Elections
Young people stay home on voters day
Fewer young people are registering and turning out to vote
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 31 July 2026
Court challenge over secret political donations
My Vote Counts wants all political donations disclosed, no matter how small
Law | 17 February 2025
Elections 2024: What the independent candidates have to say
We put five questions to each of the five independent candidates
News | 15 April 2024
ANC liable for over R100-million for 2019 elections’ banners
Nine judges in three courts have now ruled that Ezulweni Investments had a binding contract with the ANC
Law | 24 November 2023
Coalition governments are here to stay. Here are proposals for making them work better
But even with the best proposals, without a shift in political culture coalition governments will be unstable
By Joel Bregman
Opinion | 6 November 2023
Zimbabweans in SA march to demand elections be nullified
“We just want to go home,” protesters chanted
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 8 September 2023
Zimbabweans at Beitbridge border sceptical about elections
Waste of money travelling to Zimbabwe to cast vote, says one woman
Brief | 23 August 2023
How to see where political parties get their money
My Vote Counts has launched a tool to visualize political party funding disclosures
By Daniel Steyn
News | 4 August 2023
Concourt challenge to Electoral Act
The Independent Candidate Association of South Africa says independents have to get more votes for a seat than political party candidates
Law | 29 May 2023