Wednesday, 4 November 2026

Voters already in the queue when polls close at 9pm still get to vote, even if it takes until 10pm or 3am, and pregnant women, the elderly and people with disabilities get priority.

Voters who are turned away or see irregularities can object at the voting station or on the IEC line 0800118000, and file complaints with municipal electoral offices until 5pm Friday.

Coalition agreements are not yet regulated by law, as a coalition bill is still in draft; the proposed rules would limit motions of no confidence to once in 12 months barring fraud or incapacity.

Wise Move co-founder Shantae Fenter left her corporate job in 2017 to build the online removals platform, bootstrapping rather than relying on investors or venture capital, and growing organically.

One family's festive plan asked working relatives for R200 or R250 each to pool a shared food budget, with unemployed members contributing around R100.