did not give local leaders a chance to speak at all when they tried to address a large crowd at the Riverside sports field.

The ANC has sent a number of its national leaders to the Free State over the past few weeks to try to lure back supporters of suspended party secretary general Ace Magashule who want to run against the party.

An aggrieved resident said police prevented them from entering the stadium because the rally was only meant for ANC members, some of whom were bussed in from surrounding areas.

He started his campaign in Ward 22 on Friday where one of the party's councillor candidates was killed last month.