South Africa

Pretoria - Vote counting in South Africa’s nine provinces continued in earnest on Thursday with the Northern Cape being among the first to complete the process of counting votes.

Pretoria - The Electoral Commission (IEC) says it is on course to announce the 2016 Local Government Election Results within the specified period.

Pretoria – The results for the 2016 Local Government Election’s highly contested metropolitan areas have started coming in, with about 40% of votes counted nationally.

Pretoria - With voting over in the 2016 Local Government Elections, the spotlight is now on the vote counting process.

Pretoria - Government is pleased with voting in the 2016 Municipal Elections, which proceeded largely well.

Pretoria – The first lot of votes has been counted in the country’s fifth democratic Municipal Elections, which have been described as the most hotly contested since 1994.

Pretoria – Voting stations around the country have closed, marking the end of Election Day.

Pretoria - With the closing time of voting stations fast approaching, the Free State province remains hopeful that registered voters will cast their votes before polls close at 7pm tonight.

Pretoria – With just less than an half an hour before voting stations close, the Electoral Commission says it is pleased that no significant incidents of unrest or deliberate disruptions to voting have been reported.

Cape Town – The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has sent condolences to the family of a 20-year-old volunteer, who died while working at a voting station in the Western Cape on Wednesday.

Pretoria – Voting proceedings are on track in the Free State, despite the inclement weather.

Pretoria – Home Affairs offices will stay open until 7pm today so people can collect their identity documents.

Pretoria - As millions of South Africans continue to make their way to various voting stations across the country to cast their votes, the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has reminded voters not to get overwhelmed by excitement and end up on the wrong side of the law.

Pretoria - As millions of South Africans continue to cast their votes in the fifth Municipal Elections, Eskom has reassured the nation that the lights will stay on during the course of the day.

Pretoria - The 2016 Municipal Elections are proceeding well and South Africans are turning out in their numbers to make their voices heard at the polls.