RC 261103702Azania Mosaka
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
Election-eve edition of The Azania Mosaka Show, with a voter explainer on ballots and councils, plus news of two arrests over impersonated IEC officials and a fired presiding officer.
- 13:01
Two women were arrested for impersonating electoral officials at Ngobo police station in the Eastern Cape, allegedly trying to collect voting material under false pretences by claiming the presiding officer sent them.
- 14:32
The IEC fired a presiding officer seen loading sensitive election material into an ANC-branded car at a Hammarsdale voting station in KwaZulu-Natal, and urged parties to be cautious with the information they share.
- 13:04
The ANC says it will not trade transformation policies for preferential US market access after Washington withdraws AGOA trade benefits from January next year, though it remains open to diplomatic relations.
- 13:52
Voters must bring an ID or temporary ID and will receive two ballot papers, a ward candidate ballot and a party ballot; both must be stamped on the back or they will not be counted.
- 13:15
Voters do not elect mayors directly: the council elects the mayor after the vote, and parties without outright control must form coalitions, so a mayor and a ward councillor can come from different parties.