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IEC gears up for 4 November polls as 136,790 candidates cleared to contest

The Electoral Commission of South Africa says it is ready for the 4 November local government elections after certifying an unprecedented 136,790 candidates – almost 40% more than in 2021. Chief Electoral

September 16, 2026

Politics·South Africa

Mbalula scolds Lungisa for going to court court, but he was warned before

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says NEC member Andile Lungisa should have come to him directly instead of hauling the party to court – but correspondence shows Lungisa warned him in August that

September 16, 2026

Politics·South Africa

ANC to appeal after Electoral Court bars it from six municipalities

The ANC will appeal the Electoral Court judgment that bars it from contesting six municipalities in the November 4 local elections, insisting it is not seeking favours and that its candidates were

September 16, 2026

Politics·South Africa

ANC barred from 6 municipalities as Electoral Court dismisses appeal and hands DA victory

The ANC will not contest the November 4 local elections in six municipalities after the Electoral Court on Wednesday morning dismissed its appeal to force the Electoral Commission to accept its late

September 16, 2026

Politics·South Africa

ANC and Fikile Mbalula cross fingers as Electoral Court decides fate of 180 candidates today

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula and his party will know today whether they have been saved from a catastrophic self-inflicted wound, when the Electoral Court hands down judgment on whether the Electoral Commission

September 16, 2026

Politics·South Africa

ANC Tshwane and Joburg branches march on Luthuli House over “rigged” lists.

The ANC’s march to the November 4 local government elections is turning into a march on itself. On Monday, angry ANC members from Tshwane and Johannesburg descended on the party’s headquarters, Luthuli

September 14, 2026

Politics·South Africa

Chikane rubbishes legal action rumours against ANC

ANC veteran Frank Chikane has dismissed as “fake” reports that he is taking the ANC to court over the omission of his name from the party’s IEC candidate lists. Chikane said he

September 14, 2026

Politics·South Africa

EXCLUSIVE: ANC NEC member Andile Lungisa drags ANC and Mbalula to court over Nelson Mandela Bay mayoral snub

Embattled ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) member Andile Lungisa has hauled his own party and its secretary-general Fikile Mbalula to the High Court, after he was abruptly removed as the ANC’s mayoral

September 11, 2026

Politics

Chaos, purges, and “bad advice” as MK party implodes 56 days before polls

56 days before voters go to the polls, uMkhonto weSizwe Party led by former president Jacob Zuma is tearing itself apart from the inside -with senior insiders blaming a president surrounded by

September 10, 2026

Politics

ANC responds as war erupts in Electoral Court weeks before polls

The Government of National Unity is on the verge of collapse, with the ANC and DA now locked in a vicious Electoral Court street fight just weeks before local government elections. The

September 10, 2026

Politics

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IEC gears up for 4 November polls as 136,790 candidates cleared to contest

Mbalula scolds Lungisa for going to court court, but he was warned before

ANC to appeal after Electoral Court bars it from six municipalities

ANC barred from 6 municipalities as Electoral Court dismisses appeal and hands DA victory

ANC and Fikile Mbalula cross fingers as Electoral Court decides fate of 180 candidates today

ANC Tshwane and Joburg branches march on Luthuli House over “rigged” lists.

Chikane rubbishes legal action rumours against ANC

EXCLUSIVE: ANC NEC member Andile Lungisa drags ANC and Mbalula to court over Nelson Mandela Bay mayoral snub

Chaos, purges, and “bad advice” as MK party implodes 56 days before polls

ANC responds as war erupts in Electoral Court weeks before polls

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