South Africa votes today as IEC declares readiness for polls

The Citizen | 04.11.2026 03:48
As South Africans prepare to vote in the local government elections on Wednesday, the Electoral Commission (IEC) says it is fully prepared for the polls after successfully concluding two days of special voting that saw more than 1.4 million South Africans cast their ballots, providing a major test of the electoral system ahead of the country’s biggest democratic exercise.