2026 local government elections

The Electoral Commission has declined to take further action on a DA complaint accusing Kgoši Maepa and the ANC of spreading false electoral information, finding insufficient evidence to…

ANC National Executive Committee member Andile Lungisa has taken his own party to court after it excluded him from its candidate list for Nelson Mandela Bay, setting up…

DA election billboard accusing eThekwini's leadership of failing to stop a "water tanker mafia" has been removed from Durban's N2 after lawyers representing Mayor Cyril Xaba and two…

South Africa is four weeks away from the 2026 Local Government Elections, with 78 million ballot papers being printed for 142,072 candidates competing for 10,526 council seats across…

South Africans receiving government-subsidised houses are receiving a state benefit financed through public funds, not a house paid for by the political party governing the municipality, province or…

Knysna still has no elected mayor or mayoral committee after only nine councillors attended a special council meeting this week, extending political uncertainty in a municipality already facing…

ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula has rejected calls to resign over a nomination dispute affecting 181 candidates, as the party fights to secure their participation in November’s local…

The Electoral Commission of South Africa has rejected the ANC's claim that a technical glitch prevented it from submitting candidates for six municipalities, telling the Electoral Court that…

Themba “Skeem GP” Nzimande, a former cash in transit offender who spent seven years in prison before rebuilding his public profile as a podcaster and motivational speaker, is…

The ANC has admitted that 252 identity numbers in its own candidate records were incorrect before its disputed submissions to the Electoral Commission, exposing failures in the party's…