Voting
IEC launches online registration for upcoming local govt elections
The municipal election is scheduled for late October, though issues around a potential postponement have been the subject of a special commission of inquiry.
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LEAH KNOTT: I get why youth in Joburg don't vote - I used to be one of them
Leah Knott understand why most youth stay away from the polls because she was one of them.
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Finland opens drive-in voting for cars and bicycles for a COVID-safe election
All passengers need to leave the vehicle to allow for private voting, and screens have been built to stop others seeing whom they vote for.
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What the IEC’s preparedness for local govt elections amid COVID looks like
The IEC said the postponement of the general election, instead, requires the attention of the national legislatures or another approach to a court dependent on the justifications provided to the court.
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IEC: 17-18 July last opportunity for votes to register
The IEC said there would only be one voter registration weekend, which will see over 23,000 voting stations around the country open from 8 am to 5 pm to help new voters register and existing voters update their details if necessary.
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Hope, division as Scots vote on independence referendum plan
The election for the 129 members of the Scottish parliament (MSPs) to serve for the next five years has reignited the debate on whether the country of 5.5 million would be better off on its own.
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Uganda to vote following violent pre-election crackdown
Bobi Wine, the 38-year-old popularly known as the "ghetto president" who hung up the mike to enter politics, leads the opposition field trying to unseat Museveni, a 76-year-old former rebel leader who has ruled since 1986.
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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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Trump's dark campaign goes down to the wire, Biden predicts victory
On the eve of Election Day in the tensest race in recent memory, Trump flew to five rallies in four swing states, hammering home the dark message that his Democratic opponent will bring anarchy and that attempts are being made to rig the result against him.
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Zanzibar opposition leader held, 3 killed in poll clashes
Shortly before his arrest, police fired teargas and live rounds, and brutally beat a young man around the Mtupepo primary school where the polling station is located in an opposition stronghold, an AFP reporter saw.
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Over 200,000 staff complete IEC training ahead of polls
Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo says special boot camps were held to train polling station staff over several days.
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[WATCH] Barack Obama: I earned this grey hair
While campaigning in Gary, Indiana, former President Barack Obama gave credit to Democrats for the growth of the economy after the 2008 financial crisis.
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[WATCH] Zuma casts his vote in Nkandla
ANC leader, President Jacob Zuma, and his family cast their votes at the Ntolwane Primary School in Nkandla this morning.
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Maimane calls for peaceful elections across SA
Maimane cast his vote at the Allen Glen High School in Randburg where he attended school.
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Zuma casts his vote in Nkandla
Zuma says it is good to see the area’s elderly citizens exercising their right as they couldn’t before 1994.
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IEC deploys managers to problem areas
Frustrated voters in Johannesburg and Pretoria have complained about issues including missing voters' rolls.
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Jordaan plays down Ipsos poll on Nelson Mandela Bay
The poll shows the DA is ahead of the ANC in the battle for the Nelson Mandela Bay metro.
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Slight hiccups mar voting process in Cape Town
The IEC's Courtney Sampson says all problems will be addressed quickly.
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Special voting gets #Elections2016 underway
It is the first time the IEC has received over 700,000 applications for special votes.
