Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo: Conclusion of the 2026 Local Government Elections
Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo: Conclusion of the 2026 Local Government Elections Vuyelwa Sun, 11/08/2026 - 18:53 08 Nov 2026 Address by the Chief Electoral Officer of the Electoral Commission Of South Africa at the conclusion of the 2026 Local Government Elections Good evening. A national event such as this must surely impel us to ask a question, what does it mean for a person to go and queue at the voting station and cast a ballot. It appears that the act of voting is not merely about expressing an electoral choice. The act of voting represents something much deeper. Voting is a practical expression of our vaunted constitutional rights in section 19. Voting in a democratic election is therefore an expression of our common citizenship. Voting is rooted in our common nationhood but also in our individualized personhood. Albie Sachs speaking through a judgement captures the essence of this instance of constitutional affirmation in the following words: “the vote of each and every citizen is a badge of dignity and personhood. Quite literally, it says that everybody counts.” Albie Sachs goes further to elucidate this point when he says: “That in country of great inequality such as
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