South Africa

President Cyril Ramaphosa will later today attend the announcement of the final results of the 2021 Municipal Elections.

South Africa administered 158 787 COVID-19 vaccines in the past 24 hours, bringing the total doses to 22 799 682.

After three days of ballot counting and capturing results, the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has confirmed that almost 90% of the votes have been calculated as of Wednesday evening.

The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) says its preliminary report has found no evidence of any gender-based discrimination during the 2021 Local Government Elections.

The Electoral Commission (IEC) has announced that vote counting for the 2021 Municipal Elections has been completed.

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala has commended voters in the province for their role in what can be described as peaceful, free and fair local government elections.

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) says it has concluded vote counting in municipalities in the Northern Cape, with the capturing of results of only two municipalities left before the process is completed.

With several councils not producing an outright winner in the 2021 Local Government Elections, coalition councils formed will have to be anchored in workable agreements if they are to function optimally, says an analyst.

An interim election satisfaction survey (ESS) assessment has overwhelmingly determined that the 2021 Local Government Elections were free and fair.

Despite movements throughout the country during the political party campaigns for the Local Government Elections, South Africa continues to record low COVID-19 infections.

The picture of who will run the country’s 257 municipalities became clearer as vote counting in the 2021 Local Government Elections reached 69% on Wednesday morning.

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is determined to complete at least 90% of the vote counting this evening.

With the first day of vote counting still underway in the 2021 Local Government Elections, more than 50% percent of the votes have been counted.

The Electoral Commission (IEC) in KwaZulu-Natal has announced that result counting at voting stations has been completed, with capturing and auditing of the results on the system currently underway.

With at least 85% of the Local Government Election votes counted in the Northern Cape, indications are that parties with a traditionally smaller base of supporters are garnering more votes than they did in the 2016 elections.