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Former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke handed over his final report on Tuesday on the feasibility of conducting elections in October. File photo.Image: Sebabatso Mosamo/Sunday Times

Elections should be postponed to 2022 or they will be flawed, says Moseneke

Former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke says local government elections scheduled for October 27 this year will not be free and fair under Covid-19 conditions. As a result, they must be postponed to February next year. Handing over…

The Electoral Act did not make provision for private citizens to be elected to the national or provincial legislatures as independent candidates.                                                                                                                        Stock photo. Image: RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP

ConCourt ruling opens door for independent candidates to stand for election in SA

The Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled that the Electoral Act was unconstitutional — opening the door for independent candidates to stand for national and provincial elections in SA. The application, challenging the constitutionality…

Free and fair elections are under threat from data mining

Netflix’s The Great Hack, 2019: “Nobody wants to admit that propaganda works because to do so is to admit our own susceptibility to it.” March 17 2018 was the day the mask finally slipped off the face of Silicon Valley. On this day, UK…

Decision to not vote could be valid

In just a week, the country takes part in one of the most important rituals of any democratic society: elections. Some people are even saying these are going to be the most important elections since 1994. Whether or not that’s true,…

An Independent Electoral Commission official marks a voters thumb.Image: Gallo Images / Sowetan / Mohau Mofokeng

Record 48 parties on the ballot paper for national elections in SA

South Africans will get to choose from a record 48 parties for the national elections on May 8. The Independent Electoral Commissions’s (IEC) chief electoral officer, Sy Mamabolo, announced on Wednesday that there are 19 more political…

IEC in massive drive for a fair voters’ roll

By Sipho Mabena The Independent Electoral Commission has launched a massive online campaign to confirm and collect addresses of 26-million voters for a credible voters’ roll in time for the 2019 national elections. This after the bruising…

Church plants seed of healing

•Intervention beyond charity needed – SACC ‘We want this campaign to bring unity and give hope’ HUNDREDS of people gathered together on Sunday afternoon in the City Hall to pray for reconciliation, restoration and anchoring of democracy…