WATCH: Municipal elections explained in three minutes

Published on

19 October 2021

There are more candidates standing for election in Western Cape Wards in the upcoming poll than in the 2016 Local Government Elections.

The Independent Electoral Commission has confirmed that 12 400 candidates will contest the Local Government Elections on 1 November in the province.

Amongst the candidates are 904 individuals under the age of 30. There are 844 seats across 30 Municipalities in the Western Cape.

In the video below the Dullah Omar Institute explains what voters can expect on election day.

How many ballots will you have? What is each ballot for?

Liesl Smit

Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm