Articles about South Africa elections

CSIR predictions not far off as vote counting concludes

With the process to capture and validate election results under way, ITWeb compares the CSIR’s predictions with the official preliminary results.

IEC restores election dashboard after brief outage

The Independent Electoral Commission dashboard, which displays election results at the Joburg Results Operating Centre, briefly crashes.

New info hub fact-checks election material

Africa Check’s Election Information Hub focuses on the accuracy of claims made by the three major political parties.

Parties up digital engagement ahead of elections

The governing party debuts the myANC Digital app ahead of the elections, joining other political parties in electioneering via tech.

Google pledges to support integrity of SA elections

The tech giant takes measures to counter threats, such as fake news, misinformation and disinformation, during SA’s elections.

No tech catastrophe will hinder election outcome, says IEC

The election processes are currently largely manual, and after the polls, the country must debate how to introduce electronic voting, says the Electoral Commission.

Elections to intensify SA’s already dire cyber threats

Government and military organisations were largely at the receiving end of cyber attacks over the past six months, reveals a new report.

Google implements election ads policy in SA

The policy ensures political advertisers use verification, disclosure and transparency tools when posting adverts.