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Wednesday, 4 November 2026
Election day for the 2026 local government polls ran largely smoothly, with turnout updates, ballot-theft and roll concerns, and questions about online voting for truck drivers dominating the evening.
- 20:03
Police are investigating after IEC election material was stolen from a Hillcrest voting station west of Durban, where it was left in an unlocked guardhouse overnight without security or a police escort.
- 21:01
The IEC's chief electoral officer said about 12 million people had cast their votes by 5pm, out of 29.2 million registered voters for the local government elections.
- 21:02
The IEC has dismissed MK Party concerns that more than 200 deceased people appear on the voters' roll, saying names of people who died after certification may still appear because they were alive when it was finalised.
- 20:48
Electoral laws have no provision for online voting, so the request that truck drivers be allowed to vote online cannot be accommodated under current law.