Local elections 2021: news & insights

Weakening the ANC by keeping it out of power and leveling the playing field for the EFF had been the reason behind the ...

EFF leader Julius Malema says the ANC has itself to blame for the dismal loss of power in some of the country’s richest ...

The ANC head of elections Fikile Mbalula admitted that voters punished the party for being unconvincing in its promise ...

Now that the elections and swearing in of councillors and mayors is almost done, it's time to educate the voters about ...

The DA's Refiloe Nt'sekhe has dismissed claims she absconded from the Ekurhuleni council meeting at which a new mayor ...

Addressing DA supporters following the party's big wins in Ekurhuleni and the City of Johannesurg on Monday, DA leader ...

Former Ekurhuleni mayor Mzwandile Masina has committed the ANC into working with the new DA led-administration to ...

The people of Johannesburg did not give the DA a clear majority, therefore the party cannot be expected to exclusively ...

ACDP leader Rev Kenneth Meshoe wants the looming coalition governments in hung councils to be vehicles to help ensure ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the outcome of this year’s municipal elections as a clear expression from South ...

It's official: The DA will govern Cape Town for another five years, but with a reduced majority.

The electoral authority announced that the ANC had won the majority of the country's councils, but that 66 were "hung" ...

Residents from Gauteng metros have expressed mixed reactions to the prospects of coalition governments in their ...

The ANC's poor showing in the local government elections which saw its national electoral support drop  below 50% for ...

Residents of Vuwani in Limpopo, who boycotted voting in municipal elections in 2016 over demarcation issues, have ...

While many Johannesburg wards remained in the hands of political parties that previously ran them before the local ...

The ballot papers had been counted before the attack so the votes were not compromised.

Community members of  Matebeleng - a remote village next to the N1 highway en-route to Polokwane say it is only God who ...

As results for the municipal elections continued to trickle in on Tuesday morning, the ANC maintained its lead despite ...

Malema said victory was imminent for the party and that the youth's vote could be decisive when all the votes are ...

All that 90-year-old blind granny Zithulele Manganye hopes her vote will get her is an RDP house.

Deep distrust, apathy, wariness and weariness - the mood in Thembisa, Ekhuruleni, on election day is palpable.

Residents in major townships in Emfuleni local municipality say they have cast their vote to bring about change that ...

It was a day of mixed emotions during election day on Monday as residents of the dysfunctional Ditsobotla in North West ...

Sowetans took to the streets on voting day to show their dissatisfaction at the lack of services and the rolling ...

Voting is slow in Nelmapius, and voters are generally not happy with their political leaders.

After casting her vote, Shela Molomo got on with her day as she pushed a wheelbarrow to fetch water.

Madoda Goniwe, who cast his vote at Marikana Combined School in ward 31, said tribalism and corruption had resulted in ...

Despite an almost two-hour delay to the start of voting at Thabo Mpempe Primary School, dozens of residents in the ...

Deep distrust, apathy, wariness and weariness - the mood in Thembisa, Ekhuruleni, on election day is palpable.

Former president Kgalema Motlanthe is hoping for less load-shedding.

Kaylee Veeran was looking forward to cast her vote at Hofland Park Recreational Centre in Johannesburg but her name was ...

The community of Emaphupheni, near Daveyton on the East Rand, have shut down a voting station as they protest over ...

When gospel legend Sipho Makhabane cast his vote on Monday morning, he was voting for change and more development in ...

Mbeki was speaking at Holy Family College in Parktown where he casted his vote on Monday.

Residents of the troubled Emfuleni local municipality who cast their vote today say they are doing it for employment ...

Soshanguve residents who came to cast their votes at Nchuncheko primary school are complaining about service delivery.

Residents of Orlando in Soweto have vowed to vote, despite the lack of services in the area.

As the sun rose on election day, the first person to catch the rays while waiting at the gates of Sedi-Laka Primary ...

I hold the opinion that the ANC's brown sheep and former president Jacob Zuma has done more for the ANC's election ...

South Africans, we’re a few days before the sixth municipal elections. Obviously, we know that the concept of service ...

Usually, campaigning is an exciting exercise, spending more time on the ground with our people, listening and learning, ...