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 the country.Voting stations are expected to open at 7am and will close a…
Police vigilance is expected to be heightened as the sun begins to set on voting day in South Africa.This as polls in this year’s Local Government Elections are expected to close at 9pm across the country.National Police spokesperson, Brigadier Vish Na…
National Assembly Deputy Speaker, Lechesa Tsenoli, says participating in elections is an act of defence for democracy.Millions of South Africans have taken to the polls today to make their mark in the 2021 Local Government Elections.Tsenoli said not pa…
Over eight million South Africans had cast their votes at 23 148 voting stations as at 5pm, the Electoral Commission (IEC) said on Monday.Giving an update on the progress on Election Day of the 2021 Local Government Elections, less than an hour before …
The Electoral Commission in KwaZulu-Natal says despite the minor logistical problems experienced in some voting stations earlier today, at least 80% of voting stations opened on time, with 1 263 352 (or 23%) voters having cast their ballot by 4pm. The…
With the 2021 Local Government Elections having gotten off to a smooth and timely start at almost all voting stations, the period for voters to report to a voting station to cast their vote has officially ended.Voting stations closed at 9pm on Monday b…
WESTERN CAPE – Crime Combatting operations aimed at eradicating drug trafficking along major entry and exit routes of the Western Cape once again yielded positive results when vigilant members of the Provincial Traffic Department confiscated and handed…
MAHIKENG – The police in Setlagole request the community’s assistance in locating the next of kin, after the body of an unknown man, believed to be in his thirties, was found at Boskop Farm, close to Setlagole.According to information received, the pol…
HEILBRON – Three suspects between the ages of 25 and 38 have been arrested for dealing in drugs and possession of drugs.On Sunday 31 October 2021 at about 08:30 members of the Welkom POP Reaction team were busy visiting voting stations around Saundersv…
NORTHERN CAPE – In addition to policing the Local Government Elections, the Station Commander of Siyathemba SAPS, Capt Maryna Boyder, the JTG District Detective Co-ordinator, Lt Col Sandra Boshof, the Acting Provincial Head Corporate Communication, Col…
KWAZULU-NATAL – The Minister of Police, General Bheki Cele will on Monday, 1 November 2021, cast his ballot for the Local Government Elections in Lamontville in Ethekwini. This will take place at the Lamontville Council chambers at 9:30, while the Depu…
Newzroom Afrika journalist, Ziniko Mhlaba, has been released after being detained while covering the Local Government Elections in Orlando, Soweto, on Monday. According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), the incident has since been escalated …
