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South Africa: What's Important About Local Elections
The Conversation Africa, 29 October 2021
More than 250 local elections will be held in each one of South Africa's municipalities on 1 November. More than 10,000 councillors have to be elected. For this reason, more than… Read more »
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South Africa: President Ramaphosa - Every Vote Counts
SAnews.gov.za, 31 October 2021
President Cyril Ramaphosa says citizens have the power to make local government stronger through their vote. Read more »
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South Africa: No Party Will Significantly Change the Crisis of Neoliberalism Austerity
Daily Maverick, 30 October 2021
Zwelinzima Vavi is the general secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) Read more »
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South Africa: Govt Encourages South Africans to Cast Their Votes
SAnews.gov.za, 29 October 2021
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… Read more »
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South Africa: Potential Destructive Winds On Election Day
SAnews.gov.za, 1 November 2021
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a warning about possible strong winds in the Western Cape and Northern Cape that may destroy the Electoral Commission of South… Read more »
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South Africa: Gauteng Health Sets Up Pop-Up Vaccination Sites for Election Day
SAnews.gov.za, 31 October 2021
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. Read more »
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South Africa: South Africans Make Their Mark
SAnews.gov.za, 1 November 2021
Eligible and registered South Africans are heading to the polls this morning in the Local Government Elections, to choose who will represent them in 257 municipal councils, across… Read more »
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South Africa: Cast Your Vote to Keep Democracy Alive
SAnews.gov.za, 1 November 2021
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. Read more »
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South Africa: Cele Urges Police to Protect Voters
SAnews.gov.za, 31 October 2021
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 in the Local Government… Read more »
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South Africa: 2021 - South Africa's Second-Last Elections
Daily Maverick, 30 October 2021
Stillborn free Read more »
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South Africa: Voting Dynamics Have Changed - It's No Longer a Race Between the Big Three
The Conversation Africa, 29 October 2021
The number of political parties in South Africa has increased significantly from the 19 that participated in the first democratic election in 1994. Both 2011 and 2016 saw the… Read more »
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South Africa: Pop-Up Vaccine Sites On Election Day
SAnews.gov.za, 29 October 2021
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. Read more »
Why a Great Deal Hangs On South Africa's Local Govt Poll Results
More than 250 local elections will be held in each one of South Africa's municipalities on 1 November. More than 10,000 councillors have to be elected. For this reason, more than 95,000 candidates have been nominated, including more than 1,500 independent candidates.
The election is not only about who will govern the municipalities, writes Dirk Kotze for The Conversation. It will also show what is happening in party politics in South Africa, what the latest trends are, how the still relatively new leaders of some parties are performing, whether identity politics is emerging as a feature of South African politics, and whether coalition governments are a long-term feature or a transitional phenomenon.
The 2021 election will define for citizens important aspects of South Africa's political future. What is the African National Congress's future and what was the impact of Ramaphosa on this election? In which direction are the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters and Democratic Alliance moving? Is there a future for independent candidates in South African politics, especially in the 2024 election? Will the voter turn-out follow the decline in the 2016 elections? Will the coalition dynamics of 2021 differ from those after the 2016 elections?
This is what the 2021 election is actually about.
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Voting day in the 2014 general election, Paradyskloof, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
