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As 15 by-elections held across SA, Delft community has little hope for change
Eyewitness News visited one of the voting stations in Delft and asked residents whether they were planning on casting their ballots.
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IEC making serious COVID-19 adjustments to preparations for local govt polls
Some parties, like the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), wanted the elections delayed as the lockdown had limited their ability to campaign.
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By-elections: IEC urges public to register to vote before 5 pm cut-off
Voter registration for forty 40 municipal ward by-elections has been held this weekend, in the Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces.
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IEC plans to hold one voter registration weekend for municipal polls this year
The IEC told Parliament’s portfolio committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs that it took the decision due to budget constraints.
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IEC pours cold water on possibility of postponing local govt elections
Some political parties, including the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), wanted the elections delayed as the lockdown had limited their ability to campaign and the country faced a possible third wave of infections.
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IEC: Political Party Funding Act will enhance transparency, strengthen democracy
The Political Party Funding Act prohibits a political party member from receiving a donation other than on behalf of their political party. The act also prevents foreign governments and agencies, organs of state and state-owned enterprises from donating to political parties.
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Political Party Funding Act a 'game-changer' - IEC
The act will regulate public and private funding of political parties represented in the national and provincial legislatures.
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EXPLAINED: The Political Party Funding Act
The new Political Party Funding Act comes into effect on 1 April. What does the act aim to achieve and what are the implications for political parties, individual party members and donors?
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Why some politicians might not be keen on the new Political Party Funding Act
The act regulates direct private donations to political parties and includes restrictions such as laws barring individual party members from receiving donations.
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How the Political Party Funding Act will work
IEC officials addressed a workshop on the Political Party Funding Act, which comes into effect on 1 April.
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IEC to publish political party donations on quarterly basis once act kicks in
The Political Party Funding Act, which was enacted to encourage transparency among parties, kicks in on 1 April.
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IEC says ready to take responsibility to administer political party funding
Under the Political Party Funding Act parties have to transparent about where they get their money from.
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IEC welcomes Political Party Funding Act coming into effect on 1 April
The IEC said that coincided with the start of a new financial year for the public sector and political parties.
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By-election results show South Africans voting on political issues - analyst
The ANC has continued to do well across the country’s municipalities, retaining 12 wards and winning five new ones in Wednesday’s by-elections.
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IEC considering increasing size of provincial legislatures
The IEC said that the sizes of legislatures have stagnated over the past 20 years and had not responded to changing population numbers.
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IEC: Extraordinary measures needed to attract young voters
The commission has released the results of this week's by-elections in which the ANC managed to bag 70 out of the 95 wards that were contested.
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IEC eyes slashing programmes to make up for looming budget cuts
The Chapter 9 institution is anticipating its budget from government to be trimmed by R130 million in the next financial year, a move that is likely to have an impact on its ability to carry out the upcoming local government elections.
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SA’s ‘Super Wednesday’ by-election results
These are the results from the by-elections held across all provinces on 11 November 2020.
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IEC estimates Wednesday’s by-elections cost between R10m & R15m
Close to 230,000 people arrived to cast their ballots in what was the largest by-election for the IEC to date.
