To date, staff have confirmed the address details of more than 24 million South Africans who are eligible to vote but IEC chief electoral officer Sy Mamabalo is hoping to build on this as they begin their mobilisation campaign.
Both the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have made similar pleas on the basis of safety fears in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Steenhuisen made the comments at his party’s first rally ahead of the 2021 local government elections which are expected to take place in October.
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) this week appointed Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke to head up an urgent review of the October local government elections.
On Friday, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) briefed the provincial legislature's Local Government committee in the Western Cape on preparations for local government elections.
With COVID-19 top of mind, the Independent Electoral Commission has given an update on preparations ahead of local government elections in October.
The commission on Thursday said it wants to benefit from the evaluation of all factors which have a bearing on the possibility of an otherwise free and fair election.
Although the commission said that it was confident about its ability to carry out the polls, former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke has been requested to urgently review all relevant factors, including legal and socio-political.
Speaking at a briefing in Centurion, the IEC's chairperson Glen Mashinini said that they were satisfied that it was possible to conduct elections under the current circumstances.
Herman Mashaba's party, Action SA, has released a billboard with names and faces of various political party leaders with labels such as criminal, crook and fraud next to their names. He said that the refusal by media houses to flight the billboard amounted to censorship.
The Voter Management Device, or VMD, also has the ability to capture an address during registration and to verify the address against ward boundaries.
Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo said there was strict criteria for volunteers and officials that does not include being a Sadtu member.
Mahlatse Mahlase in conversation with Asanda Ngoasheng, Mike Makwela and Dawie Scholtz.
Quite what the future political landscape will look like after the local government elections is unclear, writes Judith February.
Usually, the IEC holds two registration weekends just ahead of polling day, however, the commission said that it took the decision due to budget constraints.
Speaking on the final day of the African National Congress (ANC)'s national executive committee (NEC) meeting, President Cyril Ramaphosa said that wealthier nations needed to help provide vaccines.
The red berets were among those in discussions about the possible postponement of the October local government elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking at the Freedom Day celebrations in Botshabelo in the Free State on Tuesday, the president spoke against the many challenges facing citizens as a result of problems in the local government sphere.
