South Africa

The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has called on registered voters to exercise tolerance while casting their votes during today’s fifth municipal elections.

At least 80% of voters who had applied for special votes cast their ballot at their voting stations over the weekend.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says citizens have the power to make local government stronger through their vote.

Parliament has urged all eligible and registered South Africans to honour those who fought for the right to vote by participating in the Local Government Elections on Monday.

The Gauteng Health Department will set up at least 94 pop-up vaccination sites near voting stations in the province on the day of the Local Government Elections on Monday.

Police Minister Bheki Cele has instructed the South African Police Service to make sure that they defend the right of every South African to cast their vote the Local Government Elections which will be held on Monday.

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) says it is satisfied with the first day of special voting in the country, despite reports of protests at some voting stations and other challenges.

Tomorrow our young democracy reaches another milestone, one that will usher in our country’s fifth term of local governance. Incidentally, this was the same date South Africa held its first local government elections for the interim local governments in 1995. We cast our votes in honour of our compatriots who fought to secure equal rights, including the right to vote. Some of them paid the ultimate price.

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) on Friday approved vaccine booster doses for all healthcare workers who received the first shot as part of the Sisonke Study.

The panel convened to evaluate the public nomination of candidates for South Africa’s next Constitutional Court Chief Justice has handed its report to President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Government has reiterated its commitment to changing the socio-economic landscape of the country through the work done in Special Economic Zones (SEZs).

To encourage more South Africans to get the COVID-19 vaccine, various companies and foundations have come on board to help boost vaccination rates by providing various incentives.

World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa Regional Director Dr Matshidiso Moeti says the COVAX facility is working to secure agreements for the production of syringes as shortages loom.

Government has reiterated its call to all registered South Africans to head to the polls in their numbers on Monday, 1 November, to elect councillors for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the country's nine provinces.

Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, has announced that 1 000 voting stations in South Africa will have pop-up vaccination sites on Election Day, 1 November.