South Africa

The number of local municipalities in South Africa has been reduced to 205 following the 2016 Local Government Elections, the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on elections said on Sunday.

International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Luwellyn Landers has concluded successful participation in the 18th meeting of the SADC Ministerial Committee of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation.

Pretoria - The African National Congress managed to garner the most vote

Pretoria - South Africa’s 2016 Municipal Elections, in which over 200 parties participated were free and fair, the Electoral Commission (IEC) Chairperson Glen Mashinini declared as he announced the final results on Saturday.

Pretoria – President Jacob Zuma says South Africa has shown the world it is a thriving democracy, where differences of political opinion and diverse political preferences are allowed to flourish.

Pretoria – In just a few hours, the wait will be over, and millions of South Africans will know the final results of what has been the most highly contested Local Government Elections.

Pretoria - As the Electoral Commission prepares to make the final announcement of results for the 2016 Municipal Elections, SAnews looks at the week that was since South Africans went out in their numbers to cast their ballots, in Wednesday’s poll.

Pretoria - In a nail-biting finish, all the votes from the capital city have been captured with the DA winning the most votes.

Pretoria - All eyes are on Gauteng’s metropolitan municipalities –Tshwane, Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni - as vote counting enters day three.

Pretoria - Buffalo City Municipality and eThekwini have become the latest metros to complete capturing their results in the 2016 Local Government Elections.

Pretoria - The Electoral Commission (IEC) has undertaken to resolve all 49 objections which are material to the outcome of the results of the 2016 municipal elections, it said on Friday evening.

Pretoria – The Electoral Commission says the outstanding vote results from metro and district councils are expected to be known within the next few hours.

Pretoria – As the counting of results for the 2016 Local Government Elections draws closer to an end, coalitions are becoming a reality for some metros and political parties are keeping their cards close to their chest.

Pretoria - The Free State has become the second province in the country to have all the votes counted, after the Northern Cape.

Pretoria – The counting of votes at the IEC’s Results Operations Centre in Pretoria is nearing completion.