Fourteen parties declared donations in the first quarter of 2024, in amounts that do not add up. Parties are public entities and should declare all income, expenditure and assets. [...]
By-elections are poorly supported, so small blocks of votes decide them. The first requirement is to be registered — and it can be done online in minutes. [...]
By-elections are small, poorly attended and often decided by fifty votes. A single mosque or group of families that interviews the candidates can decide the ward — and build a relationship with the winner. [...]
Parties had until 12 June 2024 to clear their election posters, at R100 a poster if they did not. It is a small point of law — and a fair test of how seriously parties take the law at all. [...]
SAMNET does not endorse or exclude any party. Ahead of the 2024 elections it published a “maybe” and “maybe not” list weighing values, experience and strategic voting. [...]
Three insights from the SAMNET 2024 Election Survey: near-universal intention to vote, Gaza as a decisive voting factor for 85%, and governance, delivery and safety as the leading domestic determinants. [...]
Interim findings from the SAMNET 2024 Election Survey: 30% intended to vote but had not decided who for, and almost half had taken part in a march or protest in the last four years. [...]
SAMNET’s third national and provincial election survey ran from 21 to 28 April 2024, anonymously, ahead of the May elections. [...]
Home Affairs opened on Saturdays from April to 25 May 2024 for ID applications, collections and corrections, with a new appointment booking system. An ID is the gateway to services — and to voting. [...]
SAMNET chairperson Dr Faisal Suliman, writing in Al-Qalam ahead of the 2024 elections: why what happens in Gaza is an argument for getting onto the voters’ roll here. [...]
The Electoral Commission launches the 2024 National and Provincial Elections programme, with a registration weekend on 18 and 19 November 2023 and an election expected between May and mid-August 2024. [...]
The Electoral Commission is the second most trusted public institution; 92% consider elections free and fair; 97% are satisfied their vote is secret. [...]