Articles about elections

IEC fires official for leaking political candidate lists

The Independent Electoral Commission fires the employee it identified as leaking political parties’ candidate lists online.

InfoReg demands answers on political candidate lists leak

The IEC’s notifications do not provide sufficient details about the incidents to make them compliant with POPIA, says the watchdog.

Futurelect app to address civic education gap

The app provides voter information and short courses on political systems, democratic principles and roles of elected leaders.

ITWeb TV: Building inclusive tech for all in SA

Founder of Queers Code, Precious Lesupi, sits down with ITWeb TV to discuss the urgent need for SA to overcome barriers to tech accessibility.

Facebook ups controls for electoral, political ads in SA, Zambia

The social networking giant expands its tools and policies for electoral and political ads to more countries across the globe, including SA and Zambia.

Stalled ICT projects await the next administration

As the country readies to usher in a new administration after the elections, many of the high-priority ICT projects are still up in the air.

ANC readies to debut mobile app

President Cyril Ramaphosa will tonight unveil the governing party's mobile app at a launch event.

Facebook plugs fake news loopholes ahead of SA elections

The social network puts a number of measures in place to counter election interference and misinformation.

Electioneering, evolved

Have digital tools and platforms really taken election campaigning up a notch?

How IEC has leveraged tech ahead of elections

The Independent Electoral Commission moves with the times, introducing a system to allow political parties to submit their candidate lists online.

Elections 2019 to be tough on ICT market

It is predicted the elections will pose many challenges for SA's ICT environment this year, as organisations tread with caution in an uncertain political environment.

Video game Olympics to debut in Rio

We round up trends from around the world that turned our heads this week.