Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
IEC Prepares for Voter Registration Weekend in Gauteng and Western Cape
The Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) will conduct a voter registration weekend in…
IEC Reports Major Progress in Preparations for 2026 Local Government Elections
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) says it has made major progress in preparing…
ANC By-Election Wins Boost Confidence, Backed by IEC Results
The African National Congress (ANC) has secured definitive victories in recent by-elections, reinforcing its appeal…
South Africa Has 472 Political Parties — but Are New Ones Helping or Hurting Democracy?
Two of South Africa’s most prominent political analysts have weighed in on the mushrooming of…
Mike Soko Denies Claims He Attempted to Register SANCO to Contest Elections Outside ANC Alliance
The General Secretary of the South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) has reacted angrily to claims that he is behind the now-blocked attempt to register the civic organisation to contest the upcoming 2026 local government elections outside the ANC-led alliance. Mike Soko says the allegations are not true, as he is the one who wrote to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to object when they learnt that there is an attempt to register the civic movement as a…
SANCO Stops Attempt to Register It as a Political Party With the IEC
The South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO), has thwarted yet another attempt to have it registered as a political party and contest the elections outside the ANC-led alliance. This comes after it learnt that Dr Zukile Luyenge, its former chairperson in the Eastern Cape, has been trying to register the civic organisation as such. After learning about the attempt, Miko Soko, SANCO’s General Secretary, wrote to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to object. “Dear Mr. Mamabolo, It is…
Hellen Zille’s Promise to Rescue Johannesburg is the Personification of the DA’s Saviour Complex Anchored on Falsified Polls, Manufactured Narratives and Deceptive Campaigns
There is a war raging—not of guns, but of manipulated images, falsified polls, weaponised perception, and manufactured narratives. This war is not fought on the battlegrounds of constitutionally sanctioned contestation, but through a deceptive campaign of disinformation led by the Democratic Alliance (DA) and its cohorts in business and media. It is a war camouflaged as democratic engagement, yet it undermines the very ethos of our post-apartheid constitutional order. What we are witnessing is a nefarious recycling of colonial and…
Car ‘Donation’: Corruption Case Opened Against Limpopo ANC Secretary Reuben Madadzhe
Limpopo African National Congress (ANC) Secretary Reuben Madazhe faces a corruption case after he accepted a luxury car bought by a private company that later won a R15 million state contract. In January 2023, Chobedi Construction, owned by businessman Dr Moloto Mokwele, purchased the R1.6 million BMW X5 in which Madadzhe cruises. Madadzhe is the administrative head of South Africa’s governing party, the ANC, in the country’s northern region of Limpopo. The vehicle was later registered under Limpopo ANC, but Chobedi…