“Why do we vote?” U3A members familiar with the voting process might have been surprised to hear the question at a recent talk delivered by IEC vice-chair Janet Love at Settlers Park Hall. Love a former ANC parliamentarian and Human…
Talk of the Town’s expanded elections reporting team had much of Ndlambe covered for the national and provincial election on May 29, 2024. Photos and reports by Mark Carrels (Ward 10), Sibulele Mtongana (Wards 6, 7 and 9), Piet Marais,…
Talk of the Town’s election reporting team was on the ground from 6.30am on voting day, Wednesday May 29, 2024. We asked citizens voting in South Africa’s 7th national and provincial election how their day was going, and what they hoped…
Home affairs offices will open on Saturdays for five hours from April 6 to May 25 for ID collection services, facilitation of new applications and issuing of temporary identity certificates. The department said this excludes the public…
Last Friday marked 100 days until the court ordered deadline for Parliament to change the way we elect our leaders through substantive electoral reform. This process began almost two decades ago and will culminate is the single most…
While all eyes were on the Finance Minister’s Budget Speech yesterday, a small handful of Members of Parliament voted “no” to direct elections and greater transparency and accountability in public office. Political Parties banded together…
The local government election results in Ndlambe reflect the national trends. The ANC made considerable losses, the DA lost a bit of support but consolidated it elsewhere, and the EFF made gains. Nationally, it’s interesting to note the…
A few photographs of voting stations at Memorial Hall, Station Hill, Jauka Hall and Kuyasa Secondary School on Monday. Voting was peaceful and calm, but fewer people than hoped came out to vote. The final tally gives the ANC eight of the…
A short video of the area around the Station Hill voting station shows the presence of the four political parties, each vying for the Ward 9 councillor’s seat. Similar activity was seen at the Memorial Hall in Port Alfred. However, both…
In terms of the National Credit Act, it is illegal for credit providers to retain consumers’ instruments such as identity documents (IDs), and bank cards when granting credit. This is the modus operandi adopted by some credit providers to…
The ladies and gents of the ANC at the Ekuphumleni polling station were in high spirits on Wednesday anticipating another win for the ANC in the province and at national level. The voting was slow and steady, possibly as a result of the…
Taking shelter from the sudden deluge in the Kenton-on-Sea Township of Ekuphumleni on Wednesday were the DA contingent. They say that they want change and they want it now. Read the full story in tomorrow’s Talk of the Town.
The EFF were out in force at the Ekuphumleni Township polling station on Wednesday. Hear what they had to say about the election. Meanwhile, everything is calm and peaceful in the township.
The polling station at the Port Alfred Civic Centre was looking busy at about 10am this morning, with a steady stream of voters arriving in cars and on foot. Members of various political parties manned tables outside the polling station…
Voting proceeded peacefully and without any hitches at the Jauka Hall polling station in Nemato, Port Alfred this morning, with a small but steady stream of voters coming in. Members of various political parties had a presence outside the…
