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The detailed results of the poll will be covered in Independent Media publications and on IOL in the forthcoming weeks leading up to the elections on May 29.
OPINION: Members of the Multiparty Charter for South Africa (previously known as the Moonshot Pact) have also been frequenting KZN while also criss-crossing Gauteng, writes Prof. Bheki Mngomezulu.
The IEC said due to the population of Gauteng and four other provinces their seats in the legislatures will increase after the 2024 elections.
IEC CEO Sy Mamabolo said they have added 1. 2 million new voters on the voters’ roll after the two registration weekends.
IFP President Velenkosini Hlabisa announced that party provincial leader Thami Ntuli will be their premier candidate for KwaZulu-Natal.
In June, the world’s biggest cross-border election will take place when more than 400 million people are expected to vote in the European elections.
Independent candidates not aligned with political parties will, for the first time, be allowed to contest the polls in 2024.
The recently released Census 2022 results indicated that South Africa’s population has grown to 62 million people, with an estimated 39. 7 million voting-age population.
Political parties have welcomed the IEC’s theme and strategies in place for next year’s elections but are not impatiently waiting for President Cyril Ramaphosa to announce the election date.
With 26. 2 million voters already on the voters roll, the IEC announced the first voting registration weekend to be held next month on November 18 and 19.
As he mounts another run for president, Donald Trump by all accounts is still the same Donald Trump – aggrieved, petulant and tunnel-focused on his political standing.
A trio of longtime Republican operatives will lead Donald Trump's 2024 campaign, which the former president is set to announce Tuesday evening in the ballroom of his private Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla. , according to five people familiar with the staffing decisions.
Control of the US House of Representatives hinged on Monday on several tight races that could secure a majority for Republicans following midterm elections that saw President Joe Biden's Democrats beat expectations and retain the Senate.
Republicans were edging closer to securing a majority in the U. S. House of Representatives early today, while control of the Senate hung in the balance, two days after Democrats staved off a Republican ‘red wave’ in midterm elections.
Control of Congress was up for grabs early on Wednesday after the US mid-term elections, with many of the most competitive races uncalled, leaving it unclear whether Republicans would crack Democrats'tenuous hold on power.
Revolution for Prosperity, a party set up only six months ago by businessman Sam Matekane, 64, won 56 out of 120 seats in parliament, according to final results published by the southern African country's electoral commission.
Shao has promised to create numerous employment opportunities for Basotho people if he is elected to parliament in the general elections.
The top court ruled that William Ruto did get more than 50% plus one votes.
The Supreme Court has ordered the electoral commission to grant Raila Odinga access to ballot boxes for 15 polling stations for inspection, scrutiny and recount of the ballots.
Incumbent Joao Lorenco is from MPLA, which has been in power since the southern African nation won independence from Portugal almost half a century ago.
“We will never forget the MPLA’s contribution, sacrifices and the suffering that was borne by the people of Angola due to its hosting of army training camps and for providing refuge to the ANC, Swapo and Zapu military wings until their independence. ”
Angola’s National Electoral Commission says 86. 41% votes have been counted so far.
Today millions of voters in Angola will go to the polls for parliamentary elections that will also decide the country’s new leader.
The eight participating parties will battle for the 220 seats in the National Assembly.
All eyes on Angola on Wednesday as the country braces for its most competitive general elections.