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10 articles from 16 October to 18 October 2026 · 🇿🇦 South Africa
Tlaleng Mofokeng, the Economic Freedom Fighters’ candidate for Johannesburg mayor, is continuing her campaign despite her husband’s death on 10 July. The doctor and human rights activist, a former UN special rapporteur on the right to health, wants to offer a different direction to a municipality in crisis, according to the Daily Maverick.
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Tlaleng Mofokeng, the Economic Freedom Fighters’ candidate for Johannesburg mayor, is continuing her campaign despite her husband’s death on 10 July. The doctor and human rights activist, a former UN special rapporteur on the right to health, wants to offer a different direction to a municipality in crisis, according to the Daily Maverick.
🇿🇦 South Africa · 10:16
South Africa’s Constitutional Court has authorised the ANC and other parties to submit their rejected candidate lists for the 4 November municipal elections. The decision reinstates candidates in six municipalities, a measure welcomed by United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa, according to SABC News.
🇿🇦 South Africa · 07:05
Helen Zille, the Democratic Alliance candidate for Johannesburg mayor, has concluded her election campaign by defending a digital strategy focused on the city’s problems and their solutions. She explained this approach in an interview, after a campaign marked by stunts around infrastructure failures, TimesLIVE reports.
🇿🇦 South Africa · 22:00
Helen Zille has concluded her campaign to become mayor of Johannesburg by promising to work tirelessly to restore the city. The Democratic Alliance candidate defended a digital strategy highlighting infrastructure problems and presenting solutions, according to TimesLIVE.
🇿🇦 South Africa · 22:00
A poll puts the Democratic Alliance ahead in voting intentions in Johannesburg, with 35%, ahead of the African National Congress, on 21.8%. On an unspecified date for the full publication of the results, the survey of 1,000 voters per metropolitan area also indicates that the Democratic Alliance has 52.6% in Cape Town, according to eNCA and MarkData.
🇿🇦 South Africa · 22:00
Helen Zille, the Democratic Alliance’s candidate for mayor of Johannesburg, set out five priorities to restore municipal finances, reduce waste and improve essential services. At the party’s final campaign rally, she also promised to appoint competent officials and punish corrupt or ineffective employees, according to TimesLIVE.
🇿🇦 South Africa · 11:36
Helen Zille, the Democratic Alliance candidate for mayor of Johannesburg, presented the five priorities of her programme to restore municipal finances and services. She notably promises to reduce waste, improve billing and penalise incompetent or corrupt officials, according to the Sowetan.
🇿🇦 South Africa · 11:36
Helen Zille, the Democratic Alliance candidate for mayor of Johannesburg, appears behind the wheel of a BMW in a campaign video featuring car spins, to promote her party’s message on municipal services. The video targets South Africa’s local elections on 4 November, IOL reports.
🇿🇦 South Africa · 09:00
The South African Electoral Commission is keeping the municipal elections on 4 November 2026, despite logistical difficulties caused by a Constitutional Court decision on candidate lists. The election will be prepared within a significantly reduced timeframe, particularly for ballot-paper printing, its chairman Mosotho Moepya said at a press briefing in Pretoria.
🇿🇦 South Africa · 15:13
South Africa’s Electoral Commission will consider as valid the candidacies of 32 parties affected by the Constitutional Court’s decision on ANC lists for the 2026 local elections. The measure follows the requirement to include 181 ANC candidates in six municipalities, commission chairperson Mosotho Moepya announced.
🇿🇦 South Africa · 13:07
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